I have always wondered why a lot of Christians hate gays, lesbians, transgenders, and bisexuals. It has always astonished me to think that people who are called to love, can have such a festering hate for groups such as LGBT. In fact, this epiphany pushes me to the point at times where I cannot help but feel the acid in my stomach pushing around as I become almost instantly sick. I ask myself why that very thought pains me, then I remember it is because I am a Christian. I’m not the Christian that hates as described above, but rather one who strives to love like God does. Jesus taught love, and the Bible has a lot to say about how Christians are to handle situations such as LGBT groups.
Many people who are of the LGBT community believe that Christians are very judgmental and …show more content…
I still feel nausea banging in my abdomen as though I’d been sucker punched by Mayweather. Even in my life, I have seen the destruction that consistently shatters my heart. The hate that believers show toward anyone who may fall under LGBT is sickening and devastating to see. Many times I have been in downtown Phoenix and have seen persecution against gays. Downtown, near the Diamondback stadium, there are often men who stand on the street corners with a sign that read “Gays are going to Hell”. Frequently, after reading this sign you can hear them shouting those words or ones like them. Why am I to be associated with those who hate when all they should have been taught us how to love. Unfortunately, I also happen to know the answer to that very question. Many Christians decide to not listen to what they are taught, or even choose to not care. Everyone, including me, is filled with sin and consistently decides to do the first thing that “makes sense” to us, in a sense we act human. We often choose to be what we want instead of what we are called to
Many people who are of the LGBT community believe that Christians are very judgmental and …show more content…
I still feel nausea banging in my abdomen as though I’d been sucker punched by Mayweather. Even in my life, I have seen the destruction that consistently shatters my heart. The hate that believers show toward anyone who may fall under LGBT is sickening and devastating to see. Many times I have been in downtown Phoenix and have seen persecution against gays. Downtown, near the Diamondback stadium, there are often men who stand on the street corners with a sign that read “Gays are going to Hell”. Frequently, after reading this sign you can hear them shouting those words or ones like them. Why am I to be associated with those who hate when all they should have been taught us how to love. Unfortunately, I also happen to know the answer to that very question. Many Christians decide to not listen to what they are taught, or even choose to not care. Everyone, including me, is filled with sin and consistently decides to do the first thing that “makes sense” to us, in a sense we act human. We often choose to be what we want instead of what we are called to