[Friendly Inquirer]

Fundamentalist Christians (of which I am one) can be quite ignorant and mean-spirited regarding race relations and homosexuality. We do need to make some changes. However, It is erroneous to think that homosexuality is only addressed in the Old Testament. The Apostle Paul addresses it specifically in, I believe, at least two places. In fact, in the King James Version, the Bible explicitly states that the ‘effeminate’ will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. As a Christian who has met and befriended some wonderful gay people, this saddens me. But I didn’t write the book, nor can I change it.

Here’s how I look at it: I believe that in some cases, gay tendencies are indeed inborn. I also know that from conversations with radically gay people, that sometimes it is an exercise of choice. I suppose that they just do not feel the same repulse that most straight people would feel, and so they enter that lifestyle. And in other cases (the most) it can derive from environmental factors (sexual abuse, improper role modeling, etc.) I have a beloved uncle who is a drug addict. I oppose his lifestyle. Yet I love him dearly. At the same time, I recognize that this thing has got a hold on him that cannot be broken just like that. We fundamentalists do take the Bible seriously, but we also (in most cases) take seriously that we should love one another. So don’t let the propaganda that Christians ‘hate’ gays sweep you over. Yes, there are a few bad apples in the church (but not THE church), but God will judge them at the appropriate time. My current take on it is this: a gay can be a Christian if they either can live a celibate life or can so change that the straight lifestyle suits them. But they cannot be both a Christian and a practicing gay.

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Name : Friendly Inquirer, Religion : Christian, City : Jacksonville, State : FL, Country : United States, 

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