Christians tell people with CF or diabetes that God doesn’t make mistakes and their condition is not real as a result? It sounds like in the case of your friend the Christians are just saying the friend deserves CF because they are sinful and fallen, but not that CF doesn’t exist.
No it was “God doesn’t make mistakes, therefore you must deserve to suffer.”
But that’s also what ive heard from Christians about anything gay/trans. They dont say its fake, they say god made things the way they are on purpose and those urges and desires are temptations. They make it into a test of their faith.
“Oh you have CF? You must have sinned a lot.” (My friend, who is atheist) “yeah, actually. Dont really care though”. “Oh well if you pray every day and atone and blah blah God will save you, hes just waiting for you to reach out to him.”
“Oh you wanna dress like a girl? No no, this is a test, god wants to know you’re faithful. Repent for these thoughts and pray every day and atone […]”.
Any failures or faults are sin, at least with the Christians I know in my area. Gay, trans, genetic disorders, cancer, whatever.
So these ones, at least, admit gay/trans people exist. One of them even openly admitted to having those urges “once” but said he prayed the gay away.
I got a strong feeling he secretly hates himself in a few ways. The alcoholism was a big hint.
The short of it is “It’s not a mistake if it’s a test.”
Christians tell people with CF or diabetes that God doesn’t make mistakes and their condition is not real as a result? It sounds like in the case of your friend the Christians are just saying the friend deserves CF because they are sinful and fallen, but not that CF doesn’t exist.
No it was “God doesn’t make mistakes, therefore you must deserve to suffer.”
But that’s also what ive heard from Christians about anything gay/trans. They dont say its fake, they say god made things the way they are on purpose and those urges and desires are temptations. They make it into a test of their faith.
“Oh you have CF? You must have sinned a lot.” (My friend, who is atheist) “yeah, actually. Dont really care though”. “Oh well if you pray every day and atone and blah blah God will save you, hes just waiting for you to reach out to him.”
“Oh you wanna dress like a girl? No no, this is a test, god wants to know you’re faithful. Repent for these thoughts and pray every day and atone […]”.
Any failures or faults are sin, at least with the Christians I know in my area. Gay, trans, genetic disorders, cancer, whatever.
So these ones, at least, admit gay/trans people exist. One of them even openly admitted to having those urges “once” but said he prayed the gay away.
I got a strong feeling he secretly hates himself in a few ways. The alcoholism was a big hint.
The short of it is “It’s not a mistake if it’s a test.”