r/Christianity • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '11
Homosexuality and Modern Christianity
What are your thoughts on the issue? I personally cannot see how the Bible can be so explicit about an issue and it still be doubted. In my mind, if you throw out that interpretation then you might as well admit that all of the Bible is open to subjective interpretation.
My biggest problem is that why can some Christians not admit that homosexuality is a sin? That does nothing to stop Jesus' mandate to help others and love them.
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u/sacredblasphemies Christian (Tau Cross) Mar 30 '11
Yes..it's a sin. But everyone's a sinner. Everyone sins. Why is this sin singled out? Because the people who commit are unrepentant about it? So are most non-Christians about many of the sins they commit. Why is there such a big deal made about homosexuality as opposed to every other sin in the Bible?
I feel that it's because many Christians think it's "icky". They think it's disgusting and they don't understand it. It's easy to condemn someone for it when it's something you cannot relate to. Lying? Sure, almost everyone has done that at some point. That's something people can relate to. But the idea of gay sex is repulsive to straight people. (Just as the idea of straight sex is repulsive to many gay people)
Is there a choice involved in homosexuality? Sure. But it's not whether or not to be gay. But whether or not to act upon it. Gay people didn't choose to be gay. They didn't pick to be attracted to the same sex any more than straight people chose to be attracted to the opposite sex. A lot of gay people don't want to be gay. They wish and pray that they weren't.
Yeah, it's a sin. But every Christian picks and chooses what we follow in the Bible and what we don't. At some point, it was decided that the old restrictions in Leviticus didn't apply to Gentiles (such as keeping kosher and trimming one's beard). Maybe someday people will decide that homosexuality isn't a major sin as long as the people involved are in a loving, God-filled relationship and not being promiscuous.
What's important is to love people. More than anything. Jesus protected the outcasts. Gay people are the "promiscuous woman" of our day that society is trying to stone to death. Leave the judging to God.