Thursday, May 17, 2007

Why I feel that Christians who HATE gays can not call themselves Christians.

First things first. I don't care what your religion is. Everyone has a responsibility to care for thier fellow man. Wasn't it Jesus who said hate the sin but love the sinner? Wasn't it Jesus who said judge not, lest you be judged yourself?

Stop judging others.

Jesus never once condemned gays.

Lev. 18:22, “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.”

Lev. 20:13, “If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them”

Now, it also says in the OLD TESTAMENT in the SAME CHAPTER THAT CONDEMNS GAYS—LEVITICUS—-the following:

10: And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
11: And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
12: And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
13: But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

SO UNLESS YOU PLAN ON SACRIFICING MALE SHEEP WHILE HATING GAYS, YOU ARE ONLY A HYPOCRITE.

Now lets take a look at Corinthians — This is i the NEW TESTAMENT, actually and is A LETTER WRITTEN BY PAUL, and not technically the quotes of Christ or of GOD.

1 Cor. 6:9-10, “Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”

WHICH ALSO STATES:

17: If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
18: Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19: For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
20: And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

WHICH IS BASICALLY PAUL SAYING THAT WE DON’T KNOW SO DON’T JUDGE.

And finally, one of my favorites:

Rom. 1:26-28, “For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. 28And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper.”

THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS WRONG. IT IS SAYING THAT ADULTEROUS DESIRE—REGARDLESS OF THE FUNCTION—AND DECIET OF INDECENCY—IS AN ABOMINATION—

YET ROMANS ALSO STATES:

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And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

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Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

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Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

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Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

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Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

SO PLEASE TELL ME—WHICH IS EVIL? WHICH IS SIN? DECIET, WRATH, OATH BREAKING, LACK OF MERCY—

ALL SINS ARE SINS IN THE EYES OF GOD.

Yet conviniently, politicians, preachers and closed minded “wisemen” forget that god sees the heart of hearts, and thus if you commit to any acts of sin, whether it be a lie, cheating on your wife, or gaying out with your nieghbor, it is still A SIN OF MORALITY and furthermore,

And the best of Paul in Romans:

Romans 5:8: “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”


That means that you are not better than anyone else. We are all sinners in the eyes of God, but He loves us equally anyways.

Romans 5:9: “Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!”

When we pass through this physical life into God's grace and God's heaven, He will ask us how we honored His son....

If your only answer is through hatred and violence I do not think God will bless you with entrance.



4 comments:

Old-Things said...

Hi Dustin - I saw your post on the share my blog group and stopped by to take a look. I agree completely with you. I am not a religious person, but I believe that Jesus lived and was a truly great philosopher - he inspired radical thought that elevated human rights. I just wrote an entry about Jerry Falwell, which I would invite you to check out.

http://old-things.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Not just christians hate gays, another religious as well. But seem like christians always think to be gay is bad and they walk in the wrong way. Christians try to change them which it is a good intention but would it be better if you just accept gays people becuase they are gay not a sin !

ps. a lot of christians are gay anyway. but they don't accept themsafe

Michelle said...

I think people hate what scares them because it feels more in control to hate than to fear.. and they fear anything they don't really understand.

I'm not much for believing in the Bible anymore so can't comment there except to say that you certainly did a lot of research to get your point across.

Dustinzgirl said...

Um, Alice. First off I am a Christian. Secondly, I am talking aboutr the assholes who stand around with signs saying "GOD HATES FAGS" and "AIDS KILLS FAGS" and "GOD HATES AMERICA"

Personally I hope those cunts get a hard look at thier own life.

And I have never met a Christian who said that being gay is wrong, but we have a responsibility to love all manner of man so they should be allowed to live thier lives without interference.

Except for me, that is.

So Alice is saying that we ONLY have to follow the parts of the Old Testament THAT WE DECIDE TO FOLLOW OUT OF CONVINIENCE.

Jee, that goes directly against Romans, doesn't it?

Christians who hate anyone need to read thier bible again. I don't think that hating gays is what God intended for us. I doubt that a sign saying "GOD HATES FAGS" can be misinterpreted on any level, and niether can that Fallwel jerk.

I am so freaking sick of people using the words of God to further thier own sick political career.

The only person you truly have to worry about is God. And if when you die the only thing you served Him with is violence, hatred, and anger because it was convinient for you to follow all the other Americans in hating, I think God might have an issue with that.

MIchelle and Old Things thank you for your comments!

PS: I don't know about other religions beyond thier text. I'm a Christian and American. I see what our religious right is doing to this world and it is wrong.