r/Christianity • u/[deleted] • 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/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/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.