Religion and Sexuality
Before reading this please note that these are my
personal beliefs and I am not suggesting that any of this is factual. I realize
religion can be a touchy subject but I’m going for it.
I am a Greek Orthodox
Christian and I believe in God. I believe that something, somehow created the
universe. How could anything exist without something creating it? Where did the
sky, stars, planets and space come from? Science and research can answer the
questions who, what, where, when and how…but science can never answer why. Why is
everything in the universe the way it is?
People
will make the argument that God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Now while I believe this is true,
I think He made these two people for the sole purpose of reproducing. That’s
just the way things work in our world; a man and woman can make a baby, not two
people of the same sex (not without science of course). Just because these two
people were arguably created first, it doesn’t mean God intended for everyone
to be straight.
If there really was an
Adam and Steve, the social norm could
very possibly be that homosexuality is normal and being straight is not. If two
men or two women could reproduce then that would be socially correct and
straight people would be the “weird ones”.
If being homosexual,
bisexual, transgender or having any other kind of sexual orientation other than
being straight was “wrong”, why would God have made people that way? For those
who think being gay is a choice, why would God allow us the power of free will?
Something here just doesn’t add up.
Some of the nicest, most
genuine and pure people are homosexual. The way you act in life determines
where you’ll end up after death, not your sexual orientation.
Homosexuality goes way,
way back. It has always existed. It’s only becoming more accepted now. There is
a reason for why people have different sexual orientations just like there is a
reason why the universe was created; and I think it’s because God had something
to do with it.
I have no problem with gay people and even have some gay friends and I think you're right, it doesn't matter if you're gay or not. Being gay doesn't make you any worse of a person, it's the actions that you choose to make that make you good or bad. People make the argument that being gay is against God and Bible. As long as you're a good person, treat others well, and don't cause harm you should be ok.
ReplyDeleteI feel that being gay has no affect on whether or not someone is a good person. Someone is either a good or bad person based on the decisions they willingly choose to make. I think God is all knowing and has a plan for everyone so whether or not it's a choice to be gay (not saying it is or isn't because I don't know), shouldn't matter because they're still a human and a child of God. As long as you are a good person and treat others well i don't think sexual orientation should matter.
ReplyDelete"It’s only becoming more accepted now."
ReplyDeleteUm... no. See http://bit.ly/1BIZkDJ
I am a very religious and faithful person, too, and I agree with your point. From my point of view given my Christian religious beliefs: God loves all of His children and He created all of His children. He is all knowing. He gave us free will, but with that, from the beginning we chose sin. We are all sinners, easily tempted. God gave us Jesus so that we may be freed from this sin, if only we believe in Him, because we are literally incapable of living within the laws of the Bible and living perfect lives. So even though being gay may be considered a "sin," so isn't most of what we all do and think in our daily lives. God knows this, and loves us despite this. That means that He loves gay people just as much as He loves straight people because we all sin equally.
ReplyDeleteLike you said, that's just what I believe. But I hate people to turn from God because they believe that He is hateful. That's not true, and you shouldn't allow hateful people who parade as believers to ruin the beauty of faith for you.
As some one who is not religious, but was raised on Christian principles, your view on God and homosexuality falls in line with how I was taught about God and the world. I believe that the Bible illustrates morals and values much more prominently than specific rules for living, and that these are at the core of Christianity. While one section may (depending on your own interpretation) condemn homosexuality, the ideas of acceptance and love for all shine through much more so than that to me.
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