i wanna know what yall think-
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Thread Topic: i wanna know what yall think-
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christianity and the lgbtq+ community
is it wrong for a straight christian girl to be friends with someone who’s bi?
is it wrong for someone who’s apart of the lgbtq+ community to be a christian?
like, i- i hear so many things about how it is and how it isn’t okay, and i want to know that i’m not being a bad person, a bad child for being friends and supporting and respecting someone who’s apart of the lgbtq+ community, or for even possibly questioning my sexuality- -
a lot of christians nowadays like to say that being queer is wrong. in reality, scripture has never said anything against gay people. if god is real, do you think he would exclude gay people? we're generally taught that god loves us unconditionally. even if one believes that being gay is a "sin," we're taught that god still treats and loves even the worst of sinners. that's what i've gathered after being raised mormon/christian, although i'm not anymore.
it's not wrong to be gay and be christian---the two don't even contradict each other. there are plenty of queer christians out there. that being said, there's also nothing wrong with being friends with queer people. a big value in christianity is loving and being kind to people regardless of conditions. -
that's what i've always thought, and what i've always believed in as a christian. i grew up with friends who were part of the lgbtq+ community and have a friend who's apart of the lgbtq+ community and who's also a christian and goes to my youth group. and yet, my mom is telling me that that is not what is says, and that being gay is a sin and that i shouldn't be supporting it. and like, i don't want to think like that- i don't want to see someone who's apart of the lgbtq+ community and think that "something wrong with them" when clearly where isn't. and i can't even like something that is remotely gay! i can't like shows and movies that have gay or trans characters in them because "it's wrong". and now i've lost my pinterest and my tablet all because i don't believe in the same things my mom does...
i have absolutely no problems with anyone being gay or bi or trans, but apparently i should have problems with it. i can't with this backwards thinking. i don't want to say "oH yOuR GaY?? yOu ShOuLd Go tO HeLl-" like- that's not who i want to be! i want to love everyone, no matter if they're gay, bi, pan, trans, genderfluid, non-binary or any other gender/sexual identity. but that's not what my parents believe. -
and then she's all like "you can acknowledge that someone's gay and pray for them, pray that they see that it's wrong" but like- what if they are a christian? what if they are gay and they've prayed over. and over. and OVER AGAIN, and yet they still feel that way abt themselves? they still believe they're gay or trans?? like, girl what- and like, if you were to say that to someone, that sounds like you think they're messed up or invalid and i don't want anyone to think that i think that way about them!
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I mean I prayed for god to turn me straight and I realized I was trans a month later so I don't think god minds that much in my opinion xD
The book Without the Mask by Charlie Bird explains a lot of this stuff in a much better way than I can lol, but you can't really 'become straight' from what I've seen. -
yeah, that's like, exactly what i'm thinking, but of course i can't actually say that to my mom because that's "not what she believes in".
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I mean, whether you believe someone can turn straight or not, I don't think it really matters in regards of whether it's a sin or not. I don't think it is because of all the mistranslations that happened when regarding the subject, but even pushing that aside, at the end of the day according to God, the worst sin you could make is refusing to believe in him (which I also don't believe but I'm an atheist so ignore me). If you're Christian and an ally, or Christian and gay or trans or whatever, it doesn't matter. God cares more about whether you have faith in him than if you're queer
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I mean, gay/trans ppl have been around as long as time. Like, for over 2000 years, ppl have been LGBT+. And as far as I'm concerned (i'm also an atheist and have never been religious so if this is incorrect i'm very sorry) God or Jesus never said anything about homosexuality. The only bible verse i know that "says" something about it is that men cannot lay with men etc etc (which is interesting because apparently lesbians are all good-), but according to most people that was mistranslated and instead was calling p*doph*lia a sin (men cannot lay with boys). Plus, there is a verse in the Bible which says to be careful how to preach, which I feel like a lot of Christians disregard. I'm assuming God wouldn't want people to discriminate against other people for something they can't help and force them to be someone they're not
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THAT'S WHAT I'M f---ING SAYING-
of course, i can't say that out loud, but y'know-
i just- i'm so frustrated with my mom because this all makes sense! this all sounds like good stuff! and yet to her gay people are sinners and need to repent and pray to God to tell them that they're wrong for believing this s---. but i truly believe he would want us to love our neighbors and such, like- is that so f---ing hard for someone to grasp???
and it pisses me off because now i can't enjoy any of the s--- i enjoy now. can't enjoy the shows and stories i love anymore because "it's all gay" and apparently that's a sin. and honestly, she probably thinks i am gay now (altho tbh, wouldn't be surprised if i decided to experiment one day and realized i was bi/pan lmao (altho as of now, currently, i only like guys, so like- gurl, you're doing too much, chill-)).
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