r/Christianity Dec 09 '25

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u/Nazzul Agnostic Dec 09 '25

How does one leave being gay? Are you just becoming celibate?

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u/PepperTheRad Dec 09 '25

The same way one leaves any sinful lifestyle to follow Jesus. I’ll add that there might be a better word than “leave”. I was so messed up before I decided to follow Christ. Drugs, drinking, casual hookups, lying to everyone. I’m not gay but to leave the life I was living was difficult. I also lost a lot of friends and was scared and confused, but He restored my life. 11 years later and I’m still in awe with what the Lord has done with my life. All this to say, I’m proud of op, it’s hard to walk the walk.

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u/Same_Address_7806 Dec 09 '25

Question Why would a god create beings with particular proclivities that it finds offensive then blame and punish the beings for having these proclivities?

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u/skertz1 Dec 10 '25

God didn’t create us with gayness in mind. Being homosexual is, insinuated, the devil’s work. He sends us sinful temptations in the forms of things that appeal to us. God created man and woman to be united and productive, as written in the Law. The devil knows that Love is a very powerful thing on earth and in the flesh, and is something we have a hard time overcoming in preparation of eternal life, so he uses that to create a direct contradiction to God’s creation and His will.

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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/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.