The Practil Applitn Seri addrs five of the most mon qutns/topics asked of Christians today. Topic Three: Do God Hate Gay People?
Contents:
- QUEER THEOLOGY: DO GOD HATE GAY PEOPLE?
- WHAT ARE RELIG TEXTS REALLY SAYG ABOUT GAY AND TRANSGENR RIGHTS?
- DO GOD HATE GAYS / HOMOSEXUALS?
QUEER THEOLOGY: DO GOD HATE GAY PEOPLE?
The Bible vers aren't about nmng homosexuals, gays, lbians, or transgenr people. Rather, read God's lovg warng and grace for those who have strayed om His will for sex * does god hate gays *
Pope Francis was recently asked about his views on homosexualy.
WHAT ARE RELIG TEXTS REALLY SAYG ABOUT GAY AND TRANSGENR RIGHTS?
* does god hate gays *
Persons wh homosexual tennci are children of God. Crimalisg people wh homosexual tennci is an jtice. This isn’t the first time Pope Francis has shown himself to be a progrsive lear when to, among other thgs, gay Catholics.
As a biblil scholar, I would suggt that church lears who e their cultur and theology to exclu homosexuals don’t read Scripture refully. Those who would exclu homosexuals om God’s kgdom choose to ignore J, turng stead to the Old Ttament – most particularly to Genis 19, the stctn of the ci of Sodom and Gomorrah.
DO GOD HATE GAYS / HOMOSEXUALS?
Their terpretatn of the story is that is about homosexualy. Levic 18:22 and 20:13, for example, are not about “homosexualy” as we now unrstand – as the rg, lovg and sexual relatnship between people of the same sex. Christians – no matter which church they belong to – should follow Pl and extend to the heterosexual-homosexual distctn.