Thread:Curious Poker Chip/@comment-25638061-20190817040154/@comment-1650307-20190817064010

I completely see where you are coming from and you are correct with God being the creator of everything. However, his initial vision was to create human beings to be heterosexual and after they sin, they started to do their own thing and disobey God's initial. Just chalk it up to Satan's doing. Also, one of the biggest miscommucations about Christianity. God actually doesn't "torture" people. People themselves sin and bad things do happen, but it's not God's doing. Humans brought that on themselves when Adam and Eve disobeyed God back in the Garden of Eden. I do agree with you that it would be hypocritical for a loving God to act in a non-loving way.

I do see where you are coming with the 1 Timothy verse. Yes it may seem like it is sexist to people who do not fully understand the context, but I can assure you that it is not meant to be that way. It is merely suggesting that it is normal for men to be the head of the household, not for women to be slaves and have absolutely no say in the household. Believe me, I get that one all the time. You also should know that certain things in the Bible back then were actually allowed because it was a different time, but after Jesus' death, there was a "new law" set in place that changed some things. It's sort of the same way with history how some things were okay back in the day but not allowed now.

You should also know that there are some people in the religion who act in a highly hypocritical way, but know that not everyone in the religion is the same way. As I always say, there are good and bad people with every known group, and presuming that everyone is the same way is prejudicial.

I personally do not really see how the 1 Peter scripture could be connotated as "anti-gay" when it says to "honor all men", which would include LGBT men. I can't account for everyone, but the way it's supposed to be is that people are supposed to act in a loving way towards everyone, but because of men's imperfect, they fall short many times. I fell short many times. I am sorry however that you perceive those scriptures as anti-gay, even though I tried hard to find scriptures that said the contrary. Still, thank you for your honesty.

I would also like to mention that I appreciate your honesty and I completely understand your reasonings for being an atheist. I do not plan to change your faith, but I will defend my faith at any chance that I get.