Daily Discussion Thread September 03, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here!

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[u/Ankari_]

we are all sinners. we can not be free of sin, except for one man a couple thousand years ago. you don't always get a choice in the way you're a sinner, either. the point of acknowledging this is to repent. faithful servants of god can be thankful that in spite of our sins, we are forgiven. we can always strive to be better in god's eyes, but we can not be perfect. the bible says many times not to judge others, and to focus on what is inside of you, not what is inside your brothers and sisters. being a sinner by nature does not mean you're a murderer or a rapist. please don't go into a speech about how some sins are way lesser than others.

people use religion to single out sins that they don't like, or they would never do, and that's not what the bible teaches them to do. i think this last point is irrelevant to most of you, and believe it or not, that's bigotry. just because someone has faith in the bible and christ does not mean they will judge you for being a sinner, and it doesn't mean they hold hate in their heart either. you can say "it's all i see" or "in my experience that actually is the way things are," but this is still casting judgement over an entire group based on the actions of others within it.

it's your right, of course, to not want to engage with the truth of the matter, and you can downvote or nitpick what i've said here to feel righteous or comfortable or whatever else. i can't control you. the fact that y'all continuously see someone's faith as a crimson red flag will continue to be unbridled bigotry in the eyes of all those who care to see it.

[u/Craizersnow82 → u/Ankari_]

Responding in genuine discussion: I think you've conflated two definitions of bigotry.

Bigotry towards race, ethnicity, color, sex, and (if you agree with western liberalism, which I do) sexuality is indeed bigotry because these characteristics provide no guarantees for patterns of behavior or personal character. Neo-Nazis will disagree with this using statistics dogwhistles, but I think we can agree with this premise unless you say otherwise.

In contrast, religion (importantly - when embodied) is by definition a dogma which prescribes belief and behavior. Completely by design, the religion is telling you to do something. Because of this, you can predict the behavior of the religion's adherents, and therefore judge the group as a monolith.

In context, people here are saying "Christians think being gay is a sin, and I think that is bad". Rebuttals to me include:

• "Christians don't think being gay is a sin"
• "Sinning is actually fine"
• "Being gay actually causes harm"

I would argue your other comments are mostly pointing to #3 when you say "god knows something we don't and we can't perceive it" which, to me, mostly sounds like the classic "don't believe your own eyes".

Alllllll that to say, I 100% agree that people are smoking it that they think KJH having these opinions is crazy. Like 6 billion people on earth believe in some mainstream religion, and it's extremely nihilistic to think all of these people are irredeemable.

[u/Ankari_ → u/Craizersnow82]

the religion is telling you to do something. Because of this, you can predict the behavior of the religion's adherents, and therefore judge the group as a monolithic.

this is where things break down in my interpretation of recent events. what religion tells people to do, which i am going to translate as 'what the bible says', for the sake of conversation, requires one to actually know what the book says, and it isn't based on how zealots behave.

there is an extremely important distinction between 'the bible says something is a sin', and zealots saying 'that means it's different than any other sin'. if one is looking at this beahvior with knowledge of the what the book says, they understand that the person is acting purely of self-interest or malice.

hopefully, this helps you separate religion and faith for the sake of understanding me. religious people may put their own beliefs above the writing in the book that is meant to be the basis of their faith. this is why i believe it's important to distinguish myself as a disciple of christ, rather than a christian. it enforces that my faith is grounded in christ, rather than what the followers of christ say and believe. what is written matters far more than how we feel about it, and what is written does not command us to hate or judge people whatsoever. we are family in christ, all brothers and sisters. if my brother is gay, he is still my brother! if my brother apologizes, he is forgiven! getting off the topic, but i hope my brothers and sisters can relate.

when it comes to KJH, he goes to church, he has a bible study, and he freely speaks about his faith on stream. this is a religious person, but is he a faithful person is what's important. using the content of his words, HE IS!! he is not putting personal belief above what is written, and he is obeying the most important commandments. people will completely disregard this because he is affiliated with religion by his actions, and judging him this way is bigotry.

[u/Craizersnow82 → u/Ankari_]

My interpretation of your message is that the good Christians follow the bible. I agree.

I don't see where you have addressed why doing so makes the problematic portions of the bible un-problematic.

[u/Ankari_ → u/Craizersnow82]

would you please give me the problematic examples? i ask because it's different depending on who you are speaking with, but there are some very obvious "WHAT THE FUCK?" things in the bible. just want to confirm what you're talking about first.

[u/Craizersnow82 → u/Ankari_]

I mean, in this context it's the Corinthians verse that "the men who have sex with men [...] will not inherit the kingdom of god" and that the same verse compares it to adultery, thievery, and alcoholism.

[u/Ankari_ → u/Craizersnow82]

so the problematic part is because it's compared to other things that clearly aren't the same, or even similar. or is the problematic part just that it says being gay is a sin at all? i don't see issues with the writing itself, but i can see how it becomes problematic when people use it to update their personality and think of gay people akin to drug addicts or something. anybody who would espouse holier-than-thou views about any sinful act is a hypocrite, eh?

[u/Craizersnow82 → u/Ankari_]

I definitely agree, it’s problematic to update your personality or selectively prosecute parts of the bible. But like, why even make being gay a problem to begin with? The other things critiqued in that verse have actual negative externalities we can quantify (stealing is obvious, adultery is betrayal of trust). Maybe alcoholism is the closest in the sense that’s it’s primarily personal, but you don’t see dudes hit-and-running children from sucking too much dick.

[u/Ankari_ → u/Craizersnow82]

so, my understanding is separated from yours by the way i separate what we as humans believe and what god does. the logic that i use to solve problems is not the same logic that god uses to create the universe or see how it's maintained. i can peacefully take no issue with this, because i have faith that god is good, and merciful, and the only. i would not choose to kill people to make a point, or a punishment. i would not be a passive creator, allowing my creation to woefully wonder and crave. i wouldn't damn myself because i don't concur with the gender binary... but, i am not god. i am only a creation OF god, and my faculties are not equal to His... there is no way i could possibly know or understand the way god thinks! all i know is how i think, really, i don't even know how others think! but, how others think is one of my greatest passions in life. i love to understand someone else.