(January 19, 2013 at 1:13 pm)snoopydog Wrote: Hi. New poster here.
(January 19, 2013 at 1:13 pm)snoopydog Wrote: It has been my experience that gay people (such as myself) have no business being religious. We are killed in some countries, despised in most countries, and looked down upon by most of humanity. Admittedly, my personal exprience is limited to the religious likes of baptists, catholics, and methodists; but I have yet to find a religion that saysIf Xians have correctly received the message from the Bible, then they wouldn't be interested in persecuting gays, or for that matter, any sinner. I certainly don't want to kill you, I give you my word!
'You're gay? Whatevs. Join us and be happy with yourself.'.
Christians are expected to literally take up their cross and follow Christ. They are expected to give all that they have over to the Lord. That means making sacrifices. Jesus himself appears before Saul and confronts him on the road to Domascus, he blinds Saul and sends him away. Then he sends Ananias to heal and baptize him, he tells Ananias (Acts 9:15-16): "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."
