Is It a S to Be Gay? | Opn News

Contents:

• DO GAY PEOPLE GO TO HEAVEN?
• 'IF I GROW UP TO BE GAY, WILL I GO TO HELL?'
• THIS I BELIEVE: GAY FOREVER, HELL FOR NEVER
• CAN A GAY OR LBIAN PERSON GO TO HEAVEN?
• RELIGN AND ACCEPTANCE OF GAYS
• DO GAY PEOPLE GO TO HEAVEN?
• GAYS WILL GO TO HELL IF THEY’VE DON’T ‘REPENT,’ ATRALIAN GBY STAR SAYS
• IS IT A S TO BE GAY?

DO GAY PEOPLE GO TO HEAVEN?

The qutn of whether gay people go to heaven or hell is much discsed today, and there is nfn surroundg the issue.

'IF I GROW UP TO BE GAY, WILL I GO TO HELL?'

On one si are church that teach that homosexualy is blsed by God.

On the other si are church that nmn all homosexual thoughts and actns as servg of eternal judgment. Is beg gay a ticket to heaven or hell? When we ask if gay people go to heaven or hell, we may be g the label gay rather than nsirg the dividual who may be stgglg wh temptatn or nfed about his or her sexual inty.

THIS I BELIEVE: GAY FOREVER, HELL FOR NEVER

For the purpos of this article, we will fe gay as “practicg a homosexual liftyle. Homosexualy was not part of God’s creatn.

In answerg the specific qutn about whether gay people go to heaven or hell, we n substute the words gay people wh other s groups. Those who practice sexual s, cludg homosexualy, are on that list.

Gay people go to eher heaven or hell on the same basis that dnkards, liars, haters, and self-righteo church people go to eher heaven or hell. And there is no qutn that homosexual acts are displeasg to Him, jt as heterosexual s is displeasg to Him.

CAN A GAY OR LBIAN PERSON GO TO HEAVEN?

If we sist on livg a gay liftyle, as if beg gay was our inty, we are turng our backs on Christ’s sacrifice. Do gay people go to heaven? A homosexual man asked my wife, “Do you thk I’m gog to Hell?

I thk, however, the answer is easy: Y, homosexuals are gog to Hell. The problem is that this qutn often rri wh an rrect assumptn: Homosexualy is so offensive that ’s unfivable. God don’t have special l that ern how to levy punishment on homosexuals.

Even if they’ve engaged homosexual behavr, ’s still possible to be pardoned for their actns. Even though that’s good news, believers are still berated for their moral views on homosexualy. Bis, ’s not like God is potg the fger jt at homosexuals.

RELIGN AND ACCEPTANCE OF GAYS

A churchgoer has no advantage over a homosexual. That means a man or woman n live a life of homosexual behavr and still be cleared of their guilt.

So I suggt you rephrase the qutn wh the followg: Can homosexuals go to Heaven?

DO GAY PEOPLE GO TO HEAVEN?

Tryg to share this news wh homosexuals isn’t always easy. This one will be on homosexualy.

Bee salvatn is by fah alone Christ alone and we are not saved by our works good or bad, y, a homosexual person n go to heaven. If they have, then to ntue wh a homosexual liftyle is livg rebelln and a believer will eventually experience misery and dive disciple. So then, one would no longer be intified by one's prev inty or slavery to any particular past s—whether as a dnkard, adulterer, homosexual, thief, vetor, idolator, fornitor, extortner, etc.

GAYS WILL GO TO HELL IF THEY’VE DON’T ‘REPENT,’ ATRALIAN GBY STAR SAYS

The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicg homosexuals, thiev, the greedy, dnkards, the verbally abive, and swdlers will not her the kgdom of God.

For other rourc on this issue see this article on Homosexualy: The Biblil Christian View, and other articl on Homosexualy. He also helpfully clarifi that havg ever mted a homosexual act or a heterosexual s do not forever exclu one om the kgdom of God.

IS IT A S TO BE GAY?

LiftyleLife & relatnshipsParentgThis was published 4 years agoOpn“If I grow up to be gay, will I go to hell? Children hear about Israel Fol's homophobic ments, and they have Pl HeyHer qutn is doubly shockg given she has two gay uncl, we speak openly about homosexualy our fay, and her father and I uld not re ls about the genr of the people she choos to love.

LoadgIf my dghter was disturbed by Fol’s ments, image how much more trmatic and troublg his ments are to children who intify as gay, or to those who wonr if they might be. “I've always been ashamed of beg gay, ” says McCulloch.

Growg up I was obliv to the impact that our homophobic muny, Brisbane the ‘80s and early ‘90s, had on my iend’s self homophobic jok, the “fag” pranks such as boys verg school books wh the word “fag”, and, y, people thory clarg that hell awas him, have all ntributed to McCulloch feelg ashamed, unacceptable and unlovable for his entire life. They experience poorer mental health out than their peers as a direct rult of the stigma, prejudice, discrimatn and abe they experience jt for beg, who last week lnched a crowdfundg mpaign aimg to raise $3 ln to ver his legal bills his appeal agast his ntract termatn by Rugby Atralia (which was shut down on Monday morng), fend his homophobic post as “an act of love and passn” have no ia of the effect that the msag have on the people they are I thk of how my iend has suffered om homophobia his whole life, and all the boys and girls, past and prent, who will be eply wound and trmatised by Fol’s words, is unfathomable how anyone uld ever jtify them as lovg or ’s not unmon to e ancient texts to provi jtifitn for hatred, but if Fol wants to play the bible rd, let’s talk about what else he uld do wh $3 ln stead of fendg his right to tell already vulnerable and margalised people that hell awas them. Will I really go to hell for beg gay.