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Homosexuality, what is God's view?

There are many "Christian homosexuals" who are not forthright about their homosexuality with their church leaders and fellow churchmen. Some identify with being homosexual but say they are not sexually active and therefore not "in sin". Still others secretly believe that God is okay with their sexual lifestyle so long as it is monogamous and within the context of gay marriage. Is it wrong to tell these different brands of "Christian homosexuals" that they are in sin and must therefore denounce homosexuality as a sin punishable by eternal fire? What about Christians that confuse fellowship with outreach. Is it acceptable to have intimate friendship with homosexuals? What of scriptures like, "be not unequally yoked", or "how can two walk together unless they agree?" Let me hear your thoughts.

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Permalink Reply by Noah Teak Howell on November 18, 2009 at 4:48pm

thanks, but no ones going to hell because gays simply love the same sex. no spiritual crime is commited, and the bible has been redone to say its a sin. i do not think an ALL LOVING God would just send someone to hell because they love another woman or another man. Straight people sleep with men and women just as much, its just more terrible when an gay person does it. it disturbs more people to see two people of the same sex in love than it does to see starving and suffering in their own countries.

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Permalink Reply by Jeffery Harris on December 24, 2009 at 6:53am

So we should keep on sinning! ???!!!! WRONG! Shall we continue in sin that Grace may abound? GOD FORBID! The bible is plain and straight forward concerning certain things. YOU ARE WRONG! Homosexuality is a SIN.So is murder,adultery,lying,bestiality,and not loving my neighbor...so on and so forth! You need to read!And by the way,the Scriptures have been changed very little. And to think I'm a Liberal!!!!! So if the Homos want to be homos I'll "let" God deal with them. As for me and my house,we will serve the Lord!

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Permalink Reply by Jason on November 24, 2009 at 11:14pm

I believe we need to show love and compassion to those who are practicing the homosexual lifestyle. Not only does the Bible tell us that it's wrong in three different places (Acts 21:25, Romans 13:13, 1 Corinthians 6:13) but it's obviously not a very healthy practice (though many scientists and psychologists would say otherwise due to political incorrectness and fear of being shunned). This is something the human body was obviously not meant for. But as Christians I think we need to remember that people who are practicing homosexuality have other issues that they probably also need help with. If they wish to seek help for these issues, we need to be there to help them with care and open arms. By the same token, I think we also have to be willing to stand up and say "this isn't right", particularly when it comes to issues such as gay marriage.

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Permalink Reply by Jason on December 17, 2009 at 11:08pm

Noah, I think you're being a bit over-dramatic with the haolocaust statement. Everyone has the right to choose how they want to live. It's just that some choices are not positive ones. God wants our best, you know?

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Permalink Reply by Deidra Mitchell on January 21, 2010 at 12:20pm

Homosexuality is wrong. A lot of time you hear them say that.....God loves me for who I am...... part of that is true. God loves the person, but hates the sin. The truth in what they say is God loves them...... the bible says that God loves all sinners, but the key point that people miss is that he hates the sin. Its kinda of sad that you hear them say that I was born like this..... thats lie straight out of hell...... Paul said that we were born into sin. Is it okay to hang around them? I say its okay to hang around them if, they are convicted and start making changes in their lifestyle, then thats when we step in to help; but if they are in church and never getting convicted and don't want to change.... No, don't hang out with them, cause the bible says do not sit in the council of the ungodly. All we can do is reach out to them, and pray.

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Permalink Reply by Noah Teak Howell on January 21, 2010 at 7:23pm

god does love me for who i am no one is gonna change that opinion any more than i could change yours.

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Permalink Reply by Deidra Mitchell on March 2, 2010 at 2:10pm

Well, all I did was try to tell the truth to someone,and my opinions comes straight from the Word of God. Im not judging the homosexuals, all i'm doing is warning them. God Bless You... I will continue to pray for you!!!

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Permalink Reply by Berlin Gambolputty on February 24, 2010 at 4:24pm

Well, if homosexuality is a sin and we are automatically born into sin, then wouldn't it be totally possible for them to be born homosexual, donchya think?

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Permalink Reply by Danny M. Guess on February 25, 2010 at 4:42am

They do not come out of the womb as a homosexual. It all depends on their upbringing and how "loose" their parents are with their morals and not correcting them at early stages of their life. Satan seizes opportunities every second of every day and finds a persons' weakness and keeps embedding it into their minds and makes them think lustful thoughts whether it be homosexual tendancies or any other immorality to anger God. Satan caused Adam and Eve to fall from grace in the Garden of Eden and since that time sin has been around. It is not transmitted through family genes or anything of that nature. Satan knows what is abominations to God and every day he plays on them using weak minded individuals and implanting into their minds that what they do is right although it is totally evil and immoral. Even Job was plagued by Satan, Job did evrything right in the eyes of God and Satan even told God he would bring Job to sin, but Job stayed faithful even though he was going through pain and suffering at the hands of Satan daily. He knew it was not God causing all this and he kept his faith and endured.

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Permalink Reply by Berlin Gambolputty on February 25, 2010 at 2:51pm

My parents are not at all loose with my upbringing- they're pretty darn tight. However, I still go behind their back and whatnot. Not with my sexual orientation, but with plenty of other crimes. Even having strict parents during the early stages of ones life could screw them up for good when they're older; they'll turn their backs for they believe their parents were too strict and held them back. Unless the parent went all out to brainwash their child, correcting morals has little to do with homosexuality. Plus, since little kids don't have sexual urges yet... or at least not aware of the concept and wouldn't understand it if you told them (I had to add that because I read a book about Sigmund Freud which informed me that babies are, in fact, very sexual creatures), a parent doesn't go around telling their little boy to stop making out with all his little boy friends because that is very wrong indeed. You just don't see that. Though, when I was little, I didn't get the concept of homosexuality at all and how it would be a sin, and when I heard of it while my mom was listening to Rush Limbaugh, I thought it was a very swell concept. I thought boys were gross. Little girls like to hang out with little girls and little boys like to hang out with little boys. I am aware, however, that a close relationship with one's parents could effect their sexuality, however. They observe their parents and can base their relationships on what they see. If they have two loving, heterosexual parents, then they'll grow up to marry some person of the opposite gender. But if their parents totally hate each other, then they'll have similar relationships with their spouses or might turn homosexual in order to avoid the pain that their parents experience from one another on a daily basis. This leads to another point- heterosexuality, to a person who's experienced this, could be completely wrong. It would seem to a person that this marriage between a man and a woman could not be from a loving god but definitely from the Devil and could definitely be perceived as very evil and immoral. They might feel as if homosexuality would be and escape provided by a god of Love. Just a thought.
Sorry if this is a bunch of mumble and jumble. I kinda rambled and didn't go over my work, but it's not as if I am turning this in for a grade... :]

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Permalink Reply by Deidra Mitchell on October 27, 2010 at 1:03pm

No, nobody was born into homosexuality. Homosexuality is a spirit from hell. The devil want you to be decieve and believe that its from God, but its not. Let me ask you one question. Any where in the bible, when it talks about marriage, do you see anything about homosexuals? No! When it comes down to marriage its a man and a woman. Only a man and a woman can be fruitful and multiply. Homosexuals can't, thats why when they want to have kids, they have to find a couple are do a embryo process, because, it takes a man and a woman. Thats how God ordained it!

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Permalink Reply by Danny M. Guess on February 20, 2010 at 1:42pm

Read Romans 1:22-32 and this will tell how God feels about this subject, it ia a total ABOMINATION! Anyone who is currently doing the unnatural acts should seek repentance and cease and desist from this immediately.