"You once said you supported homosexuality and that you are a Christian. That seems like a contradiction considering the bible's stance on same- sex relations. I'm not bashing your beliefs, just wondering how you deal with those conflicting beliefs."
Now, I get stuff like this a lot, saying that I'm like a "Bad Christian" and stuff because I am very much a liberal and believe in gay marriage and also pro-choice. But, this question was nice and my brain juice was pumping and saying "let's answer this question like a boss!" So, I, at least I think so, did. Answer it like a boss that is. Here is what I said:
"I know it seems contradictory, but the Bible itself is very contradictory. I mean, it says that God loves EVERYONE. That he made us in HIS image, He made us all uniquely different, blah blah. There are four verses in the Bible that I know of that say homosexuality is a sin (Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Romans 1:26-28), but there are also verses that say eating pork and lobster and crab is a sin (Leviticus 11:7 and Leviticus 11:10), shaving is a sin (Leviticus 19:27), cursing/derogatory remarks/saying anything bad/gossiping is a sin (Ephesians 5:4 and Leviticus 19:16), garments that are cotton/polyester blends are a sin (Leviticus 19:19), and associating with a woman on her period is a sin (Leviticus 15:19-33), or not obeying the sabbath day (Exodus 20:8). NO ONE GETS PUNISHED FOR THESE THINGS. For crying out loud, the whole book of Leviticus is basically telling us what is sinful according to God.
So, if homosexuals are being persecuted so much about who they love, then why do we not get persecuted for shaving our legs, or wearing cotton t-shirts, or saying shit when we stub our toe? The Holy Bible is the "word of God" translated by men who were "chosen by God", but the Bible was written thousands of years ago! I don't know, I have a weird opinion toward the Bible. To me, I think it's a big huge novel written like a bad case of the game "telephone" (you know, where you whisper something in some one's ear, then they say whatever they think you said to the next person, so on and so forth, until it gets back to you, but your information is completely muddled and you hardly ever get the right thing that you said). But, I DO believe in God, and I DO believe he created us, and I DO believe he has a plan for my life.
I also believe that both God AND evolution exists. They can both coexist if you think about it. I believe that God created the Earth and everything on it, but he did it billions of years ago, so how do we know what humans and species looked like then? There has to be some sort of evolutionary path, or else I think we'd still be maybe four feet tall primate looking people or something. My view of being a Christian is being an all around person, believing in God, voicing your opinions about him, knowing he's in your heart, protecting your faith, and just doing your best to better yourself and the world around you. God knows that we mess up and do stupid things, but he also gave us the freewill to choose and make decisions. I think God loves everyone and everything, because well, he created us. I think he gets sad when people choose to do bad things, but I believe he has so much hope in us, that that person may choose to correct their path if they make the decision to.
I do not think God discriminates, and I don't think we should either. That's why I'm perfectly fine with someone being homosexual. A good majority of my friends are. I am also a huge romanticist, so I say "hey, you want to fall in love with that person? Well, then right on." Love is a wonderful thing, and why shouldn't some one who has feelings for the same sex as they are not be allowed to experience it, or get married to the one they want to spend the rest of their life with? It's selfish and rude to keep that away from them.
I think Bible-thumping Christian extremists are full of shit. We all sin. Every day. I'm wearing a shirt made out of cotton and I just said shit like three times now. But I am NEVER, not now, not EVER, going to discriminate on someone because they are african-american, mexican, asian, middle eastern, european, pacific islander, caucasian, gay, transgender, lesbian, whatever. As the Bible says, God created us in HIS IMAGE, so, doesn't that mean he's all of those things I just listed as well?"
I am actually supremely proud of my defense and now whenever someone questions me/mocks me/whatever about my beliefs and religion, I will just link them here, because I think I made the most valid argument of how I feel.
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