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I'm Catholic. It's nice to hear another open-minded Christian- although I don't agree with all aspects of your post, I applaud you for haivng your own thoughts and making rational decisions FOR YOURSELF.
The Bible was written by men. MEN. Most likely, these were some pretty opinionated, straight men. You think they would let a gay man write in the bible? Anything even remotely pro-gay would be edited out immediately. God didn't write the bible. Men did. I take it for what it is meant to be, a guide through which you can learn lessons on how to be a good person, treat others with respect, and love everyone, as God loves everyone. I can't understand how someone can tell me, "God loves everyone" in one breath, and then "but being Gay is a sin, and God hates that" in the next. The first cannot be true if the second is true, and vice-versa.
I'm a good person. I help others when I can by donating time, knowledge, or money as I can afford it. I don't harm others through action or place others in harm's way through inaction. I don't steal. I am tolerant of others' ways. I am not God, The Judge. Who the fuck am _I_ (or anyone for that matter) to say what He does and doesn't like, or to pass judgement on someone because of how they live their lives. He wants us all to love each other and live in peace. This does NOT include bombing abortion clinics, this does NOT include bashing gay people.
I like gay people. They're no different from other people except that they're constantly hassled by intolerant and ignorant people about their lifestyle.
As a side-note, I might point out the obvious fact that it was written a LONG time ago and FAR away. Hell, if you went and re-wrote the bible right now, you'd get 8 million different opinions on what it should say, and who or what it should condone. How can you use something that old as a hard and fast literall reference? Things change with time and tolerance, but the important ones stay the same. All my opinion. Thanks for reading it, feel free to PM me.
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