qwertybard:

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My brother is a serious Christian. He carries a cross around his neck and has about 50 different bibles. He also believes in science and put his effort into proving to himself that the bible was true. He found solid evidence that a man named Jesus (with a carpenter father) did exist and do good.
Now, since I came out as gay, he has still supported me 100%. I put the question to him, “if the bible says gays are wrong, why don’t you mind me?”
He shook his head. “The Old Testament said something like that. Let me explain. At first, God believed humans could do everything he wanted so he set all these strict, and frankly impossible, laws and rules that we had to abide by. Well, that didn’t go mighty well. When God realised that human beings were naturally sinful creatures, he accepted that those commandments would not be easy for them to follow. So, he sent his son as the sacrifice for all the things that humans had done that God had previously said weren’t allowed. From then on, whenever a human broke one of his old rules, they were forgiven. God had given his son to bear the weight of the human sin. Jesus was sacrificed so you don’t have to follow the Old Testament anymore. So you’re allowed to be gay! Jesus never said being gay was wrong. He specifically said to love and care about everyone.”
So dear Christians, if the biggest and most helpful and benevolent thing to take from the bible is Love Thy Neighbour, then why on earth do you think you’re an exception? By “following God’s rules” and treating good peaceful innocent humans with no respect or kindness, then you’re not doing a very good job.

I’m sorry but how the actual fuck can someone think this is actually pro-LGBT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

If being queer is still a sin, even if it’s “”“been forgiven”“”, your religion is still fucking homophobic. End of story. This is claiming that being queer is something inherently wrong that has to be forgiven and that is NOT ANYWHERE NEAR OKAY.

And aside from that the whole “human beings are naturally sinful creatures” thing is nasty and misanthropic as fuck. You’re not respecting or loving or caring for someone if you think they’re inherently sinful. You’re not respecting or loving or caring for YOURSELF if you think you, personally, are inherently sinful. “Love and care about everyone with the understanding that everyone is inherently sinful and awful” is a horrible, damaging message, and any god that would set those impossible standards for being sin-free in the first place doesn’t deserve worship.