Can you be a Christian and still think being gay is okay?

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Love the sinner, hate the sin - that's what I believe in.

I believe in the freedom of choice and free will which is what God gave us and that I have no right to force my beliefs and choices on another human being since God never did the same to me.

And before you ask - I'm a Christian and my views (the above) have landed me in hot soup with my peers in my church. Lets just say that NO ONE speaks to me at all these days (in fact, none of them realized that I have migrated to Switzerland - one thought that I was still in Malaysia even though I left early last year) but they have no problems trying to get on the good side of my hubby whom they see as a "potential person to save".

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People tend to pick and choose what they want to do and what they want to believe in. Even the ones who say that every word of the Bible is the Word of G'd! It stems from their free will I guess.

If you read Leviticus 18.1-30, you will find that the Lord gave a preface and a conclusion when He told the Israelites what not to do in reference to sexual habits. He did not just say do not do this, He explained why they should not do these things.

There were two reasons. One He did not want the Israelites to act like the pagans: the Egyptians and the Canaanites, and two, He considered the acts to be wrong. In His conclusion, He said the land "vomited up" the Canaanites from the land because of their bad actions.

However, as Jews we are also taught not to discriminate against anyone. Homosexuals are a part of our congegation. Their children attend our schools. No one discriminates against them. Discrimination is also against G'd's law. It is a very difficult issue best left between the Lord and the person. It is no one else's business.

Shalom~Adoniah

I love eveyone when i am on my meds.

(except Poles)

I saw a red car yesterday.

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I do agree. I don't remember being taught in Sunday School to love my neighbor as I love myself only if the neighbor was heterosexual. Some people seem to concentrate on hate just as much as they can, don't they?

I very much agree. Jesus preached that our Father wanted us to love each other as we loved ourselves. And this goes very deep - we love ourselves very deeply especially during tough times - wars, economic recessions/depressions, legal desputes in our communities,etc. We are always out to protect ourselves, then loved ones. So, being a Christian, calls us to love and respect everyone.

I agree that the letter brings up some very good points. Most of God's laws outlined in Leviticus are approprite when starting a new culture with religion and you want to make sure that the culture survives. You set it up so that you do not do want neighboring cultures do. Dietary laws are such to protect your people, especially in ancient times when the understanding of diseases was more mystical than fact. You outline laws to make sure there is peace within families so that families can come together to put together society. And that society will work together.

According to my knowledge Jesus loves everybody despite our sexual orientation. Most homosexuals do not chose this lifestyle but its the way they are born. They did not choose to become one. The Catholic Church calls for a life of purity from homosexuals. I think that we should be charitable and love everybody despite their sexual orientation.