One of my pet peeves is when "Christians" gleefully hone in on condemning homosexuality, going on and on about what a horrible sin it is and how you will go to Hell if you are gay and you'd better repent, repent, repent.
Meanwhile the very people declaring such things to large clapping audiences with whooping cries of approval, go home and have sex with their neighbors' wives, or watch hours of kiddie porn, or beat up their kids, or even just have sex outside of marriage, which is also loudly condemned in the bible.
Does the bible say homosexuality is a sin? Yes. Do we have the right to judge someone for his or her sexual actions? Sure, if we are perfect and without any sin ourselves. Do we have to approve of or join in on things that we feel are wrong? No.
Christians very often get caught up in trying to right others' wrongs, forgetting that if they first tried to clean themselves up to standards they would not even have time to go pointing fingers at the mistakes and struggles of others.
I know someone who prayed and prayed for God to change [their] heart to be heterosexual and [they] never were able to feel attraction to the opposite sex. It broke my heart to hear this, because this person is gentle, intelligent, loving and sincere. I don't know why this person is gay. And I don't feel it is my place to try to change [them].
God has lots of laws and commands, all of which we human beings consistently break on a daily basis. To pull one out and persecute someone and judge them to Hell for it, is to call attention to yourself as a hateful, merciless person who thinks he's better than someone else. And what does God hate above all? Pride. Lack of mercy. He desires mercy over sacrifice.
So to people who want to be true Christians, please, let's concentrate on where we ourselves fail, rather than pointing fingers from a collective platform of stiff-necked judgment.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
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