Why does the bible say that you shouldn't judge people or that Jesus loves everyone but homosexuality is a sin?

Question

So my friends are mildly Christian. They all support or does not care about gay marriage.
They said it doesn't make sense. If Jesus loves everyone as long as you don't hurt anyone else, and that it says you should not judge your neighbors(peers), why does it say homosexuality is a sin? That's saying you shouldn't judge people while saying you can judge people by who they love, and saying that Jesus loves everyone that isn't harmful but he hates people based on who they would rather love. I don't get how the puzzle pieces come together.

Answer 1

The fact of the matter, No we should not judge anyone, but God Jesus Christ does not love everyone, as it is written in God word the bible only, Romans 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated, Also if God loved everyone there would not be a judgment day, and there would not be a hell, which is the grave of all the unsaved souls so when God Jesus Christ comes back to judge the living and the dead and too destroy the heaven and the earth by fire, the second death, where the heaven and the earth shall be burned up, by the hell fires. Read Isaiah 9:6 and read Revelation 18:4 read Matthew 24:15 read 1 Peter 4:17 read 11 Thessalonians 2:3-4 read Galatians 5:17-23 read Romans 1:17-32

Answer 2

Actually the whole "judge not lest you be judged" is only one side of the coin . Over and over again the Bible tells us to judge with righteous judgment (Leviticus 19:17; John 7:24; Luke 12:57). In fact, 1 Corinthians 6:1-3 tells us that the righteous (saved) human beings (the saints) shall judge the wicked. So this whole judge not lest you be judged thing must have a different meaning -- which is this: that you not judge another persons salvation, or that you are better than them, or that they are already damned. God can turn around any situation, just about. Paul the Apostle was a persecutor of the Christians at first. He was responsible for many of their deaths. But God turned him in his course. There will be many in heaven who will be wondering how Paul ever got there. But judging righteous judgment has to do with speaking the word of God. So in this case, God has already condemned homosexuality -- Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13; and Romans 1:18-32; 1 Corinthians 6:9,10. It is not a sin to warn people of what God has already judged. It can be wrong, however, based upon how you do it, how you approach it. If it isn't done in love, then it's wrong. 1 John 4:20, 21; 1 John 5:3. There is such a thing that taints our modern culture, especially the politically correct crowd -- it's called the deadly love gospel and is described in Ezekiel 13:22, "Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I [God] have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life." In other words, they tell homosexuals they can still go to heaven, irregardless. They tell them a myriad of lies like this. Like, for another example, that the Bible has been changed by corrupt men. It is illogical to believe in a God that can create the entire universe, but not be able to keep one collection of books (the Bible) pure and true.

Answer 3

You misquoted the act of judgment, a typical response, Jesus never said you can't judge, he said in the same way in which you judge, you will be judged. The bible is clear that homosexuality is against the will of God, so YES, many Christians don't have the place to judge, but the bible does. Jesus does love everyone and he loves the homosexual and if you as a homosexual decide to be a disciple, most likely Jesus would deal with you on it as he has with me and my sexual immorality, and put his spiritual finger on every area of my life.

Answer 4

It's because people don't like every color on every model. Have you ever brought sneakers? If so, have you ever seen sneakers that looked so cool and you just adored it but the only thing that bothers you is the color? In this case, we can still love the person just not their actions. So yes, homosexuality is a sin. In the beginning, God said to fill the earth and subdue it. (Genesis 1:28) In order for that to happen it would take a woman to have some kind of sexual contact with a man. So if a woman or a man is having sexual contact with the same sex. It is not natural and against God's purpose for mankind.

Answer 5

The Bible does reveal to us that we should judge. Jesus taught that we should judge with a righteous judgment- that is- to judge the fruits of others, and to discern between good and evil based on the Bible.

The kind of judgment Jesus taught against, was a hypocritical judgment based on appearance alone.



To say that homosexuality is a sin based on the Bible, is the loving truth that Jesus taught. He taught us to love one another just as He has loved us, and the loved He showed is called agape love- a self-sacrificing love. Jesus didn't teach us that sexual sins became morally permissible when He said this.

Answer 6

It says you can't judge until you judge yourself first. After you make yourself right with the Lord, you can then judge others. But you are also to help them to stop sinning and help them make right with the Lord as well. Judging isn't a bad thing. It's not hating someone for what they did or are. It's to help them, with love, to correct their ways. Many people seem to not remember everything Jesus said about judging others. And Jesus also said to forgive those that harm you, because you will be forgiven by God as you forgive others. And to love everyone, even your enemies. God is love. He loves every person, but He doesn't like many of their actions and words. He judges us on all our thoughts, all of our words, and all of our actions. Everyone is judged the same.



Now about homosexuality and gay marriage. God is clear on that homosexuality, the act of having sex with the same gendered person, is a sin. Lying is also a sin. Lusting over what another person has is also a sin. Ignoring the poor is also a sin. All judged the same by God. And He will never approve of gay marriages. Gay people, bisexual people are to remain celibate. God blesses the single people that have no sex because sex is for marriage. And since homosexuality is a sin, their civil unions are not seen by God, so they are having sinful sex in God's eye. I understand gay people saying that they just want to find someone to love and be happy with, and perhaps marry and have a family. That's a legal, civil issue now in the USA. But it's not a religious marriage because God won't accept those.



Also know that God doesn't judge gays just of their sexual preference. They are also judged on all of their thoughts, words, and actions. We all are sinners and fall short of His glory, That's why we Need Jesus' redemption.



Saying Jesus all that isn't harmful but hates people based on who they love. Wrong. Jesus loves everyone, period. He saves those that repent, make amends and sin no more. Read all the words in the NT, not just a few sentences.

Answer 7

Very good question. We're all sinners; we sin because we're human. You shouldn't judge people because nothing of what you know about one person, as much as that of every person, is the whole picture. So no one knows what God's judgment might be for any single person, compared to my judgment. It's only right to leave the unknown to God. Always look to yourself.

Answer 8

You hate the sin but love the person. Jesus loved a whole lot of people but that doesn't mean He condoned what they did. He loved Roman soldiers who were oppressing people but does that mean oppression is okay? He treated prostitutes with kindness does that mean prostitution is okay? He chose Saul to be an apostle who was a murderer. Does that mean murder is okay? Jesus love does not approve any sin and homosexuality doesn't get a free pass. St.Paul is an example, he used to be a murderer, but changed his ways.

"No, Lord," she said. And Jesus said, "Neither do I. Go and sin no more." John 8:11



And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11

Answer 9

In order to understand the bible, it is necessary to study the bible.



We are not to judge anyone for their heart condition. We do not have the power to do that. Only God can see into someone's heart

and know all of their circumstances.



However we ARE to judge everyone for their choices and their behavior because we are ordered not to associate with those who rebel against God and His perfect laws.



Both God and Jesus love everyone but that does not stop them from condemning anyone who is incorrigibly evil. Nor wil it stoop God from destroying that person in order to protect the innocent.



Christians do not associate with homosexuals or anyone else whom we know to be living in sin.



By the way, there is no such thing as mildly Christian. That is the same as saying you are mildly pregnant. Either you are or you are not and if you are, then you obey ALL of God's laws.

Answer 10

The bible teaches us to have balance. Luke 18:9-14 Jesus gives a powerful illustration of why we shouldn't judge. This is helping us to appreciate that the judgement we render to people we will be judge in that manner also.

The bible says, "God loved the world so much that he gave his only begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life."-Luke 3:16 This scripture helps us to appreciate that God loved us enough to send his best son in our behalf and being the Creator he has the right to set the standard of how we should live. Many believe the Bible's view point is old-fashion or restrictive. 1Thessalonians 4:3-8 says, "This is what God wills ......that you should abstain from fornication....So, then, the man that shows disregard is disregarding, not man but God, who puts his holy spirit in you." The bible's view regarding sex is not something that was developed by certain humans who lived many years ago. It comes from mankind's Creator, it makes clear what is required in order to have his approval. It also provides guidelines that contribute to stable families and wholesome, happy relationships outside the family. those who apply this counsel safeguard themselves against the deep emotional scars and loathsome disease that go with immoral conduct. the Bible's counsel is very much up to date in meeting the needs of those who want a clean conscience before God and a life free from needless frustration.

Answer 11

A lot of writers contributed a lot of different ideas to the Bible. It doesn't really work as some sort of divine manifesto. It's more of a collection of excerpts from a thousand years of arguments.



There are, in fact, exactly two verses in the Old Testament objecting to homosexuality--both in Leviticus, which also objects to eating shrimp, wearing cotton-polyester blends, and other such terrible things.



Of the four passages in the New Testament widely regarded as objecting to homosexuality, three are manufactured by translating an odd Greek word, which is NOT one of the (many) Greek expressions known to refer to homosexual sex. It is rarely used in any other Greek text, and the only writer who offers an explanation says it refers to a certain (unspecified) sexual activity that can occur between a husband and wife.



So we're down to three anti-homosexual statements in the whole thing, absolutely none of them attributed in any way to Jesus. And we stack that up against his moral teachings, which DID include a warning against being judgmental and an admonishment to treat others as we would like to be treated.



Those of us who conclude that anti-gay Christianity is not actually the best representative of Jesus' teaching or Christian principles are NOT "mildly Christian." We're the extreme Christians, in applying Jesus' moral teaching to our own behavior. Those who assume a license for Christians to behave exactly like the Pharisees whom Jesus criticized vehemently are the "mildly" Christian ones.

Answer 12

Murder is a sin, theft is a sin, adultery is a sin. Why should homosexuality get a free pass? If one repents of any of the above sins, he or she is forgiven if they stop that sin and live for Jesus. It depends on what is the most important to you...your sin or Jesus and Christianity. You can't have both. Your insistence on keeping your sin will give you an eternity in hell. Not my idea. It is what God says. Read Romans 1:26-30.



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Answer 13

Loving a person does not mean you accept bad conduct from them. A parent could love the wayward child but hate their behavior. Homosexuality is wrong. God allow people to make changes in their lives.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

9 Or do you not know that unrighteous people will not inherit God’s Kingdom?+ Do not be misled.* Those who are sexually immoral,*+ idolaters,+ adulterers,+ men who submit to homosexual acts,+ men who practice homosexuality,*+ 10 thieves, greedy people,+ drunkards,+ revilers,* and extortioners will not inherit God’s Kingdom.+ 11 And yet that is what some of you were. But you have been washed clean;+ you have been sanctified;+ you have been declared righteous+ in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and with the spirit of our God.

Answer 14

As Christ said in a variety of ways -- Those that judge or condemn will be judged or condemned. They will be judged in a like manner to how they have judged. If harsh, then harshly. (15-20 verses, all 4 gospels)



Those translations that use that modern word "homosexuality" are not accurate to the source texts to the best of my understanding.



Instead, the source texts refer to specific sexual acts (or people doing specific actions) that are wrong, and not to a temperament or a relationship that is committed and faithful.



Actions. People actively doing specific actions.



Actions are not people, and people are not actions of course, and we all should get accurate translations. When in doubt, compare to Young's Literal Translation, and if it differs, then begin to investigate, and don't stop.

Answer 15

Most places that speak of homosexuals requires Death of them so not to spread their evil ways.

In 1 Cor. chapters 5 & 6 it says IF one is homosexual they are never to be permitted into a church go GOD's because they have decided to go against the war GOD made them! Not to spread their evil ways to others. That if a church/religion permits homosexuals in, it is Not Christian anymore! Like where the Presbyterian now permit Homosexuals, it is NOT Christian anymore!

That if a homosexual asks for help, they are only to be helped outside, outside of GOD's church.

I do not have hate anywhere me. But I would not let a homosexual (or the others Not permitted in) just to make them feel bigger and do more evil and keep spreading the evil around. No one can become homosexual other than by their own choice! Their choice Against the way GOD made them!

Answer 16

Judgement based on God's word is part of discernment. Homosexuality and abortion are judged as sin because God's word says so.

Answer 17

The notion that 'Jesus loves everyone, so is fine' is indicative of one of the major problems in society today (particularly in fundamental religions). It's assumed that 'loving someone' requires agreeing (either implicitly or explicitly) with everything they do, and that disagreeing with someone about something they believe or do requires hating them.



Do you love your family members? Do you agree with everything they do? Would you love them if they became drug addicts? Of course you would, but you wouldn't love what they're doing. Would you hate them? Never! But you would hate their addiction and the other negative actions that may accompany it. Jesus can love the person while at the same time hating the things they do that violate God's laws on morality, etc.



As Christians we are told not to judge people. But Jesus did commission his followers to make known what God expects of humans who want be his friends. If you saw someone committing a non-violent crime (not physically hurting someone else) and you told them,"The laws of this country say this action is unlawful' what would you think if they said "Stop judging me!"? Could you rightfully say you hate that person? No, hate is a strong word - one that seems to have lost its meaning. Would saying that to them make you their 'judge'? No, that's what the court system is for. You're not even making yourself a police officer in that scenario.



Claiming that I'm "judging" someone for pointing out that what they're doing goes against Bible law takes things way too far. I'm not passing sentence because that's not for me to do. But I am supposed to warn them that God doesn't like it, and he will judge people based on their actions. If I tell someone "Homosexuality is a sin, and God says it's wrong. The Bible tells us he'll destroy everyone who practices sin." then they take offense because they're homosexuals they are judging themselves to be guilty, not me. And in reality, I'm not saying anything out of a desire to persecute them, but in the hopes that they'll see the seriousness of their situation and take steps to change. I'm not in favor of persecuting anyone, but disagreeing with someone isn't persecuting them.

Answer 18

It doesn't matter. The Christian population in the developed world is getting smaller and eventually they'll be enough of a minority that people won't have to care what they think.



I mean really could you actually spell out what a Scientologist or a Muslim actually believes? Do you even care?



It will be like that.

Answer 19

I actually agree with Ralph here. Jesus loves us with Agape love or "God's love" when you translate it from Aramaic and Hebrew languages. Which means he loves everyone in a platonic way. Homosexuality is a sin, because choosing to be that way or from my experience, talking to people or becoming friends with people that are "all over the place" or choose to become bi or homo. It is a choice, and most of these people have someone that traumatized them or took their virginity and messed with their minds. Which is why it is a sin, because God made us one gender for the other. Jesus Christ still loves us, but as adults or children, we must choose whether we choose him and to follow him and have him help us.

Answer 20

It says a lot of things in the Old Testament - which was written by a few ignorant old men, 2,000 years ago when they didn't understand a lot of things. They advocated stoning people to death, killing 'witches', raping servants, mass murder - all sorts of things. Nowadays it's simply inappropriate, wrong and obviously no longer acceptable.

Jesus never even mentioned it.

Answer 21

1 Corinthians 6:9  says Or do you not know that unrighteous people will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Do not be misled. Those who are sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, men who submit to homosexual acts, men who practice homosexuality, 10 thieves, greedy people, drunkards, revilers, and extortioners will not inherit God’s Kingdom. 11 And yet that is what some of you were. But you have been washed clean; you have been sanctified; you have been declared righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and with the spirit of our God.



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1 Timothy 1:8-11 says, "Now we know that the Law is fine if one applies it properly, 9 recognizing that law is made, not for a righteous man, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, ungodly and sinners, disloyal and profane, murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, manslayers, 10 sexually immoral people, men who practice homosexuality, kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and everything else that is in opposition to the wholesome teaching 11 according to the glorious good news of the happy God, with which I was entrusted."





So, it's not man, but God who says that homosexuality is against his commandments, but for man's own good.

Answer 22

It's called cherry picking. They see a section in the bible that endorses homophobia, and they stick with that despite the ultimate rule, Jesus loves everyone.

Answer 23

He love the person the not the act of what homosexuality do men with men and women with women

What does the Bible say about homosexuality?

Rom. 1:24-27: “God, in keeping with the desires of their hearts, gave them up to uncleanness, that their bodies might be dishonored among them . . . God gave them up to disgraceful sexual appetites, for both their females changed the natural use of themselves into one contrary to nature; and likewise even the males left the natural use of the female and became violently inflamed in their lust toward one another, males with males, working what is obscene and receiving in themselves the full recompense, which was due for their error.”

1 Tim. 1:9-11: “Law is promulgated, not for a righteous man, but for persons lawless and unruly, ungodly and sinners, . . . fornicators, men who lie with males, . . . and whatever other thing is in opposition to the healthful teaching according to the glorious good news of the happy God.” (Compare Leviticus 20:13.)

Jude 7: “Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them, after they . . . [had] gone out after flesh for unnatural use, are placed before us as a warning example by undergoing the judicial punishment of everlasting fire.” (The name Sodom has become the basis for the word “sodomy,” which usually designates a homosexual practice. Compare Genesis 19:4, 5, 24, 25.

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Answer 24

the Bible says a Lot of things Most wrong once Jesus arrived



Jesus said you Must Love each other as i have Loved you .



he never said anything about Gender because he like me Know that your gender is conceived in the womb



the sin is Not Loving

Answer 25

Because homosexuality is a bad practice against Biblical Requirement to respect the Christian Morality:



"Or do you not know that unrighteous people will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Do not be misled. Those who are sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, men who submit to homosexual acts, men who practice homosexuality, 10 thieves, greedy people, drunkards, revilers, and extortioners will not inherit God’s Kingdom" (1 Corinthians 6:9,10. Bible).

Answer 26

there is no such thing as a "mild" Christian



Jesus says this



Rev 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

Rev 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.



So much for "mild" Christians!



Jesus says not to judge in several contexts ranging from simple discernment to condemnation unto death. We need the actual passage on your mind in order to help you with it.



Jesus nor his Father love everyone alike and they both say so in scripture. They love the righteous and hate the wicked and unbelieving.



Psa 11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Answer 27

As our creator, God has the right to give us guidelines on how we are to live our lives to be pleasing to him. Yes, he does in fact love everyone, however, that doesn't mean that he will condone our bad choices that we make in life that are against his will and purpose for mankind. So, in his due time, he exacts punishment on the ones who choose to live their lives our of harmony with God's will and purpose. It is righteous judgement on his part to do away with ones who make said choice. Similarly, parents love their children very much, however, when they choose not to follow the rules that the parents set out for them, they must discipline their children.

Answer 28

Jesus told us, some of us, why do you call me Lord and do not do what I tell you to do! He also said that when he returned, many calling him Lord, Lord would be rejected, damned.



Thus, this nonsense about Jesus loving everybody is exactly that - nonsense. Our love to Jesus and to God is found in our obedience to their edicts!



All immorality is a sin, and if done unrepentantly, knowing it is serious sin, it damns. Living in Christ means living pure holy lives, and sex is not a sin within marriage!

Answer 29

loving a person does not mean you accept bad conduct from them... a parent could love the wayward child but hate their behavior... homosugaruality is wrong... god allow people to make changes in their lives...

1 corinthians 6:9-11

9 or do you not know that unrighteous people shall not inherit god’s kingdom?+ do not be misled...* those who are sugarually immoral,*+ idolaters,+ adulterers,+ men who submit to homosugarual acts,+ men who practice homosugaruality,*+ 10 thieves, greedy people,+ drunkards,+ revilers,* and extortioners shall not inherit god’s kingdom...+ 11 and yet that is what some of you were... but you have been washed clean;+ you have been sanctified;+ you have been declared righteous+ in the name of the lord jesus christ and with the spirit of our god...

Answer 30

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Answer 31

we shouldn't condemn people... we shall be judged by christ the way we judge other people, so it makes sense to be loving and gentle in our judgments... we still have to know the difference between good and evil...

Answer 32

No, the Bible is against judging hypocritically, not all judging. Further, loving someone doesn't mean you automatically condone everything they do.

Answer 33

Revelation 22:15



Outside are the dogs* and those who practice spiritism and those who are sexually immoral and the murderers and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices lying.



*That is, those whose practices are disgusting in God’s eyes



Revelation 21:8



8 But as for the cowards and those without faith+ and those who are disgusting in their filth and murderers+ and the sexually immoral+ and those practicing spiritism and idolaters and all the liars,+ their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur.+ This means the second death.”

Answer 34

John 15:10-14 indicates that one would remain in his love IF they keep his commandments....also you are my friend if you do what I am commanding you. So his love extends to everyone as long as they are observing the things commanded of them. We know that his love is extended to everyone by the fact that he chose to die to cover people's sins to give them the opportunity to gain life. The only way to receive such reward is by obeying.

Answer 35

There are many sins, homosexuality is just one of them. Remember that we are ALL sinners, born into this world with inherited sin from Adam and Eve.

Yes, Jesus loves sinners, that is why he laid his life down for us to cleanse those who are repentant and turn away from what displeases him and His Father.

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Answer 36

First of all of course we shouldn't judge others - but we are expected to make righteous judgments - we do it every day. There is a big difference. We each must discern and choose right from wrong - that is making righteous judgments - BUT to look upon another imperfect person and condemn them for their flaws and mistakes is WRONG. We are all imperfect sinners. I had a personal epiphany when I attended an addiction recovery meeting when my daughter was going through her own 90-day rehab program out of town and I was struggling to cope with the impact and consequences of her choices in my life and our family's lives. As I sat and listened to these individuals who I had to confess I WOULD probably misjudge them as low life, criminals - I realized that they were no different than me - they just struggled in different ways - but they were decent, struggling human beings that I saw I could, should and ought to love as children of God too. I had previously be inclined to JUDGE but saw the error of my thoughts and ways at that moment.



God loves all of His children inspite of our flaws and sins - but HE doesn't approve of sin in any way. We are expected to love those that we don't understand, that are difficult to love, that sin just like we sin - but in different ways - He said to love our neighbor as ourselves - and He did NOT put in a clause excluding those that are different from us, those that SIN differently than we do - we must love ALL our brothers & sisters on this planet and HE ALONE can & will judge rightly, fairly & justly because ONLY HE knows our hearts. We can't judge a SIN that we might see outwardly in another - just because we might HIDE OUR OWN.



" Matthew 7:3

3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye"

Answer 37

Yes, Jesus loves everyone, just as his father Jehovah does, that is why Jesus did not simply accept people as they were and told them to continue doing whatever they pleased, but he told them to repent so that they could be reconciled to God.

(Luke 5:30-32) 30 At this the Pharisees and their scribes began murmuring to his disciples, saying: “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 In reply Jesus said to them: “Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but those who are ill do. 32 I have come to call, not righteous people, but sinners to repentance.”

Answer 38

judgement based on god's word is part of discernment... homosugaruality and abortion are judged as sin 'cause god's word says so...

Answer 39

Oh, well let's just let murderers and rapists and pedophiles go free .... after all, we wouldn't want to judge somebody. Your logic is flawed

Answer 40

humans always try to judge other's but only God is the one who is the final judge. he loves every one of us but he hates the sins we commit, being gay, greedy or whatever we do he hates it but loves us all, there fore we must ask him to forgive our sins and he will, he knows we are human and full of sin, but he also gives us the chance to ask for his forgiveness, if we do that than heaven is where he will take us to, if not hell is where satan will take us to.

Answer 41

Leave the judging to Jesus. We be compassionate and tolerant for the sake of Christ.

Answer 42

Homosexual relationships are only defined in the old testament.



Any christians who condemn homosexuality do so because theyre bigots.



Anyone who feels otherwise please post the exact passage where jesus condemns homosexuality or stfu.

Answer 43

a mild christian...is one that will get vomited out of God's mouth "so don't be one of them mild christian"......real Christians call them carnal Christians. God hates SIN all SIN.....but he does not hate the sinner.

Answer 44

Homosexuality is as much of a sin as heterosexuality.

Answer 45

jesus never said a word about homosexuality.



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word.



some people cant even read their bible right.



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Answer 46

Jesus loves everybody up to the point where he gets really pissed off about something.

Answer 47

remind me again what jesus said about homosexuality.

oh that's right ... NOTHING.

Answer 48

God loves all as He died for all, but His holiness will not allow sin.

Answer 49

god doesn't like gay/lesbian sexuality but he still loves them he says its a sin but u can be forgiven by praying u r sorry and not practising gay s*x... he loves u

Answer 50

Your question: “Why does the bible say that you shouldn't judge people or that Jesus loves everyone but homosexuality is a sin?”



The Bible does not say anything. It is a book, not an audio emitter. The correct way to pose such a question would be, “Why is there a directive in the Bible against judging others, a claim that Jesus loves everyone, and that homosexuality is a sin?”



You will see later in this post why that is an important point when we get to "the living word" schema below.



Suppose you are serious, which is probably not the case, but the answer is as follows.

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It is clear that you have not actually read the Bible and do not know the cultural and historical context in which the stories were written. Those contexts vary according to period and place. I do not suggest that you should read the Bible. It is religious propaganda, has no secret meaning known only to Bible scholars, and overall is a great waste of time.

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In order:



The injunction against homosexuality is from the Old Testament and is in regard to laws imposed on the Hebrews by their government. That would be Moses and his thugs, although it is alleged that some sole and unique creator god, Yahweh, transmitted the laws to Moses who then imposed the laws on his followers. Those who succeeded Moses (professional priests, mainly, as a caste among Hebrews) supposedly have kept a written record of the laws as part of the Torah.



How much is myth and how much has a connection to history cannot be discerned from the Bible because the Bible appears to be overwhelmingly myth, with some mention of ancient cities, kings, and ethnic groups. Any text, in fact, that claims some god transmitted laws to some person to impose on others cannot be accurate, including the Quran. That is because as far as anyone can demonstrate, there is no god.



See:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Moses

and

"Homosexuality--What Does the Bible Teach?"

• http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/prelatio/prelat9.htm

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Why the anti-homosexuality law was instituted is not clear, but it may have been to make sure that Hebrews reproduced frequently and did not have waste their time seeking erotic thrills while the Hebrews were attempting to displace other ethnic groups during their alleged search for the Promised Land.

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More from you: “So my friends are mildly Christian.”



The term “So” is used before a conclusion, a premise. You can drop it from your sentence and thus appear to be able to communicate in written English with some expertise rather than just inserting words for no reason.

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More of your claims: “They all support or does not care about gay marriage. They said it doesn't make sense. If Jesus loves everyone as long as you don't hurt anyone else, and that it says you should not judge your neighbors(peers), why does it say homosexuality is a sin? That's saying you shouldn't judge people while saying you can judge people by who they love, and saying that Jesus loves everyone that isn't harmful but he hates people based on who they would rather love. I don't get how the puzzle pieces come together.”



For Bible-thumpers, it does make sense. Not Christians are obsessed with the Bible and many have not even read the Bible. Those who are obsessed with the Bible believe it to be what they refer to as the living word of God, meaning that some god will direct their attention to the correct part of the Bible by which to make moral decisions. The same god, they claim, reveals to them how some passage should guide their moral code in particular situations.



Similar problems occur among Muslims who frequently believe the Quran is the absolute moral authority of some sole and unique creator god, Allah, and that whatever directives appear in the Quran are directives that ought to be followed by all believers everywhere.

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Jesus is a very minor player in the Bible, appearing in only four short chapters of the New Testament, all of which were propaganda written on a common theme, the story of Jesus of Nazareth, none of which has been authenticated. The Gospels were written long after Jesus would have been dead.



Christians are not bound to obey directives from the figure Jesus in the Bible. Claims and directives attributed to Jesus were meant for a particular class of persons at a particular time and place.



The only qualification for being a Christian is to seriously believe there exists some sole and unique god, Jesus, who according to Jesus himself is his own father. Allegedly the Christian God was originally Yahweh (or any of a few other names for the same god). But that god reproduced with a mortal woman, Mary, sometimes referred to as the Mother of God. The latter title came about because their offspring, Jesus, who after performing miracles and doing some faith healing seminars revealed to his close followers that he and his father were the same. The rest is not history, either, so I will cut the story short here.

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Jesus is a personal god, i.e., believers claim that they have a personal relationship with Jesus who knows their secret thoughts and who is always available for consultation, typically by injecting thoughts into their mind in response to prayer and/or sending personalized messages in otherwise ordinary events that have secret meaning known only to Jesus and the believer.

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The point is that Christians might believe anything. For example:



"My feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man who once in loneliness, surrounded by a few followers, recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight against them and who, God’s truth! was greatest not as a sufferer but as a fighter. In boundless love as a Christian and as a man I read through the passage which tells us how the Lord at last rose in His might and seized the scourge to drive out of the Temple the brood of vipers and adders. How terrific was His fight for the world against the Jewish poison."

- Adolf Hitler, in a speech on 12 April 1922 (Norman H. Baynes, ed. The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, April 1922-August 1939, Vol. 1 of 2, pp. 19-20, Oxford University Press, 1942)

• http://www.nobeliefs.com/hitler.htm

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Compare that to the Mormon dogma:



"I believe the Book of Mormon was delivered by the angel Moroni to our holy prophet Joseph Smith in 1827, engraved in the lost language of reformed Egyptian on golden plates. I believe our holy prophet Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon into English and returned the original to Moroni.



"I believe the Book of Mormon accurately depicts events in ancient North America between 2200 BC to 421 AD, wherein a lost tribe of Hebrews who had migrated there built a great civilization that subsequently declined due to war that broke out between two factions.



"I believe that Native Americans are the descendants of one of those factions, the other faction having been annihilated. I believe that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ appeared to those indigenous peoples of North America.



"I believe that by believing all of the above and otherwise following in the traditions of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints that I personally will live forever in Heaven after I die.



"And you will not, you ungrateful heathens."

Answer 51

since when does homosexuality determine who you are as a person please think before you ask

Answer 52

"So my friends are mildly Christian" - I have some extra spicy Christian friends.

Answer 53

The Bible says that Christians are supposed to judge persons by their fruits (Matthew 7:16) and test spirits to see if they are of God or not (1 John 4:1). We are also to warn and correct others out of love:



Ezekiel 3:18-19

18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.



1 Thessalonians 5:14

Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.



Hebrews 3:13 (KJV)

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.



The Bible says homosexuality is a sin because it is:



Being homosexual or gay means to practice homosexuality (even thoughts count) and this is the result of iniquity.



The practice of homosexuality is destructive to the human soul. God makes it clear that homosexuality is a sin (Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; Romans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9; Jude 1:7; 1 Timothy 1:10; Revelation 21:8). Supporting gay marriage is a sin because it means to support homosexuality and the perversion of Holy Matrimony as outlined by the Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 19:4-6). If a nation legalizes gay marriage, that nation will be cursed.



Homosexuality is caused by iniquity. Iniquities (tendencies that cause one to sin) pass down the generation line (Numbers 14:18). When one accepts Lord Jesus as their Saviour, God forgives their sins and removes their iniquities (evil tendencies) in the subsequent transformation process which makes one more and more like Christ.



2 Corinthians 3:18

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.



2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.



Hebrews 9:12-14

Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?



Titus 3:5

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;



After genuinely accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour, ALL sinners (those who practice homosexuality, alcoholics, liars, drug addicts, fornicators etc.) will be saved and transformed. Each believer is cleansed by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and receives the infilling of the Holy Spirit who renews them.



The truth about Jesus Christ can be found only in the Holy Bible. Three days after the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, He resurrected from the dead (Luke 24:1-8; Acts 10:40; 1 Corinthians 15:4) and 40 days later, He ascended into Heaven (Acts 1:3; Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:9-11).



Without God, the spiritual part of the human being is dead (Ephesians 2:5, Colossians 2:13). The sin of our first parents (Adam and Eve) caused the separation between God and man. Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Sin causes us to be separated from God which results in spiritual death. Christ, the 2nd Person of the Triune Godhead was made flesh (through the immaculate conception) and paid the price for our sins by dying on the cross so we could through faith in Christ as our Saviour be instantly redeemed and united to God and have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit who teaches us, comforts us and grants us fruits to live in righteousness and gifts to help and edify the Church. There is no redemption or unity to God apart from receiving the Lord Jesus Christ as one’s Saviour and Lord.



REDEMPTION BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH



Because mankind is incapable of meeting God’s standard of perfection necessary to abide in God’s presence (Romans 3:19-20,23), God sent His Son Jesus Christ to pay the total debt for the believer’s sins and mercifully credits to his account Christ’s righteousness (Romans 3:21-28,5:1-11; 2 Corinthians 5:18-21). Jesus’ gracious act of atonement was complete and covers all sin (Colossians 2:13-14; 1 John 1:9). Salvation is not based on good deeds but according to the mercy of God (Titus 3:4-5). Believers are justified by faith; it is a gift by God’s grace (Romans 4:3-8; Ephesians 2:8-9). A true, living faith will result in a desire to live a holy, loving life of good works (Ephesians 2:10; Galatians 5:6; James 2:14-26), but failure to be absolutely successful at righteous living does not negate the believer’s justified status.



If you sincerely say this prayer, your sins will be washed away, you will be redeemed to God, be saved from eternal torment and inherit the Kingdom of God:



"Dear Jesus,



I am a sinner.

I repent of my sins.

Please forgive me and save me by your shed blood;

come into my heart.

I want to receive you as my own personal Lord and Savior.



Amen"



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