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@Domaya:
I never said I hated anyone. I hate the action. The sin. Not the sinner. As God loves the sinner, so will I. I hate the sin because it separates us from God. Sin brings us a one way ticket to hell. Not everyone believes this, I understand. But according to The Word, homosexuality is classified as a sin. Just like lying, stealing, adultery and all the rest. I hate the fact that sin condemns us all. We don't repent, we go to hell. I'm no exception. But thankfully, God offered us a way out, and if we accept him and confess our sins, we're saved from that fate.
A gay couple committing themselves to God... I want to restate, I have nothing against the gay couple, but it's an oxy-moron unless they are truly seeking out the Lord, as he will save them from their sins. To me, its the same as saying an adulterer is running around, sleeping with many women, but he's still religious. But honestly, if a gay couple commits to the Lord, to me, that elates me. Because they're there working out their relationship with God to overcome their sin. But if you mean that they stay in their homosexual lifestyle and commit themselves to God, the Bible says that's impossible. As homosexuality is a sin, Paul in Romans states that one cannot serve two masters: sin and God. You either commit yourself to one or the other. If you're still living in your sin, then you're not truly serving God and that's something between you and Him.
I don't consider myself a religious man, nor do I follow my principles. Religion is manmade and full of flaws. And while some people say the Bible does too, that's what I follow. I call myself a Christian and try hard to commit myself to God's principles. Do I mess up and sin? Yeah, often. But I come back to Him and repent because it's not the lifestyle I want to stay stuck in. And that's the thing. Sin is a lifestyle choice. If you choose to stay there, then you're choosing to stay away from God. He's not sending you to hell, you're choosing to go there, whether you believe it or not. It's not a choice I want to see anyone make.
I try my best to love everyone equally, no matter their lifestyle. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to worry if it's a lifestyle that's going to condemn them to hell. I pray for them. To me, their eternal lives are the most important to me. Where a person spends an eternity, to me, matters most. Understand, I'm not going to approve of sin, ever, because I don't want people to die and suffer.
@Luigi:
Thanks for your response. I appreciate your rational response and what's going on really makes a lot of sense to me. I've been finding it hard to get a straight answer about this because whenever it's brought up you're a Christian on a pro LGBT article or something, suddenly there's lots of backlash and my immediate assumption is that religion is now in the same boat the homosexuals were in years ago. To me, discriminating any of those groups is wrong and unjust.
While I don't support homosexuality for the reasons I explained to DoMaya, I don't hate them and I won't discriminate against them. They're people, just like me. They just have a different lifestyle, different beliefs. Doesn't give me the right to slander them. To me, slandering doesn't make anyone better than someone else, but instead makes you look like a jerk. Just like you, I can't approve when fellow Christians are going out, slandering people, condemning them to hell for their actions. God would never do that.
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Now for what I believe, I do try to stay open-minded. If I'm wrong somewhere in my beliefs and how I live for God, I'm up for people proving me wrong, as long as they can back it up with solid scripture. To me, outside of seeing others saved, is to try to have the best relationship with God I can possibly have. I'm not going to give in to just any old preacher preaching any message either, it has to come from the Bible. The one thing I will never change though is the belief that the Bible is the Truth. Say what you will, but through my faith, I have had far too many spiritual encounters to convince me otherwise.
But really guys, thanks for responding respectfully without tearing into me. Having differing opinions on the internet seems to devolve more into slandering rather than having a mature debate, and I know I can trust that most people are trusting here and if we have differing ideas, we at least have mutual understandings.
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Pierre wrote:
Man...that looks dull...this actually makes me worried for KH3 (since that team worked on the battle system)
I feel the same