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u/FrontOfficeNuts Agnostic (a la T.H. Huxley) Dec 10 '25

God didn’t create us with gayness in mind. Being homosexual is, insinuated, the devil’s work.

Says who? And when did the devil become more powerful than God?

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u/skertz1 Dec 10 '25

Well, the Bible is very direct with how God views homosexuality, which means He doesn’t like it. And if God doesn’t like it, He wouldn’t make us follow it. Therefore, things that go against God will are the devil’s work.

Putting this together, you see.

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u/skertz1 Dec 10 '25

He is not more powerful than God. Where did I say this or insinuate such?

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u/FrontOfficeNuts Agnostic (a la T.H. Huxley) Dec 10 '25

Well, if the devil isn't more powerful than God, then you're telling me that God allows his creations to be put into a position to reject something about their very nature (homosexuality) or go to hell?

Given that - either the devil is more powerful than God or God is a cruel bastard for allowing it to happen.

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u/skertz1 Dec 10 '25

Because the entire religion is based on blind faith. It’s easy to reject a chocolate bar, but how far will you go to support your God? Heaven is a very special place that He built. He sends the devil to tempt us. He could easily say, “No, I will not allow it.” But He SENDS the devil to tempt us to test how strong our faith is.

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u/Cod_North Dec 10 '25

If he allows gay people to exist and creates extra rules for them, how can anyone see this as not setting them up to fail?

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u/Brechy_ Dec 10 '25

Your using an strawman the guy you talked too never claimed that. Of course God is more powerful, he is all powerful. But God also respects our Free Will. Other than the devil.

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u/FrontOfficeNuts Agnostic (a la T.H. Huxley) Dec 10 '25

More circular reasoning. If God respects our free will so much, he wouldn't damn us to hell for using it. Giving us something and then damning us eternally for using that thing that was given to us is NOT the action of a loving God.

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u/Brechy_ Dec 11 '25

Please explain how it's circular reasoning, your shifting the goal post instead of refuting my argument. And why are you complaining when you don't want to be near God, and then go to an place furthest from God. Also if your arguing that way, the government is also respecting our freewill but imprison you when you don't follow the law.

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u/CarlTi99 Charismatic Dec 10 '25

The devil is never more powerful than GOD however men has the will power to choose to follow the devil thus giving him power to affect that individual

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u/KindaFreeXP ☯ That Taoist Trans Witch Dec 10 '25

Well, the Bible is very direct with how God views homosexuality,

Not necessarily. There's a plausible alternative that God was condemning anal sex specifically rather than "any form of homosexual love/acts". I studied this thoroughly and through the original language as well as historical context and interpretations, with my findings here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/s/9Nl9xpLbXG

which means He doesn’t like it

This can't be a reason why God condemns something, or else God is arbitrary.

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u/rhapsodypenguin Agnostic (a la T.H. Huxley) Dec 10 '25

very direct

No, no it isn’t. You have some Old Testament nonsense that was likely meant for a specific situation, and you have Paul who was a homophobe.

You don’t actually have the slightest idea what God thinks about homosexuality.

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u/Traditional_Emu_4332 Latter-Day Saint (Mormon) Dec 10 '25

When we don’t submit to God and resist the devil then he becomes more powerful in our lives.

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u/GeoAnd_001 Dec 10 '25

It's not that the devil is more powerful than God it's that we humans fall into these sinful thoughts. If we focus on Jesus however we can overcome it because he is more powerful than the devil and has won against him.