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How do left-leaning—or not even left-leaning, but pro-choice, pro-life people who don’t care about fornication—who are also Catholics and Christians justify their religion? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 14 hours ago by PixelNomad@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This is a genuine question, because one of the reasons I left Christianity (I was raised Christian) was that I didn’t like how they hate gay people, are pro-life, etc., and overall are pretty hypocritical. But as I got older, I realized there are Catholics who are pro-choice, aren’t homophobic, and don’t have an issue with having sex before marriage, etc., and basically are not stereotypical religious people at all. But I have to ask—how do they justify this? I mean, it must be very confusing, because if the Bible does say being gay is a sin and you are not homophobic and are pro-LGBTQ+, then you are basically saying sinning is okay, which goes against their very religion. How about Catholics who swear? Basically, how do liberal Christians/Catholics justify their religion? Why be religious if you aren’t going to go all in?

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[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 hours ago

if the Bible does say being gay is a sin

It doesn't say that.

you are basically saying sinning is okay

I think Christians think that everyone sins, if only they believed in a way that people's sins could be forgiven.

What about Matthew 7:12:

In everything do to others as you would have them do to you

Would you have others tell you to be ashamed of something you can't change?