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Could mainstream christianity ever make peace with gay people?

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Message 71 of 263 (455913)
02-14-2008 2:30 PM 		Reply to: Message 70 by Rahvin
02-14-2008 2:23 PM

Re: Lost and Confused
Here's the problem, ICANT: as long as homosexuality is even called a sin, even if you say that it doesn't matter becasue we're all sinners, you're still saying that who a person falls in love with can be defined as an evil thing
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It isn't a sin to be a homosexual. The sin is in the sexual activity. In the same way that it is not a sin for an unmarried couple to be in love, but it is a sin when they fornicate.
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It doesn't say that who a person falls in love with can be defined as an evil thing, it says that people sin when they have unmarried sex.
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But the moment you say "thou shalt not lie with a man as with woman, that is an abomination before the Lord,"
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See right there, you have to lie with them for it to be a sin.
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Homosexuality in and of itself is not a sin.
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This is all my opinion, of course.
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02-14-2008 3:27 PM 		Reply to: Message 73 by Rahvin
02-14-2008 2:46 PM

Re: Lost and Confused
I completely agree. It's unfortunate that a very vocal group of Christians do not.
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Oh I thought you were talking about christians in general.
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Of course, then there's that little problem of wanting to physically express your love for your partner, and the whole "you can't marry someone of the same sex" thing.
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There's more to it than a simple lack of marriage. Its the whole sex is sinful in general attitude....
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The church is basically saying "it's okay to love them, but you can't kiss them, get married, or have sex, because that's evil." And heterosexuals, of course, just get the standard "get married before you do it" line.
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Marriage isn't a Get-out-of-sin-free card to fulfill any sexual desire.
I think it is considered sinful to have sex just to bust a nut as opposed to physically expressing love.
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That's still pretty damned insulting.
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Have I made it seem any less insulting now?
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I know if I was gay, I'd be telling the church to get bent, myself.
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If I was gay, I would just say meh, and just go sin anyways. Its not like Jesus is going to not forgive you. LOL, but I'm Catholic
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