Do God make people gay? A theologian rponds | Catholic News Agency

Contents:

• THE POPE SAYS GOD MA GAY PEOPLE JT AS WE SHOULD BE – HERE’S WHY HIS MENTS MATTER
• THE GOSPEL FOR A GAY FRIEND
• ‘GOD MA ME GAY’
• WHY DO GOD MAKE PEOPLE GAY AND THEN SAY YOU CAN’T BE THAT WAY?
• “WHY DON’T GOD ANSWER PRAYERS TO TAKE AWAY GAY FEELGS?”
• “WHY DID GOD MAKE ME GAY?”
• 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
• LLIE JORDAN TELLS SHANIA TWA 'GOD MA ME' GAY, WHY HE 'QU GOG' TO CHURCH: 'I'M NOT A MISTAKE'
• DO GOD MAKE PEOPLE GAY? A THEOLOGIAN RPONDS

THE POPE SAYS GOD MA GAY PEOPLE JT AS WE SHOULD BE – HERE’S WHY HIS MENTS MATTER

It is immensely powerful to hear that Pope Francis, the lear of the Roman Catholic church, reportedly told Juan Carlos Cz, a gay man: “God ma you like this and lov you like this.

Lbian, gay, bi and trans people exist every muny, om every ethnic background and every relign. He ma iends wh other gay people and embarked on sexual exploratns.

THE GOSPEL FOR A GAY FRIEND

Josh found a refuge his gay muny and veloped bonds that ran far eper than sexual flgs.

Though his parents distanced themselv and old iends turned a ld shoulr, Josh felt he was fally ee his new inty as a gay man. It n be timidatg for people who have never stggled wh same-sex attractn to share the gospel wh a gay man or woman. Ask him to help you unrstand how beg gay beme a central part of his inty.

Christians have sned at least two major ways when to reachg those the gay muny. On the one hand, some have laid asi God’s clear teachg that homosexualy is a s a misguid attempt to show God’s love. Share what the Bible teach about homosexual activy (Mark 7:21; Rom.

‘GOD MA ME GAY’

On the other hand, some have neglected passn and harbored a nscendg attu toward people who practice homosexual s. As we reach out to those gay muny, we mt strive to do so wh a siar heart.

WHY DO GOD MAKE PEOPLE GAY AND THEN SAY YOU CAN’T BE THAT WAY?

Ask God to help you to see those the gay muny as he do so you n mister wh Christlike nvictn and passn. As was for Josh, the gay muny is a refuge om the rejectn and ner turmoil many gay people experience. ” But I tst that as we build relatnships wh gay iends and ve them to our hom and to our liv, they will see the te muny of which they have only dreamed.

One of my most stctive tim the past was seeg a new believer get baptized and share openly about g out of a gay liftyle. As you build relatnships wh gay iends, ve them to your life that they may hear the gospel, but also let them see portrayed through the life of your lol church.

“WHY DON’T GOD ANSWER PRAYERS TO TAKE AWAY GAY FEELGS?”

Why did God make me gay if he nmns as a s? Why didn’t J say anythg about homosexualy?

Can I bee a gay Christian? The good news for a gay man or woman is the same good news for a straight man or woman.

Homosexualy isn’t the chief s; unbelief is. In a speech at a gay-advocy fundraiser Sunday, Democratic printial ndidate Pete Buttigieg fend his homosexualy a remark aimed at vice print Mike Pence, a proponent of tradnal marriage. Insistg that his homosexual behavr and legal marriage to another man do not ntradict his beliefs as an Epispalian Christian, Buttigieg said:.

“WHY DID GOD MAKE ME GAY?”

If me beg gay was a choice, was a choice that was ma far, far above my pay gra.

The claim that “God ma me this way” is a mon slogan heard om fenrs of homosexualy.

10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS

And if he mak some people gay, then we should accept . Some Christians rpond to this argument wh what seems to be the only alternative: by sayg that those who intify as gay choose to be gay.

LLIE JORDAN TELLS SHANIA TWA 'GOD MA ME' GAY, WHY HE 'QU GOG' TO CHURCH: 'I'M NOT A MISTAKE'

This rponse is ually met wh so much risn—“Wh all the homophobia the world, who would choose to be gay?? If by gay you mean “a person who engag homosexual behavr, ” then God don’t make someone gay any more than he mak someone an adulterer, a fornitor, or a man who has relatns wh jt his wife.

DO GOD MAKE PEOPLE GAY? A THEOLOGIAN RPONDS

But when most people say, “God ma me gay, ” they’re talkg about attractns (which they nsir part of a God-given inty) rather than behavrs. In orr to make that clear, when someone says that God ma him gay, or that he mak other people gay, you should ask two qutns:.