Hey there. I guess I'll start with the homosexual portion of your post. When it comes to homosexuality and God's love for the world of Men (and Women), if you look at the Bible it will clearly reveal to you that God loves the sinner, but hates the sin. There are a number of verses in the Bible where God expresses displeasure with the act of fornication correct? Well, that is saying that he hates when Men and Women have sex when it is only being performed for their own sexual gratification and not being performed for the purpose of creating new life which is the SOLE purpose of this unity of the flesh. So, he hates it when a MAN and WOMAN pervert this gift that he has given and misuse it for their own personal gain. So, when it comes to lesbians and gay men, there is NO chance that they can procreate because as a pair, they would not possess the right parts for this proper, sanctified union of the flesh as I put it previously. Therefore, it is in my opinion that God would be just as upset over the selfish sex of someone straight as he would be over the selfish sex of a homosexual.
"This life is not meant to be easy" is a phrase or statement that many hear or may have said, but it would seem very few truly understand the gravity of. People are persecuted and executed everyday, SOMEwhere. People are raped and beaten and sometimes for seemingly no reason at all. However, this is not Gods doing. I think it is crazy that when the world shows you evil, God must be the one to blame. He must be verbally assaulted with extreme prejudice and with no hint of remorse. "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" - 1st Peter 5:8
"12: But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. 13: For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14: And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15: Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works."
Time and time again we see that lo and behold, there is another presence in this world acting in his own way toward us. God tells you one thing, and there is told to be someone else telling you another. There is said to be an entity in this life that bends and distorts the view of the universe to any and all of those which he touches. And in my opinion, he has done one hell of a job. The best part of this great deception is that he has "poisoned the well" so to speak. If a man believes something and tells his neighbours and his children, he is acting upon this entities accord. Lucifer could sit back and watch as Men poison and destroy each other, repeating his lies in the community and destroying the fabric of society by their own hand. Hilarious.
Realistically, this conversation is very difficult to have on this forum. If I could speak with you, this would be MUCH easier. But, naturally I would understand any decline. It is just a very hard thing to explain in one sitting on this computer. I would have to go over examples, resource material and a mess of other crap. It would take me hours perhaps even a day or two for me to type the long list of stuff I'd have to show you.
Anyway, as I posted above, those references and quotations from the Bible are obviously Gods way of warning Man that there is somebody out there that wants to hurt you. And if we know anything, it is that if you want somebody hurt or to fall into a trap, you DO NOT warn them about it first. You DO NOT reveal to them the location of the trap, it's mechanics or it's design. You ONLY do this if you want to SAVE someone from getting hurt.
I'll break away for a second to kind of explain how Man treats God (whether they are a believer or not) like a stubborn child treats their parent.
If you want to hang out with a certain group of friends, your father or mother might say, "no, I don't trust them. I want you to be safe." and how would a stubborn child or teenager respond? They would immediately be upset with there parent and lash out in some sort of rebellion, whether it be sneeking out to "do it anyway" when their parents aren't looking or are asleep or they might do something as small as slamming their bedroom door with a yell or scream of frustration. But nonetheless they act out and that is really the point.
God will tell you, "I don't think you should hang out with those sinners. I don't trust them. I only want whats best for you. I want you to be careful and just be cautious when deciding to do something."
And when you feel (as an adult) that this ficticious "God character" is trying to run your whole life, how do we respond? Bursts of anger or frustration; With rebellion. We go and "do it anyway" with a sense of "IT'S MY LIFE [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]" just like you would if you were at home with mom and dad. It's YOUR life afterall. They should have no say in how you live it. But what happens when you make a mistake and get arrested or get into trouble? You want God, I mean Mom and Dad to bail you out. And often times the teenager will resent their parents after recieving punishment for their actions even though they were forewarned that if they broke those rules, there would be consequence. It's as if they blame their PARENTS for their misdeed. How much money would you bet that in Hell there aren't MILLIONS upon millions of people cursing Gods name for their punishment with every breath they have? It is almost in some Mens nature to cast the blame onto something or someone else because they simply do not relish in the guilt they feel otherwise. It goes back to Adam and Eve when God walked through in "the cool of the day" and the man and woman hid in the brush to conceil themselves from God. And when God called Adam he finally arose and said "here am I". God asked him why he hid and Adam's response was that he hid when he heard Gods voice out of fear. Like a child hides from their dad when he/she does something wrong and fears the guilt and scolding consequence of their parent for their misdeed. When God asks if he and his wife ate of the tree, they say yes but ONLY BECAUSE THE SERPENT CONVINCED THEM TO. It may be true, but it seems that they wanted the attention to be driven in the direction of the snake rather than having it centered on their wrong doing. Just like a teen would if his friend convinced him to smoke a joint or drink some whiskey when his dad told him not to. What would the teen do in the situation where he were caught? He would try and direct the blame and attention away from himself and over to his friend probably in an attempt to avoid some level of punishment based on the fact that it wasn't ENTIRELY his fault. There are more examples of how Man treats God like a parent and it only makes sense because the Bible does in fact refer to Him as God the Father. He speaks with authority through the Bible and people don't take to authority very well in this life. Someone telling you what to do. Even if that someone truly is only looking out for your best interest. It seems that Man has to make some bad choices to really understand why it is he is here. Only when life sucks do we really reflect on things in such a deep and meaningful manner. It's no wonder that God is commonly brought up in the Worlds, everyone is [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]ing depressed or suicidal. Understand though, that it is not just God who is involved in your life. There is another. He is playing the part of "friend" in this situation we call our lives. He will always be that guy that likes the same music you do, wants to party and have sex like you do, wants to catch a buzz like you do. He will always be there when you're feeling rebellious. "And it is no marvel, for Satan himself masquerades as an Angel of light." That's the thing about those "friends". They are always there in some form, wearing some face. And you only figure out their real nature after they bring you to rock bottom because once you've sunk that low, they won't bail you out, they just move on to the next Man and leave you in the dust that was once your life.
I typed all that and I haven't even begun yet. I got off subject a bit but I guess for now that's all I have. My back hurts now.