Do you have to be straight to be Christian?

[Mr. Zero]

Thank you for all your answers, I hope everyone learned something from this thread, and that it was not a waste of time.

Mr. Zero

 

[ChezC3]

Have you discussed this issue with a Catholic priest? I ask because I have, and more than once. And what I have always been told is that sex outside of the Sacrament of Marriage, irrespective of whether it's gay or straight, is what the sin is.

But if what that priest told you doesn't jive with what the Catechism states, it is his opinion and not the view of the Church.

 

[chromium]

I'm reading a book now by a straight Baptist who decided to pretend to be gay for a year. Instead of continuing to openly hate people he had by and large never met, he 'came out' and was quickly shunned by almost all friends. 95% would not talk to him. This is without even doing anything sexual. Within half a year, he had come to hate Christians, and even though he's straight and this is a temporary experiment, he can't stand going to church anymore. At least that's what I've read so far.

For someone who is gay and has to live with those attitudes their whole life, most lose any desire to follow religion. That kind of renders the question pointless. Being kicked to the curb, and he met many who have been, resonates more than arguing over whether this or that is a sin.

 

[LowDown]

I'm reading a book now by a straight Baptist who decided to pretend to be gay for a year. Instead of continuing to openly hate people he had by and large never met, he 'came out' and was quickly shunned by almost all friends. 95% would not talk to him. This is without even doing anything sexual. Within half a year, he had come to hate Christians, and even though he's straight and this is a temporary experiment, he can't stand going to church anymore. At least that's what I've read so far.

Doesn't sound like he was a very mature Christian.

For someone who is gay and has to live with those attitudes their whole life, most lose any desire to follow religion.

There are any number of congregations, synagogues, etc., where gays can find acceptance and fellowship.

 

[LowDown]

Wadda about the lawyers?

The lawyers of the day were the Pharisees, and Jesus ragged on them something fierce.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation."

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter."

 

[chromium]

Doesn't sound like he was a very mature Christian.

There are any number of congregations, synagogues, etc., where gays can find acceptance and fellowship.

And i guess those who taught him to hate homos and then ostracized him get a free pass.

There's a few thousand, which is a small fraction. If lucky enough to live near and grow up in one, it might never be a problem.

 

[Deuce]

As much as people say its not ive known people to be stored by God to realize that's not what he has for their lives and work through their issues to no longer find men attractive.

No, you haven't.

It's possible you've watched people be coerced into believing this. Even thinking they are no longer attracted to men.

The actual research on the subject shows otherwise. This conversion "therapy" harms people.

 

[YoungConserv]

No, you haven't.

It's possible you've watched people be coerced into believing this. Even thinking they are no longer attracted to men.

The actual research on the subject shows otherwise. This conversion "therapy" harms people.

No therapy just soul searching and prayer. He lives a much happier life now than he did before.

 

[LowDown]

And i guess those who taught him to hate homos and then ostracized him get a free pass.

Yes, it does anger people when you turn their victim pose around on them. I know you're always supposed to go along with that crap these days, but no...

 

[Oceandan]

Odd how some don't possess the intellect to grasp a basic concept.

A crowd had gathered to stone a woman guilty of adultery. Jesus approached and said to the crowd, "Let ye among you who is without sin cast the first stone".

This is not the end of the parable.

The answer to the question posed in the OP is contained in the conversation Jesus had with the woman after the crowd dispersed.

If Christians hated all sinners, you'd not have Christianity.

 

[cpwill]

No therapy just soul searching and prayer. He lives a much happier life now than he did before.

For there are those who are born eunuchs, and those who become eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom.