There’s actually a site on the internet called godhatesfaggot.com. I want to start a site that says, godhatespeoplewhohatefaggots.com, but that wouldn’t really be accurate either. What is a shame is that the gay community generally believe the Christian community is against them.
But this is unbiblical. God isn’t against anyone–Jesus hung out with prostitutes, lepers, even tax collectors! So I don’t think he’d want his church to hate anyone. In fact I’m quite certain of it. Nor do I believe he’d want his church to absolutely write off a group of people.
But here’s where it gets really messy. We so identify ourselves with our behavior that it’s hard to think of someone independent of how they live. And, because of this difficulty, it’s really hard to believe that God can still love us even when we’re not living like he tells us to.
I also think that there’s a difference between homosexual inclinations and homosexual activity–and that distinction is all important. Maybe if we did a better job at loving the person, they would be more willing to hear what we have to say about behavior.
What do you think?
who is “we” and who is “they?”
good point–I guess ‘we’ would be those who have tended to view themselves as insiders–and they would be those who don’t.