I’m sorry you were treated that way and I’m sorry it was frightening for you. I understand why you would think that there are aspects of western society where homosexuality is glamourised and seen as something to be proud of. However I can assure you that it is not the position I am coming from.
I come from a small part of the UK were opinion over divided still about homosexuality. Most Christians where I live are completely opposed to it and simply won’t tolerate it. They treat the lgbt community with disdain and that saddens me.
As a Christian, I don’t want to hate anyone. I don’t “approve” of gay marriage. I know that homosexuality isn’t scriptural and I know that God didn’t intend people of the same sex to have sexual relationships with each other. However, what do I do as a Christian if I have friends, relatives or acquaintances who are gay? Well, Jesus preached that the greatest commandment of all was that we love one another. Therefore I believe it is my duty to treat others with love and respect. I don’t have to like what they are doing. I just have to love them regardless. As a younger person, I might not have understood that as well as I do now.
I can understand where you are coming from when you say it seems like society has given way to homosexuality and that it has been accepted widely.
I understand there are still areas of the world where it isn’t acceptable and I understand there are communities - especially religious ones - who really don’t want it to be acceptable.
However, it isn’t about homosexuality being acceptable. It is about how we treat other people and it is so important in this age of ever increasing secularity, that those who do have religious faiths shine as a light for that faith by displaying love and tolerance towards others. Show people firstly how your faith teaches you to love others. People reject religion because they falsely believe that it is a weapon of hate. If we show them it isn’t, that it is really a source of love and compassion, then we are truly doing what our individual faiths require us to. I know it might feel like we are giving in, but we’re really not. We are showing that even though we may not agree with how people live, we are capable of showing love nevertheless.
By calling celebrities out for being gay or transgender, we risk people seeing us as hate-filled, religious fanatics.
I can tell you that no matter how it may seem there is still much persecution of the lgbt community in western society. I might not approve of how gay people live, but I don’t want them to be harmed or become mentally ill as a result of it. As a Christian if a young gay or transgender person came to me, I would want to be able to help them. I wouldn’t want my attitude to add to their sadness.
Every one is talking here about the occult and Satan, but nothing gives him more pleasure than seeing Christians or Buddhists or Muslims or whatever religion speculating and putting forward conspiracies which are based on things we don’t know to be true. All this speculation plays right into the hands of evil.
Haven’t we been taught to be better than that? What if the young idols who are being mentioned here as transgender or gay are being falsely accused? What if that makes their families unhappy with them? What if it puts them under so much pressure they harm themselves? They live in a culture which doesn’t fully accept homosexuality. However it is a culture which does not frown upon skin ship between same sexes. It is normal there. We have no right, outside of that culture, to interpret it as anything else.
I am not asking you to change your religious beliefs. I am just asking people to think about their motivation for accusing idols of being gay or transgender without actually knowing if you be true. That’s not our decision to make. It could really adversely affect someone’s life and we have no right to do that.
Yes, you can speculate on a conspiracy thread about whatever you want to. However, please remember when you’re doing so that this isn’t a game. It is an actual person’s life.
I saw someone speculate somewhere about certain idols allowing family members to be sacrificed for their careers. That really is a terrible, terrible thing to say. How would any of us feel if we were wrongly accused of letting a loved one die? This is not a game. There are real people behind this and you have no proof for any if this speculation.
