If I'm a non practicing homosexual will i still go to heaven if I'm born again and gay?
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Jesus says:\n\n"I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them. This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me,just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep."\n\nHe loves you, always has, and came for this purpose. Do you believe his words? He has already answered you.\n\nDon't listen to all these donatists (or would-be pharisees) telling you you are going to hell. You are the branch of his vine. Just as much as any of your donatist accusers - maybe moreso, given the humility with which you approach Him. And you will be with him, in that great hour when every tear is wiped away.\n\nAnd in parting, I quote Chris Rice's great song, "Take your candle, and go light your world."
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You absolutely can.  Some people don't understand that there's a difference between having the homosexual trait and practicing homosexual behavior.\n\nA homosexual is a person whose instinctual knowledge makes them much more likely to be attracted to persons of the same gender instead of the opposite gender.\n\nHomosexual children usually start having feelings toward people of the same gender around puberty, the same time that heterosexuals start finding the opposite gender attractive.\n\nThis is why it's possible to be gay and a virgin.
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AS a gay and a Christian (yes, you can be oriented to both)-cannonized text has passsges that state gays will not inherit the kingdom of God. (II Corinthians) But what does that really mean? It doesnt say that they will burn in hell. Those two things are not equivalent at all. What I see in it, is that we do not have the perfect blessing of society and may not fit into all of God's sacred institutions such as having children, traditional marriage, etc. We also are not going to be appreciated in the eyes of family values (there are certain discretions others use that I must respect) However, the Bible does not say in any way that we are condemnable by that alone. To be gay is to be oriented to same-gender attraction. Gay does not equal promisciuty, infedility, debuachary (drug use, etc) in every gay person. The Bible clearly states that God judges and loves people holistically and since it is been proven that being gay is only a part of a person, than therefore it in itself does not make one destined to eternal destruction, which is what many biggots beleive.
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God accepts gays and lesbians...\n\nHe accepts ALL SINNERS if they turn away from their sins and ask for forgiveness.\n\nA gay is a person who has chosen a path of sin.\nA lesbian is a person who has chosen a path of sin.\n\nA murderer can come into the kingdom of God if he repents, and asks for forgiveness, and accepts Jesus Christ as their personal savior, and SINS no MORE.\n\nIf the person who has chosen a path of sins TURNS fro that path and decided on another path without sin, and does the rest, then they can also enter the kingdom of heaven.\n\nGod does not hate the sinners. He hates the SIN.\n\nComitting a homsexual act is in God's eyes an abomination. \n\nA person is not Born a murderer.\nA person is not Born a Homosexual.\n\nA person becomes a murderer when they commit a murderous act. They Chose to comit the sinful act.\n\nA Person becomes a homosexual when they commit a homosexual act. The Chose to commit the Sinful Act.\n\nA person can be born with homcidal tendancies, but they are not a murderer unless they are weak and they ACT on them.\n\nA person can be born with homosexual tendancies, but they are not a homosexual unless they are weak and they ACT on them.\n\nGOD can give you stength to NOT act on these sinful temptations.\n\nAnd yes, it is OK to be attracted to animals A person can be attracted to animals and enter into Gods Kindom. Unless they ACT on these attractions, they have not sinned. Beastiality is an ACTION not a way of life. It IS a sin.\n\nWe don't here anymore about NOT giving in to the Devil's Temptations. Why Not?\nDon't give in to temptation and you will NOT Sin.\n\nIt is the CHOICE of disobedience which is what you get Punished for. If you believed in God, and have chosen to be obedient to God, then you will not choose to give into temptation. Then you will not sin. \nThe next time you look at a person of the opposite sex lustfully, understand that you HAVE a CHOICE NOT to act on those Feelings.\n\nYES, I am sure Many people have entered into the priesthood because they CHOSE to be celibate. They decided having NO SEX at all was better than risking eternal Damnation because they gave into temptation and had homosexual Sex.\n\nRemember, a Person is Not a Homosexual until they commit the Sin. SO it is OK for a priest to be a priest as long as he does not act on his homosexual tendancies. (we have read that many have given in and that is why the Church is geting sued about so many alter boy situations).\n\nYour sins will be forgiven. Go and Sin no More.\n\nP.S. Ala would have the person committing the homosexual act STONED to DEATH With no hesitation.\n\nP.P.S. Christians are always required to DEFEND their Fairth from those who persecute them. Even though the Constitution guaratees freedom OF religion, this freedom is being challenged by those that read it freedom FROM religion. \nThe Congress shall make no laws restrict the free expression there of.. And they don't, but the liberal judges think they are Higher than the laws and try to legislate from the bench.\n\nP.P.P.S. A church can WELCOME all gays and lesbians. They also could say that they Welcome ALL sinners. Where do you think CONVERTS come from???
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i was born straight which is why i dont understand how religious people can say god didnt create homosexuals they used free will to CHOOSE to be gay..what a joke!
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There are a few sites out there (Google ex-gay movement). They claim to work by using faith based "treatments" but most ex-gays go back to homosexuality years after the treatment, so they don't work in most cases. The best thing you should do is learn to accept yourself because this type of change rarely works and many experts of mental health, including the American Psychological Association, believe these treatments are very detrimental to a patients mental health. In other words, if you decide to go through with this, be careful.
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My family wouldn't accept that. And I want to go to Heaven. Being gay is a waste of time and is stupid that people believe that gay stuff. I don't that's why being gay is a risk that I am not willing to take.
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Homosexuality is a sin.  Just like telling a lie, stealing, murder, etc...  Therefore just because a person is homosexual doesn't necessarily buy them a "one-way ticket to hell".  If that were the case, ALL of us would be going straight to hell.  Ever thought of it that way?  Do not judge another person, because THAT is a sin as well.  I do not condone homosexuality, I think it is wrong, but I will not DARE sit here and say yes to your question!  Think about my answer, all fellow Christians, and ask yourself "Do I judge others?".  "Am I not a sinner as well?".  "Will I go to hell?".  And "WILLIE" up above me is wrong.  If you cram a bunch of mice in a box, all males, they WILL revert to homosexuality.
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Most Christians will tell you no. They will also tell you that being gay is a choice. In some cases, perhaps homosexuality is a product of environment, but in most cases, I think it's something that you are born with. \n\nThis is one of the issues I considered in my decision to leave Christianity. The Bible says it's wrong, but never says why it's wrong - like a lot of other things. I think that you can still be a Christian and be gay, personally. But I'd have to wonder what gay person would want that, as there's nothing they can do about being who they have been since birth. Seems to me that it's a sad thing to join up with an ideology that says you are evil simply because you don't love the "right way."\n\nI have never seen anything inherently wrong with being gay.
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If you are saved by accepting Jesus Christ into your heart. You will go to Heaven but only when Jesus returns to earth to claim his thrown. I am not sure of where it is but it says when Jesus returns the dead in Christ will rise. So when you die, time will cease so I it will seem like only an instance
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Nobody is more or less likely to go to heaven because of their sexual orientation. The only determining factor is their belief in God and Jesus. (I'm not saying all people MUST believe it, but that is how they get to heaven.)\nAloha,\nDavid
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Yes I believe so. I have read up on the topic of whether homosexuality is a choice or whether it is biologically set before you are born. \n\nThis is from the book:\n"Six to eight weeks after conception a male foetus (XY) receives a massive dose of male hormones called androgens...if the male foetus does not receive enough male hormone at the appropriate time... a baby boy may be born with a brain structure that is more feminine than masculine."\n\nSo although it is likely that people like you will be gay, I do believe that you could be straight.\nDon't worry about being different from other guys, because it means you can have some great relationships with women!\n\nxx
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well if you go to heaven, according to the bible your soul will be free from problems that is for me  if you want to know more about that questions welll...........................    ask some members of yahoo besides me i am just answering and i am a beginner
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There is nothing wrong with being gay, be proud of who you are.  \nNow search for a GOD that you want to worship and who will accept you.   GOD is all loving\n\nDEMOCRACY IN HEAVEN
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If you're born a human, you're born a sinnner.  \n\nYou are not divine. ;)
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spamandham is correct, a "Born Again" Christian isn't one who died and then lived again, literally. If that were the case, then according to Christian doctrine Jesus would be the only Born Again Christian in exsitence.\n\nSo, yeah, of course you can be a born again atheist. In fact, I guess anyone who converts to atheism from some religion could call themselves Born Again if they felt like it. I think most probably don't on account of it would sound really hokey.
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It is possible, although when you are truly born again, God gives you a new nature.  So you don't feel the same way about sin as you did before.  II Cor. 5:17