Peds nurse wrote:I do not bash gays. I am a Bible thumpin' Christian. I have never read where it tells us to bash gays.
If you've "thumped" the Bible, then you've read Leviticus 20:13:
If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death; their blood is upon them.
And Romans 1:26-27:
...God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error.
It is likely that "the due penalty for their error" Paul refers to here for gays and lesbians is the death by stoning prescribed in Leviticus.
So you are correct that the Bible does not command that you bash gays. It tells us to kill them.
I do read where it says to love God and love others.
Whatever that "love" might be, it is a love that does not forbid putting gays and lesbians to death.
We have a lesbian woman that works in our home who helps with our autistic child. I just love her! She is so great with our 11 year old. Have you ever thought that maybe....just maybe....the all or none approach might lead to wrong conclusions?
You and this woman should read the Bible passages I have posted. That way you can both know where the persecution of gays and lesbians got it start. If you treat her well, then you do so out of modern, secular morality and not the Bible.
Did you read that therapy is banned in most states?
No. The article I cited in the OP states that thirty two states have failed to ban the practice. Conservative Christian groups are opposing the bans on anti-gay therapy.
Also, come to find out, the guy that invented that therapy is gay!
His name is McKrae Game, and he is disavowing his work against gays. He is asking for forgiveness and admitting that he was wrong.
All people who claim to be Christian do not always act accordingly.
And we are very fortunate for that!
Some things are not as they seem.
That's right, PN, and I have demonstrated you wrong on at least two of your claims. I'd like you to post now that most states do not ban Christian ant-gay conversion and need to. You also need to post that yes, the Bible does command cruelty toward gays and lesbians, and its a practice that needs to stop.