 God loves gay people just as they are beautifully created. And I just feel like I've grown up like being taught that it's like an abomination like it says in the Bible and... The Bible has 36,000 verses in it. I can cherry pick anything out of here that I want. On the surface, this may seem loving and compassionate, but in truth it's a cowardly display to preserve one's own reputation and garner praise from the world. Jesus never did this. He spoke the hard truth that we need to repent all of us. Jesus has come to redeem sinners. If we are good just as we are, Jesus' sacrifice serves no purpose. But the Bible says that we were born in sin and it is only Jesus who can give us a new nature, a new identity. As Christians, we need to make a choice. Will we compromise the word of God in order to satisfy the wisdom of the world? Or will we hold to the truth in faith that regardless of what comes, God will be with us?