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.
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10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
If God is agast homosexualy, why are some people born gay? * what if god were gay *
A mon argument for the acceptance of homosexualy and same-sex marriage is that, if God is love, He would not nmn the love of others. The world and maybe even our own sensivi might say that allowg others to live a homosexual relatnship is to see to their well-beg.
Romans 1:26 says homosexualy is disgraceful and dishonorg. First Corthians 6:18 says that sexual immoraly, cludg homosexualy, is a s agast one’s own body.
If homosexualy rults a dishonorg, harmful separatn om God’s blsg, then the lovg thg to do is to stay away om . That beg said, those wh homosexual attractns are sperate need of love.
IS GOD GAY
* what if god were gay *
Even if they agree wh the Bible that homosexualy is a s and rolve not to seek fulfillment of their sexual sir, they mt still fd love other relatnships—the self-sacrificg love of agape and the iendly pannship of phileo. The need for love is no different for sgle heterosexuals than is for those wh homosexual attractn. If God is love, why do He nmn homosexualy?
If God is agast homosexualy, why are some people born gay? In rponse to your qutn the bt answer I n provi for you is that they aren’t born gay or homosexual.
DO GOD LOVE ME EVEN IF I AM A GAY CHRISTIAN?
The very ndn of homosexualy is vaguely referenced throughout the entire Bible but to my knowledge there is only one verse that speaks of directly.
So bg a psychologil and Christian view we are most likely not born homosexual but s rpts to the choice to engage this particular liftyle or not to. Sce Scriptur fe homosexualy as s, as I see , y, people are born gay. The term “homosexual” didn’t exist until 1892.