If Christianity teaches acceptance, then how come some Christians don't do this (read
Let's say there's a Christian family and 1 member of that family comes out of the closet. That family can't accept that member because of what the Bible says about homosexuality and disowns that member. I've seen a documentary on DVD called "For The Bible Tells Me So" which is about Christianity and homosexuality, but primarily focuses on 4 Christian families that has 1 gay member.
There was this one mother, a Fundamental Christian, who was interviewed in the documentary that had a daughter who went to college. The daughter sent the mom a letter saying that she was a lesbian. The mom sent her a letter saying that she can't accept her because of what the Bible says about homosexuality, which drove the daughter in to a deep depression to the point that she committed suicide by hanging herself. If acceptance is a teaching of Christianity, then why are there a lot of Christians who don't put this teaching to use?
most Christians believe in objective morality which causes them to completely, utterly forget that people who sin are human beings. they start to think of sinners as enemies and they become incapable of having any decent feelings. it's awful.
Famous examples of their forgiving, accepting and tolerant attitude include the Spanish Inquisition, the crusades and the Salem witch trails.
Edit: @ Joe P: In your bible Jesus says, 'let he who is without sin cast the first stone' - maybe you didn't read that bit. Isn't it strange how as an atheist I live by this moral much more closely than many Christians do.
We're much more liberal than the people who wrote the Bible. Many Christians accept homosexuality today. For example, if you read what the Bible says about women, you'd think women would be treated as third-class citizens, but that isn't the case today.
Acceptance of sin is not part of Christianity. If I had a child with this disorder, I wouldn't disown him/her. there is nothing that could cause me to do that. But I certainly would not accept either the disorder, or any sin they might commit as a result of it.
Clearly, they believe that some things are simply not acceptable. Just like with atheists, Muslims, Jews, etc. Fundamentally, ALL religions preach acceptance, while patently NOT accepting loads of things. It's a strange dichotomy!
Ignoring your rant, the Bible never teaches blind acceptance of sin! Sin is so wicked and evil that it is destroying the earth, it is destroying the human race, and it even does damage to innocent babies and children!
That doesn't mean that I would stop loving a person just because of their sin; but nowhere in the Bible does it say to blindly show blanket acceptance of those who - according to the Bible - are reprobate in their thinking (as Romans 1 describes the homosexual)!
Not all Christians respond in the same manner to homosexuality. We are not one organism or hive-mind.
That said - suicide is ALSO against Christian tenants - so for this poor girl to kill herself, shows that there were mental instabilities present also. I would imagine that her mother's rejection was only one factor in this sad tale.
Pray for this girl and for her poor family. They grieve the loss of the daughter they knew and loved.
You are absolutely right. They don't understand Jesus and His love and grace for them. It is so sad. We need to love and accept everyone. It is God's job to change people...which in my opinion is best done by overwhelming them with God's love and grace. Besides that sin is sin. Why do people feel the need to take such a great stand against this one sin. What if someone found out their children went to college and partied everyday or gos sipped. Would they disown them? How incredibly sad...that is not God's heart at all..
I don't know how that mother felt about sexuality but this question has been asked before and I've thought about it a lot as a father not as a Christian. If my daughter decided to use her body for sex then I don't feel obligated to feed or house or clothe her any more. She should take care of her own needs.
When she turns eighteen she is considered an adult and if she is having sex then I intend to bounce her out not that I'm looking for an excuse.
All Bible follows are mindless, blind, and dumb people who has little to no faith in THEMSELVES, so they believe in something as dumb as a book!
Yes, God teaches you not to hate, to accept people for their skin color, culture, etc. Christians claim they are faithful yet they do everything God tells them not to. They follow a freaking book without questioning it.
A few thousand years ago, there was a big plan for the biggest prank in human history. Great writers got together to write a book and called it the "Bible". They created a play to go with it, and Jesus was the main cast in the play. They kept everything a secret, and made it looked like it really wasn't a prank. But it was. Then they sent people all over the world to place decoys so it looked like it really happened.
Christians need to come out of their little world of Narnia. The sooner they learn they're like 4 year old believing in fairy tales and stupid books, the better the world will be.
I bet the pranksters looking down at these Dumbo's laughing so hard because how well their prank worked.
The mother in this documentary is guilty of the same sin Jesus accused the Pharisees of. They lived by the letter of the Law rather than the spirit of the Law. The bible makes it perfectly clear that the homosexual act is an abomination. No man should have sexual relations with another man; no woman should have sexual relations with another woman. That is the letter of the Law.
But the bible also makes it clear that God separates the sin from the sinner. This is the spirit of the Law. We all sin, even that mom. And the least little sin separates us from our Creator God.
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If Christianity teaches acceptance, then how come some Christians don't do this (read
