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Contents:
- THE POPE SAYS GOD MA GAY PEOPLE JT AS WE SHOULD BE – HERE’S WHY HIS MENTS MATTER
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
- ‘GOD MA GAY PEOPLE. AND GOD MA GAY PEOPLE GAY. THAT IS ALL WE NEED TO KNOW.’
- DO GOD MAKE PEOPLE GAY? A THEOLOGIAN RPONDS
- GAYS WERE NOT CREATED THAT WAY
- ‘GOD MA ME GAY’
- J SAID SOME ARE BORN GAY.
- WHY DO GOD KEEP CREATG GAY PEOPLE IF HE HAT THEM SO MUCH?
THE POPE SAYS GOD MA GAY PEOPLE JT AS WE SHOULD BE – HERE’S WHY HIS MENTS MATTER
When I started wrg my new book, God and the Gay Christian, I was well aware that Christians who oppose same-sex marriage the church have long ed the Bible to fend their pot of view. As a gay Christian om an evangelil church Kansas, that stat quo has had a damagg impact on my life, which is one reason I'm settg out to change the flty perspective. Here are 10 reasons why God accepts gay Christians. * god created gays *
Jt bee a thg exists – homosexualy, for stance – that don’t necsarily prove that the thg is good or healthy or sirable or part of God’s perfect plan.
In argug this way, we’re not suggtg that homosexuals are somehow “sicker” or more “diseased” and “fective” than anyone else. 101 Frequently Asked Qutns About Homosexualy. The Gay Gospel?
How Pro-Gay Advot Misread the Bible. Unrstandg Homosexualy. Homosexualy, Theology and the Church.
10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
* god created gays *
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.
As you n see, there is no room here for homosexual preferenc. If God didn’t create homosexualy, where did e om?
Homosexuals are not alone this regard.
‘GOD MA GAY PEOPLE. AND GOD MA GAY PEOPLE GAY. THAT IS ALL WE NEED TO KNOW.’
As we see , homosexual feelgs and behavr are rooted a wi array of overlappg and tertwg psychologil, physlogil, and velopmental factors.
DO GOD MAKE PEOPLE GAY? A THEOLOGIAN RPONDS
It would probably be fair to say that no two people e to the pot of intifyg themselv as “gay” precisely the same manner.
For this reason, ’s overly simplistic to assert that homosexualy is merely a “choice” or that people are simply “born that way. On another ont, you want to know why our mistry “dwells only on homosexualy, ” when fact the Scripture also ntas “lots of other strange prohibns that [we] choose to ignore.
GAYS WERE NOT CREATED THAT WAY
” In the first place, simply isn’t te that Foc on the Fay emphasiz the biblil prohibns agast homosexualy to the excln of every other scriptural teachg. In the fal analysis, our perspective on homosexualy is not based exclively upon Old Ttament proscriptns such as Levic 18:22 (as you appear to assume). The Complete Christian Gui to Unrstandg of Homosexualy: A Biblil and Compassnate Rponse to Same-Sex Attractn.
The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermentics.
Is God Anti-Gay? What Do the Bible Say About Homosexualy? Unrstandg Male Homosexualy: God’s Power to Change Liv.
‘GOD MA ME GAY’
For several s, polil and theologil bat related to LGBTQ+ issu have centered around same-sex relatnships for lbian, gay and bisexual people. In our exampl above, Josh uld be a transgenr man who is gay, bisexual or straight. In a PRRI survey nducted 2019, was found that ls than one-quarter (24%) of Amerins report havg a close iend or fay member who is transgenr, pared to 46% who report havg a bisexual close iend or fay member, and nearly seven ten (68%) who report havg a gay or lbian close iend or fay member.
” (Acts 5:34-39, NRSV) what the Bible says about homosexualy here. The Pew Rearch Center shared last year that the majory of people who approved of homosexual liftyl didn’t nsir relign important their daily liv.
And holdg to God’s revealed tth His Word ncerng homosexualy is even more dangero, ” Becket Cook wrote his book, A Change of Affectn: A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Remptn. “If you believe that homosexualy is a s, you are immediately labeled a bigot or homophobic.
J SAID SOME ARE BORN GAY.
Homosexualy is plited, but ’s not a gray area. Cook remds his rears, there are gay pri paras but not gossip pri paras. “Homosexual orientatn affects the whole person: the md, will, emotn and body, ” he wr.
“The nscienc of today’s Christians are beg rpted by the opprsive cultural i and the extreme social prsure surroundg the issue of homosexualy, but we know that the law of the Lord is wrten on our hearts (Jeremiah 31:31-33) and though we may succeed mutg our nscience, the Word of God is eternal, ” Cook said.
No one is created gay. Unfortunately God ma me gay. God did not make you gay.
WHY DO GOD KEEP CREATG GAY PEOPLE IF HE HAT THEM SO MUCH?
Romans Chapter 1, vers 18-32 provis some scriptn of homosexual acts as well as other perversns.
Levic Chapter 18 speaks of homosexualy and other sexual ss. The tth of homosexualy is not happs as promoted, but eternal ath. The term “homosexual” didn’t exist until 1892.
Some morn Bible translatns say that “homosexuals” will not her the kgdom of God, but neher the ncept nor the word for people wh exclive same-sex attractn existed before the late 19th century. While the Bible rejects ltful same-sex behavr, that’s very different om a nmnatn of all gay people and relatnships. Requirg that all gay people rema celibate is at odds wh the Bible’s teachgs on celibacy, which are ground Scripture’s re affirmatn that God’s physil creatn is good.