So by now my point of view has been made crystal clear on my views about faith, and by extension my views on homosexuality should be clear as well…. right? Wrong!
The common idea that seems to be held by the world is that Christians are, by their very teachings, “gay bashers” when nothing could be further from the truth. I believe this idea comes from the radical right wing conservatives that give all parishioners a bad name by holding up hate charged statements and generalities about homosexuality. I’m sure most of us have seen the anti-gay protests on capitol hill with the “Christians” screaming out profanities and hateful slurs against gays. Personally I find them reprehensible. Christ came to the down trodden, the sinners and the saints alike not to judge and scorn them but to give them hope for redemption, not by their own actions because their actions are not enough, but through the blood of Jesus.
This idea that homosexuality is somehow more despicable than looking at another woman with lust, or lying to our kids, or committing perjury on the stand is ludicrous. It says it in plain black and white in the bible, all have sinned and fall short of God’s glory. Even the slightest sin is less than perfection and a abomination to him. So while it’s easy to say that being gay is evil, it’s hard and close to impossible for us to say that harboring hateful thoughts about our neighbor is no less a sin. In fact it states in the bible that that act of such a though is “murder.” Looking onto another woman with lustful thoughts is “adultery.” So you tell me which one of you is perfect enough to cast the first stone at the homosexual. You yourself are a murdering thieving adulterer. Pull out the plank in your own eye before you point out the splinter in your neighbors.
So where do I stand?
By no means take what I’ve said out of context. Marriage is clearly defined in the Bible as a union of a man and a woman under God. Homosexuality is a sin. Period. I don’t care your upbringing, I don’t care your genetics. We’re all born with surroundings and genetic predispositions that make following God a daunting task even under the most mild of circumstances. The fact that your gay just means you have a hard road ahead of you. I personally apologize for anyone that has been set back in their walk with Christ because of a foolish and trite response by a fellow Christian.
Don’t fall into the trap that so many homosexual apologetics run into. I am speaking of course about the popular tactic of discounting the Levitical laws. True some of the laws are antiquated, and I can’t deny that some sound pretty silly when take out of context. There are plenty of references to homosexuality in the bible, and all refer to it as sin. We can pick apart grammatical inconsistencies and the oh so many arguments over semantics. But God has a consistent track record with regard to societies that encourage sodomy and homosexuality. Frankly, I don’t have the ability at this time in my walk with Christ to defend the Bible on point’s like this, not because there is no defense, but because believe it or not, I’m still learning about Christ and in that learning process I don’t have all the witty retorts that many Biblical scholars may have. (I’m not smart enough for that)
Where do mature Christians stand?
This is not what God had in mind for this world when he made it, we Christians should be the first to tell you we aren’t perfect. I have my own immoral, unclean, and sinful thoughts and actions almost daily, but it’s the job of our brothers and sisters in Christ to lift one another up even in the face of our blatant daily failures. If we could do it all alone we wouldn’t need each other, and we wouldn’t need Christ. I encourage anyone who has been slighted by a so called follower of Jesus to come back to the faith. Don’t let a misguided group of ignorant radicals decide where your faith lies.
Though I am not a Mormon or a catholic, I believe this informative (albeit low quality) video speaks well what I’m talking about.
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