ESPN journalist Chris Broussard on NBA's Jason Collins: Homosexuality is a sin and living in sin isn't Christian

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pezus said:

Max King of the Wild said:

crissindahouse said:

ps3-sales! said:
Why are you condemning him for his opinion? That's pretty ignorant. Christians don't agree with the homosexual lifestyle; you act as if that's news?

i know enough christians who do

There is a difference between being accepting and loving people (which is what Jesus taught and what Christians should strive for) and agreeing with it.

If you say being a homosexual is a sin, then you're not accepting and loving and therefore it could be argued that you aren't a good Christian. I would also argue that accepting and loving someone is the same as "agreeing" with him. Agreeing doesn't mean you yourself have to do the same things homosexuals do. It just means that you understand that not everyone prefers the same gender as you do.

 

Your statemet here is as wrong as it can be. When John Paul II met with Ali Agca after he shot him, he showed him that he accepts him, he loves him and he forgave him his sin. According to your wicked logic, by saying Ali Agca commited a sin, the Pope wouldn't be able to do that - it shows you clearly don't understand the first thing about sin in Christianity. The basis of Christianity is that everyone commits sins and Jesus died for our sins. Christians should do their uttmost not to sin and when they do, they should feel truely and genuinely sorry about it, ask God for forgiveness and do everything not to repeat that. If you accept a gay lifestyle, live that way without remorse, you are not doing what Christians should do and can't call yourself a good Christian. That's all, simple. The most important thing here is not just commiting a sin (cause this is a normal thing), but what you do with it, cause this is what defines a good Christian.

Also, the Pope surely didn't agree with Ali Agca, he didn't tell him to go out and shoot more people and maybe shoot him one or two times again, so no - you can't argue accepting and loving is the same as agreeing with someone.

 

@OP To me your statement is more alarming and showing intolerance than his. Suggesting that such people shouldn't be in high places in the West? Unacceptable.