Is there any hope for this decade?

Gay marriage is not going away anytime soon, trust me. Anyways, gays are allowed in church. Church isn't supposed to be for the uptight, religious people, but is for the broken and the hopeless who need to find hope in Jesus. The church is like the hospital for sinners. My opinion should not matter, I am just stating the what is says from the Bible about homosexuality. If you think I am trying to be holier than thou, I am not. If there are "Christians" who treat people that way because they are straight and are not a "sinner", chances are that they might not be a real Christian and need to repent as much as the homosexual. People like that can be very prideful and hateful when God calls us to love our neighbor as ourselves.

Let me make one thing clear to you. We are all wretched sinners. You are a sinner. I am a sinner. We are rebels to God. We broke the 10 commandments that are written in our hearts. We have lied, stolen, used God's name in vain, dishonored our parents, committed murder (hating someone is committing murder in our heart), and adultery (lusting after a man or woman is committing adultery in our heart). We all deserve Hell. That is why God sent His son to die for us on the cross and rise three days later so that we could be made righteous in His eyes and have a relationship with Him. That is the Gospel. Nothing else. I still sin, but it doesn't define me anymore. I am now a born-again child of God because I put in my faith in Him and repented from my sin. You can accept the free gift of salvation too, if you put your faith in Him.

Lastly, there are a lot of Christians who are not born again and still living in sin. To enter Heaven, we have to be born again. That is all I have to say.

It's like fundamentalists think I've never heard any of this.  They really think that I just haven't prayed hard enough or that I just haven't trusted God enough and if I did, I would be straight or happy in singleness.  I spent almost the entire decade of my twenties in Christian therapy trying to change my orientation.  I was raised in a devout Independent Fundamental Baptist family and was in church every Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night.  I memorized scripture all throughout my upbringing. 

I think I prayed for God to make me heterosexual for long enough and I'm not going to commit to being alone for the rest of my life.   And no, the "church community" is no substitute for unconditional acceptance.

I have realized that as an unregenerate person, you can't turn from sin. I guess, technically you can, but you can't truly break away from it in your own power. We are slaves to sin. That's why we need to be born again. Once we believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross, was buried, and rose again, and that His sacrifice paid for ALL of our sins (past, present, and future), we are justified in His eyes and we get to spend eternity with Him forever. Once we are saved, the Holy Spirit can help us break away from habitual sins. Of course, some Christians do choose to stay in that lifestyle because they can't seem to break the habit, but they are aware it is wrong. They feel guilty after doing those things and not totally acting like it's totally fine like the unsaved. I'm sorry that you grew up in a church like that that didn't handle issues like yours very well. There are a lot of hypocritical, self-righteous, religious Pharisees out there telling other people how to live when they also have their skeletons in the closet if you look hard enough.


Lastly, it's not all about sin. You just have to believe. We ultimately don't go to Hell for sin, but for unbelief. I might have not given the best response but I hope this is more understanding.

What do you want me to say then? You probably heard all the church terminology there is. What am I supposed to say? Tell me how it's insulting because I don't get it. 

I spent every Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night plus countless weekly Bible studies for almost 30 years of my life.  It's insulting for you to assume that I've never heard any of it.