TheFacelessEvil wrote:
Jimmie wrote:
It kinda depends for me. Personally I'm straight, and homosexual is a sin in my religion, but I guess for people outside my religion, I'm more okay with it because they aren't under the same rules as me, and God gave all of us free will, so it's no one's right, Christian or not, to force our rules on other people. But gay people within the church? Now, having them come to Christ is great, and I have no problems against that, but they have to realize what they're doing is sinful. Just like any other sin, you can't go to God without turning your life around. That's where I draw the line when it comes to gays.
What do you do in order to "draw the line"? Do you tell them they cannot be a part of your Religion, or something else?Jimmie wrote:
That, and when I see another man trying to check me out.
What do you do in this situation too? Are you disgusted? Do you ignore them, or do you say something? Does this happen often? Do you hate it when people you're not attracted to check you out even of the opposite gender?Jitka wrote:
I agree with you on the checkin' me out thing, though. I mean, I know I'm smokin hot and all, but I just don't swing that way. Sorry.
Deal with it. We're all checking you out.Honestly, I'm not completely sure if I've come face to face with a gay person in my life, though after 15 years of living, I probably have. But if I was in a situation where a saw a gay person trying to be a Christian and Ihad the courage to speak out about it, I'd tell them that it's okay to come to Christ, because people do that when they've been sinful; that's the first major step of being redeemed. But I'd also saythat after they turn to God, they need to turn away from their sin to stay with God. You can't wrong a friend of yours, ask forgiveness, then keep doing the same thing again. That's just not how relationships work, and Christianity is all about having a good relationship with God.
As for my reaction if I saw a gay guy checking me out? Well, again, I don't think I've seen another guy do that, but I'm sure I'd be disgusted. And if someone of opposite sex is hitting on me but I don't like them back, I don't usually make a fuss over it. If they aren't creeping me out, then they can on me if they want, so long as they don't go to far with it. That's really a difderent issue because heterosexuality and homosexualitg are two different things. But if a guy was asking me out or overalk being disgustingly gay to me, yeah, I'd definitely be creeped out. I'd probably run, probably over to my crush Sonia so I can hit on her and make gayness leave my mind, then get beaten up by her boyfriend.
Ah well, at least it would help me forget.
As for what you said NOW, TFE, the thing is people can be forgiven. According to Leviticus, yeah we're screwed, but according to Roman's, the law was made intentionally so we would screw up and turn to Jesus. I don't remember the exact passage, but I did read once and I remember it was really interesting and worth checking out for any Christian.
And as for the animal sacrifices thing...That was over with when God's son made the ultimate sacrifice. Yeah, that one extremely important bit right there.