What kind of christian am I

In the last few days I've really had to sit and think and confront what kind of Christian I really am. For a long time I was really scared to tell people what I thought because I believed they would either think I wasn't holy enough or think I was preaching at them. I realized a few years ago that I really should live my life with integrity. I had been led to live a fuller life in Christ because I'd seen others doing it and thought that it worked really well for them so maybe I should give it a try. I'm not always successful, but each day I try.

I sat and began to think about some of my friends and they kinds of things they do and say and still profess to be christians. I then realized that some of these friends would talk with me and try to get me to understand their point of view because they felt that since we were both christians I should feel the same way they did. This began to disturb me more and more and as the years have worn on I've refused to stand idly by and allow anyone to believe that I'm giving credence to some of the ideas that they believe and hold dear.

So, let me confront some of these issues head on. Homosexuals and gays. My belief: Leave them the hell alone, they have not bothered you so please don't bother them. They wish to live their lives in peace and tranquility just like you. It's not going to make a better person to think that anyone is beneath your dignity. My second belief, they were born that way. Homosexuals are not suddenly made, they were created that way and no-one has the right to judge any of God's creations. You know the old testaments speaks extensively about the ills of homosexuality, yet Jesus never ever took on the topic. Since he didn't say that I should hold anyone separate, but he did say I should love everyone, decision made, end of story.

I realized that as I had grown older, I'd developed a very practical type of christianity, I know that many beleive that the tenets of christianity are not negotiable and I beleive that, but I also know that to live peaceably in a world where many people belive many things, you need to find an approach that allows you to live in the world without isolating yourself and surrounding yourself only with those who think like you do. That is a recipe for mental inbreeding. The idea of being educated is to allow yourself to see many sides and then to make a decision based on a thorough evaluation of all the facts and ideas.