Question I have for Christians.

[Catholic_Lady]

Not necessarily. We believe that there may be possibility for salvation for non Christians as well. 

That is very strange to me... Tho it does remind me of when I asked a theologian with a doctorate if people who have never heard christs name would they go to heaven and he said they are judged based on what they do know.

The theologian is correct, IMHO. 

The opposite of being in a state of grace means being in a state of mortal sin. Being in a state of mortal sin means that you have committed a serious sin with full consent of the will and full knowledge that in doing so, you are deliberately turning away from God. Since we can't know a person's thoughts and motives, we cannot say who is and is not in a state of mortal sin, and thus, we can't say who is and is not going to Hell.

1. What does it mean to be in a state of moral sin? I get that people sin and there's not much you can actually do about that. 2. So if I have this right, it's if someone is knowingly sinning and doing so constantly? 3. If that is the case, how can a catholic approve of the gay lifestyle?

1. It means you have deliberately separated yourself from the grace of God by knowingly and in full consent committed a serious sin, and you haven't felt remorse for it.

2. It doesn't have to be done constantly, it only has to be done once. If a person commits a serious sin with full knowledge and consent of what they are doing, the serious sin then becomes a mortal sin. When the person is guilty of a mortal sin, they are cut off from God until there is remorse from them. If the person feels no remorse for what they have done, that person stays in the state of mortal sin. Since mortal sin cuts you off from God, you go to Hell, which is the only place where God is not present.

Example of a venial (small) sin: Losing your patience with someone and snapping at them in a hurtful way. (Does not cut you off from God)

Example of a serious sin: Committing mass murder. (Does not cut you off from God, in and of itself)

Example of a mortal sin: Committing mass murder with full consent of the will and full knowledge that what you are doing is very wrong. (Cuts you off from God)

3. We don't approve of the gay lifestyle.