what i learned from christianity

c o n t e n t s

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➼ what being lgbt means for christians

➼ how         this       has       effected   me

➼ catholic     and      protestant     views

➼ how          i           stayed           faithful

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hiya! i really quickly wanted to remind

everyone   that i, myself, am   part of

the lgbt    community and     wanted to

share my experiences with christiantity

i     don't     mean any    offence   by this

and    i    personally   don't      believe in

some of the    views i'll be    listing here

as a disclaimer if you are triggered by

views against lgbt then i wouldn't read

this as there will be some controversial

views :(

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being        christian and being a part of

the lgbt community myself I confidently

can say that these two aren't mutually

exclusive, in some cases they may be a

bit     difficult     but    not      impossible

as i am still   a    practicing     christian

and   part   of the   lgbt    community in

other words, there are   options.

to a christian, being lgbt means the

same as being lgbt does to most people,

you like a different gender, you are a

different gender, you do not classify

as just straight simply means just that.

i am a part of the protestant church

and honestly i'm quite proud of how far

my church has come to be more open.

some christians such as Catholics may

hide their sexuality or gender due to

the church not being fully accepting

in very christian or religious families

"coming out" may be a hard thing to do

or may achieve the wrong   reaction,

sadly this is a truth for most people.

my experiences have been a bit better

due to the people I've told being kind

and accepting but I feel like I've had

it easy in comparison to many others.

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i wanted to say that i came   out

to my church and everything was

fine but sadly that's not   how it

happened. i don't really like the

idea of coming out as personally i

felt like i accepted myself   and

didn't need to tell anyone, but i

told my church friend and she was

surprisingly ive, i had gone

from being very Catholic due to my

family   to being extremely liberal

i believe   that   God   loves   me   no

matter what, after all He is all

loving. i also think this for others.

to quote a video i watched   awhile

ago, God wouldn't have made us to

sit there and hate his creations.

i will it that i'm not the kind of

religious person that i wish i was

but i just can't agree with   some

ways things are dealt with or shown.

for this reason and this reason alone

i'm liberal and very accepting of all.

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i think it's important to highlight

what the two main branches of

Christianity   believe about   lgbt

related topics so without further

ado:

protestant-

accepting of most lgbt and although

they will   witness the wedding of

a same sex couple, they will not marry

them in a church. they will accept

them into the church to pray etc

catholic-

not accepting for the most part,

believed that homosexuality or

lgbt is a sin. it's important to note

that it's the act of homosexuality

that's the sin, sexual or romantic

attraction to the opposite sex is

not a sin. definitely will not marry

a same sex couple.

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i did cry a lot about this, the fear

of not being accepted by God but

it's important to that

God has   unconditional love for

everyone and everyone is loved

for who they are, no matter what.

i will it i became very against

the idea of religion and the bible

because of the ideas against lgbt

in it however, God is omnibenevolent

and that's how i stayed faithful.

Christianity has taught me so much

especially about what i want in life

and I'm thankful that I found it.

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saur, over and out-

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