But I have some fellow Christian friends who distanced themselves from such people.
Case in point: I was in school the other day and one of the groups had a presentation on Pinkdot.sg, a website that believes that ‘everyone should have the freedom to love, regardless of sexual orientation. But fear, ignorance and prejudice often stand in the way’.
J, was so against GLBT, that during the whole presentation, he was giving out curt remarks. And when the presentation ended, and the group asked for a photo-taking session, I decided to go up, hence the above picture. J immediately turned on me and started saying words, which are so offensive, it cannot be written here. I ignored him.
I’m sorry, but I don’t see anything wrong with loving my fellow human beings. My religion has also taught me to love people who different from me. Okay, while I accept that different denominations have different stance on this issue, we all share the same God, who taught us the same things.
While I don’t have to support GLBT’s actions and values, I respect their rights as a fellow human being. They are not any different from you and me.
I’m not angry with J, I’m disappointed with him. Christians and many other religions have persecuted GLBT for many years now, so why does this persecution have to continue?. Its time we take a different approach if we want a chance of helping them if ever this group of people want to change.
I was reading popular Singapore travel blogger, Adrianna Tan’s blog, Popagandhi the other day. It left a deep impression in me. She is a lesbian and a Christian.
In her post, ‘Possibly The Most Difficult Post I Have Ever Written’, she wrote about how she found out about she found out about her sexuality when she was studying in Christian schools. And her ‘moderately christian’ family didn’t abandon her when they knew about her sexuality.
What I took away from her post was, God will make his own judgement, who are we to judge?.
I believe that there are many closet gays and lesbians like Adrianna in churches now. Please be strong like her. God love you for who you are.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Shawn. (If only there were more christians like you).
and hallelujah to that! ill see you at Pink Dot @Hong Lim Park!
Probably J is a perfect human with no flaw.
good for you! I’m more familiar with the term “LGBT” but not much of a difference here!
Well said! If only everyone in this world thinks the same as you.
Maybe “J” is gay….
If you think the bible was wrong to condemn homosexual behaviour, then be brave enough to throw it out. Please don’t pretend that the Christian scriptures are OK with homosexuality. That is simply not the case; and it does not boil down to mere inter-denominational differences.
Hi Bob, when I said I don’t think it’s right for Christians to condemn GLBT, I do not mean that I think the scripture was wrong. What I meant was, the Bible call for us to ‘Love thy neighbour’ and it also says ‘Love is the greatest commandment’. The ‘different approach’ I mentioned in my article is precisely this, to love them, instead of being quick to judge them, which many of us have been doing over the years. The scripture also says ‘Judge and be judge’.