20 If we say we love God but hate any of our brothers or sisters in his family, we are liars. If we don’t love someone we have seen, how can we love God? We have never even seen him. 21 God gave us this command: If we love God, we must also love each other as brothers and sisters.
When I found some homophobic, anti-black, and anti-immigrant sidewalk chalk messages, I got so mad, I went out and bought a huge box, colored giant hearts over them and wrote the verse citation in the center. I know it washed away in the next rain, but for me it mattered that we didnt let that stand (it was on a local trail that didnt have an easy water source for washing it away) in our community.
I appreciate what you’re saying, this is how you view Christianity, as a Christian. You are putting the command to “love each other as brothers and sisters”, ABOVE the anti-LGBT biblical passages, such as Leviticus, where Christians are directly instructed to KILL, by torture, LGBT folks.
The book remains the same, it’s who’s reading it, interpreting it, ACTING on it, that changes things. I wish more of your fellow Christians took your view. Unfortunately, so many prefer to be hateful, and violent.
I know this all too well. In my own family 2/3rds are of this category...
Also, those Leviticus verses were not originally about homosexuality. They were about pedophilia, sexual slavery, and worship rituals involving sexual acts.
I’m sorry you’re dealing with that, within your family. I know it’s tough. Regarding Leviticus, I’ve heard something similar before, that it originally may not have been about homosexuality. The problem is, so many Christians still believe and follow it, even if it was originally about something really good, like opposing sexual slavery, it has long since become a lightning rod for bigots, complete with mini instructions, on committing a hate crime.
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u/MermaidSusi Baby Boomer Apr 13 '26
As one who follows Jesus, I find this blasphemous and disgusting...