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I don't. They didn't ask about religions for gays. They asked about churches. Churches are a community that should be free of judgement.
Correct. The OP was asking about welcoming churches, which I think implies welcoming who they are, not welcoming because they want to correct or fix you. I'm pretty sure she already knows where those churches are.
No church is really free of judgment, though, at least not its members, because we're human. Hopefully, my judgments are petty, like thinking the woman who needs the tables for the potluck to be gussied up like a wedding banquet is overly fussy.
But if it was a gay male church member doing that, I might think it was cute. That's stereotyping.
Most Catholic Churches don’t bat an eyelid about who attends church, and who doesn’t.
You could attend a Catholic Church for years and remain virtually unknown and anonymous.
Not suggesting that this is a good thing though.
I don't. They didn't ask about religions for gays. They asked about churches. Churches are a community that should be free of judgement.
The Bible says the exact opposite. A pastor's job is to call sinners to repentance, to preach the Word. Yes, anyone is welcome and encouraged to come to my church. I've sat next to men that I know are gay. But no, my pastor does not affirm the sin of anyone and tell them that God made them that way, so continue on in it.
Correct. The OP was asking about welcoming churches, which I think implies welcoming who they are, not welcoming because they want to correct or fix you. I'm pretty sure she already knows where those churches are.
No church is really free of judgment, though, at least not its members, because we're human. Hopefully, my judgments are petty, like thinking the woman who needs the tables for the potluck to be gussied up like a wedding banquet is overly fussy.
But if it was a gay male church member doing that, I might think it was cute. That's stereotyping.
I see I have work to do on myself...
Contrary to the presumptuous religious "judges and enforcers" of religious dogma, God does not want or need any such judgment or enforcement. God made EVERYONE the way they are, not just gays. The character of our Spirit (that MUST be agape) is how we BECOME the best of whatever God made us to be. We do NOT BECOME the best we can be by judging others and trying to enforce what we THINK God COMMANDS us to obey . . . or else! Agape love defines what God wants from us, IMO.
From what I can tell, most Christian churches are basically affiliated as rainbow churches, they are welcoming to all.
It is Catholic church that has always been designed to basically say No, gay men or even gay women are not Okay, because Catholicism is old and it is not meant to be changed. A huge foundation and basis of Catholicism is to have a man and woman marry, to have straight sex together to have babies. Furthermore Catholicism does not accept abortions.
So it is not like Catholics hate gays. Many gays attend Catholic mass. But ultimately the Catholic Church has always had that core foundation that men and women are together married, they have kids, and they do not abort life. Gays are not hated by Catholic churches but gay partners have basically never been accepted by Catholicism.
And to say it again: Catholics follow very old rules and the rules are not really meant to be changed. It’s not a changing religion. All of Catholic symbols are basically always the same.
Christian churches are the ones designed to evolve.
Christian churches are the ones designed to evolve.
I think you meant to say Protestant, not Christian.
But it is a fiction that the Catholic Church does not change.
The Catholic Church has not always required clergy to be celibate.
The Catholic Church no longer teaches the doctrine of limbo.
The Catholic Church apologized for that whole Galileo thing a few years back -- a few hundred years late, but better late than never.
And that speaks to how the Church changes ... very slowly and late. But change it does.
No church, either small or capital c, is designed or intended to change, but churches exist within society, and society has morality, and any church that is too far out of step with societal morals is ... wait for it ... immoral. And then they would face sanctions.
The Catholic Church has a long history of looking the other way while its priests diddle choir boys and now to an extent they are getting sanctioned for it ... whole dioceses have had to declare bankruptcy as a result.
From what I can tell, most Christian churches are basically affiliated as rainbow churches, they are welcoming to all.
It is Catholic church that has always been designed to basically say No, gay men or even gay women are not Okay, because Catholicism is old and it is not meant to be changed. A huge foundation and basis of Catholicism is to have a man and woman marry, to have straight sex together to have babies. Furthermore Catholicism does not accept abortions.
So it is not like Catholics hate gays. Many gays attend Catholic mass. But ultimately the Catholic Church has always had that core foundation that men and women are together married, they have kids, and they do not abort life. Gays are not hated by Catholic churches but gay partners have basically never been accepted by Catholicism.
And to say it again: Catholics follow very old rules and the rules are not really meant to be changed. It’s not a changing religion. All of Catholic symbols are basically always the same.
Christian churches are the ones designed to evolve.
Catholic churches are Christian churches. Catholicism is a Christian religion. Catholics are Christian.
Catholic churches are Christian churches. Catholicism is a Christian religion. Catholics are Christian.
In my world, Roman Catholic Churches do not have rainbow flags and woke statements at the entryway. We have the sign of the cross in cathedrals that are generally old buildings. They don’t serve popcorn and coffee before “the service”. At Catholic church we have mass where we are serious and we pray, and we fast before mass and we eat round wafers that represents sacramental bread. There’s no electric guitars and rock and roll bands with fog machines and light shows. We have old church organs and church choirs that sing old songs and we have incense and candles like we have for hundreds of years.
In my world, Roman Catholic Churches do not have rainbow flags and woke statements at the entryway. We have the sign of the cross in cathedrals that are generally old buildings. They don’t serve popcorn and coffee before “the service”. At Catholic church we have mass where we are serious and we pray, and we fast before mass and we eat round wafers that represents sacramental bread. There’s no electric guitars and rock and roll bands with fog machines and light shows. We have old church organs and church choirs that sing old songs and we have incense and candles like we have for hundreds of years.
Just stop it already.
You know exactly what I’m saying.
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