His daughter is a doctor, she’s involved with charities, and she holds herself up to the same standards that would be expected of her if she were straight. And I have a lesbian friend whose father (also a devout Catholic) told me he believed God gave him a gay daughter so that he (the father) would learn that God’s creations know no limits. My desire to be straight actually conflicted with God’s plan for my life. If I was convinced God hated me, how could I love him? But I eventually realized that I was inherently gay and all the hoping and praying would have no effect on that. After years of struggling with my sexual orientation (and a pretty serious drinking problem as a result), I realized that my fear of condemnation had completely estranged me from God. My beliefs are still rooted in Catholicism, which is pretty similar to most branches of Christianity.
I grew up in a devoutly Catholic home and my father had even studied to be a priest. And people who think they have the power to condemn anyone to hell on God’s behalf are in for a surprise. The difference is subtle, but substantial. The commandment “thou shalt not kill” was closer to “thou shalt not murder” in its original form.
And everything people quote from scripture has been translated multiple times from the original text, so true meanings get lost along the way. If you believe that God has a plan for your life and have known you were gay since childhood, you obviously didn’t choose to be gay. If mere people knew so much, why wouldn’t their lives be perfect? And having other people insist they know God’s plan for our lives just creates confusion and self-hatred. It takes time to adjust to the reality that we’re inherently gay. If it’s any consolation, most of us grew up hoping we’d fall in love, get married, have kids and live the dream. Unless you had yours surgically altered so you could be gay, you’re no more responsible for your sexual orientation than a straight man is for his. There have been studies that show that gay men have brain stems that are structurally different from those of straight men. That’s what’s really meant by the quote, “Judge not, lest ye be judged.” It’s fair to judge the actions of other people, but not their souls.
#Am i gay for god quote skin#
Throughout history, people have found many ridiculous reasons to condemn people to hell, including skin color, nationality and sexual orientation. You’re gay because that’s the way God wanted you to be. I heard that it was a gay demon inside of me making me this way and I need to stop it or I will go to hell!! I really do not want to go to hell, and cannot control my feelings I have for guys! Do you really think I will go to hell for being gay? I also heard that people are born gay, because they have more female chromosones, or something like that, that makes them more female like.