It's good that attention is being brought to the subject. For those who choose not the research the Bible and it's origin, too bad for them. There are so many contradictions in religious practices today, it's hard to know who's really right and wrong based on the people speaking. The answer is in the research - the various translations of the Bible beyond King James' version. Why would a God who's based on love want people to preach hate for other people. Why would God want us to judge our brothers and sisters when in the Bible, it tells "man" not to judge others for ye shall be judged. Simply, learn the Word of God for yourself. Do your homework. God created us all, with our differe...

It's good that attention is being brought to the subject. For those who choose not the research the Bible and it's origin, too bad for them. There are so many contradictions in religious practices today, it's hard to know who's really right and wrong based on the people speaking. The answer is in the research - the various translations of the Bible beyond King James' version. Why would a God who's based on love want people to preach hate for other people. Why would God want us to judge our brothers and sisters when in the Bible, it tells "man" not to judge others for ye shall be judged. Simply, learn the Word of God for yourself. Do your homework. God created us all, with our differences, faults, mistakes, imperfections - great minds, features, expressions of love, characteristics...God made us all. Why would He go through the trouble if all we were going to do is be condemned? No one wants to try to answer those questions. People are too busy trying to send others to hell when they don't have a heaven or hell to send anyone to. When has anyone met someone Gay who went to hell? When has anyone met someone who cheated on their wife or husband who went to hell? People are being too busy doing things that are not their responsibility. Let God do what he's supposed to do and stop trying to help God out. He's much better at it than anyone on earth.

Keepinitsimple wrote

Why would a God who's based on love want people to preach hate for other people.

True love wants what is best for an individual and does not rejoice in what is bad for that individual. Abusing substances is not a good practice to engage in. A loving God would tell a person that kind of behavior was going to have detrimental consequences. Abusing a spouse or child is not good a loving gesture toward the victim of the abuse, therefore again a loving God would tell a person addicted to abusive behavior that it is not a good thing to engage in. Killing and stealing are not good behaviors and a loving God tells you so.

If we are truly acting in PURE LOVE on...

Keepinitsimple wrote

Why would a God who's based on love want people to preach hate for other people.

True love wants what is best for an individual and does not rejoice in what is bad for that individual. Abusing substances is not a good practice to engage in. A loving God would tell a person that kind of behavior was going to have detrimental consequences. Abusing a spouse or child is not good a loving gesture toward the victim of the abuse, therefore again a loving God would tell a person addicted to abusive behavior that it is not a good thing to engage in. Killing and stealing are not good behaviors and a loving God tells you so.

If we are truly acting in PURE LOVE one towards another then all this talk about having sex with someone who is not our spouse would be a mute issue because the TRULY loving thing to do toward another person is to not defile them in anyway.

If I truly loved someone I would not want to mar their person for my own self gratification. Sex apart from the purpose of creating an offspring becomes more of a recreational activity rather than a procreational one. Having no concern for children and offspring we then denigrate ourselves to selfish lustful pleasures rather than rising to the more noble purposes for which we were created. One lustful pleasure is the same as another I would guess so therefore all lustful acts are to be applauded?

Lust is the antithesis of love and therefore a God of love would speak against such behavior as unloving toward the other person as well as towards oneself.

Now then I have a question which begs an answer. If being attracted to someone of the same sex does not involve any type of sexual relationship would you still be thusly attracted?

again keepinit says:

God created us all, with our differences, faults, mistakes,
imperfections - great minds, features, expressions of love,
characteristics...God made us all. Why would He go through the trouble
if all we were going to do is be condemned?

It is true in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and he said they were all good, until....

There came a time shortly after God created all the earth that the earth became corrupted and fallen from the perfection created by God. If this was not true then there would be no death and disease in our present world, but anyone with half a mind can see that everything dies.

God did not create man to die but bec...

again keepinit says:

God created us all, with our differences, faults, mistakes,
imperfections - great minds, features, expressions of love,
characteristics...God made us all. Why would He go through the trouble
if all we were going to do is be condemned?

It is true in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and he said they were all good, until....

There came a time shortly after God created all the earth that the earth became corrupted and fallen from the perfection created by God. If this was not true then there would be no death and disease in our present world, but anyone with half a mind can see that everything dies.

God did not create man to die but because of Adam's disobedience death entered the world through the deceitfulness of Satan. Therefore it can be said that ALL GOOD things come from God but death, destruction, evil desires, and lusts of the flesh are not sent from God but are a result of a fallen nature brought on by disobedience to God. Again I will have to state therefore a LOVING GOD could not just stand back and allow his GOOD creation to continually be destroyed so he made a provision for this problem. The solution was sending Jesus into the world to redeem it from this curse of sin and death.

Therefore to fully answer your question a person who accepts Jesus as Lord and the payment for their fallen nature is no longer in danger of being condemned with the world. However those who reject the loving God answer (Jesus) are already condemned. God sends no one to hell we choose where we want to place our allegiances and thusly we choose our own way. God's way is the HIGH way our way is the low way.