While moderating the forum on Homosexuality, I realized that all the justifications pro and against Homosexuality are based on religious dogmas. I’m myself a catholic, but looking to this current pope, I don’t think I’m doing a lot of good to my church. At the same time I have to respect some dogmas, things that I believe, things that beyond the human condition.
How far can we go, when we realize that what the priest or the rabbi, or the imam says goes against our beliefs?
I think that althought we belong to an established religion, sometimes you have to take your spiritual path in your hand. I’m not talking about new age, new theory, thinking that you can put everything in a basket or choosing that we are going to create our own religion. I’m talking about the importance of being capable of distinguish between things that are really important to us and things that somehow maybe manipulated by our religion. So, I’m looking forward to your opinions on this subject.
And, yes, I have a white t-shirt again.
Thank you,
Paulo
If we can’t understand the importance of the things that are important to us, maybe it’s better to belive on religion.
actually it doesn’t matter what Religion you may have, as long as you treat the other person right.`~,
Religion, Sin.. Good and Bad Deed… God & Heaven
People are always confused the word SIN. What is Sin? Sin in our eyes or Sin in God’s Eyes…! These should be two separated issues! Damnations in the eyes of human and Damnation in the eyes of God..! Damnation in both in the eyes of son of man and damnation in the eyes of God…. See More
You could bear witness through generations the evils that is beyond the history of man that is damnations in the Eyes of God and mankind even killing the Prophets of GOD. We speak of an individually and their power even today. In exception to nature..
Could we avoid that… when man becomes evil…with power in their hands with only a lift of one finger… millions died… with bloodshed and greed. No matter who they are either they are Muslims, Christians or Jews or any other mankind… In the name of justices… Are they forgivable…? In the Eyes of GOD?
That is what you called ‘Sin’… and The Major ‘Sin’ in the eyes of God are to deny the existence of the One True God. This have been mention in all the scriptures given to all the Prophets in the Holy Torah, Holy Testaments and the Holy Koran.
We are given two choices dear.. either to follow the teachings of the Darkness or the Lights…the teachings of the Dark world or the teachings of the Holy Light. Here we could see the differences of the two spiritual beings…! One to destroy mankind and the other to saved mankind… The work of the Satan and its kind and the work of the Holy Angels and the Holy Prophets. The Sin of Adam of Eve are only created by the Devil but GOD has knowth better.. In the eyes of God, they have already been forgiven… are now in Heaven awaiting us all to return in their arms. In Heaven there are no white…no black..yellow or brown… We shall be as one race and one kind the girls would be like Eve and the boys would be like Adam. There would no handicapped… all beautiful and young.. No sadness and no pain all be praises in the Eyes of God. We all would be back to where we belong…Our Home, Heaven.
Hell are not for us…but created for the Devils and all his kind. So be at peace…as long you believe in One True God…and always be good to others especially your parents….and always asked for good guidance in your life… He the Lord God would send the Guardian Angels to be with you…
[71] Say : “ O People of the Book ! Ye have no ground
To stand upon unless Ye stand fast by the Law, The Gospel, all the revelation That has come to you from Your Lord.” It is the revelation That cometh to thee from Thy Lord, that increaseth in most Of them their obstinate Rebellion and blasphemy. But sorrow thou not Over (these) people without Faith.
[72] Those who believe (in the Quran), Those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), And the Sabians and the Christians, Any who believe in God And the Last Day, And work righteousness, On them shall be no fear, Nor shall they grieve.
Sura Maida (or The Table Spread). Verse 71-72
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Dear Paulo,
Thank you for your true and beautiful words. I am gay and I also converted to Catholicism earlier this year. I have always been a Catholic at heart, with a great devotion for the Blessed Virgin, but my sexuality stood in the way of me becoming a member of the Church.
Something turned all that around: I was lucky enough to meet a young Redemptorist priest last year, who convinced me to go ahead with it. He knew I am in a committed relationship with a man. Yet he told me to let my own conscience decide, and not let the Church’s official view discourage me from becoming a Catholic. For me this was such a moment of liberation and enlightenment. I thank God and Our Lady so often for that.
I now realise that we have to find our own truth in life. In spite of being a gay man, I find my truth and experience God in the Catholic faith. Naturally I sometimes worry about the Church’s official views on homosexually. However, as soon as that feeling creeps up on me I remind myself I am a Catholic because God has somehow called me to be one. Nobody, not even the Pope himself, can take that away from me.
Thank you,
Pieter