How come Christians say HIV/AIDS is a punishment from God for gay people

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when Christians get it too? So yeah. I'm just thinking. Is it like 'it's associated with gay people... therefore it's gay punishment hallelujah' or is it that 'yeah, it's from god to gays... and them and them and them and them?

Or has this few year old consensus died out yet?
 
I think this was once an accepted mentality about HIV but I don't think few people honestly believe this now. If they do, they are among the minority who are narrow minded, fundamentalists who fail to understand the disease and who just like to randomly blame the gay population for the WRONGS of the world.

HIV certainly has roots in unprotected SEX but hardly just with or because of gay people.... WE ARE all subject to this disease regardless of our gender or sexual orientation - MOST sensible and reasonable people understand that now.
 
I've not heard anyone actually say that. I've heard people SAY that people say that, but I've never actually heard anyone say it.
 
I think only a few so-called Christians actually believe that God would do that. Like the Hillsboro Baptist Church.
They basically say that America as a whole is being punished for our sinful lifestyle, including AIDS and the deaths of soldiers in Afghanistan as part of God's punishment.
Whatever.
 
They also believe the big Asian Tsunami, and Hurricane Katrina, and the Haiti earthquake were all punishment from god.
 
++The adversaries of the Lord will be broken to pieces. 1 Samuel 2:10 Jesus is Lord. ++++
 
No it is not a punishment from God, but if gays would see how God feels towards such deviation hey would not get HIV/AIDS.Also HIV/AIDS is also a Heterosexual disease too.
 
Real Christians don't say that. Anyone can call themselves Christian and even believe it but the gospel teaches not to judge. The bible teaches that God is not a respecter of persons, in other words, he doesn't care about a person station in life. God can save a person with HIV as well as any one else. Jesus was asked why he consorted with the lowest class of people, he set them straight. It may have been a consensus among a noisy relatively (I hope) few, but I hope it has died out. That church that picketed gay funerals has had legal action taken against it. Actions like that are not inspired by God, rather the opposite, to make Christians look bad.
 
As a Bi Christian without any of that, I wonder too! Instead of compassion, it's politics with my brethren. I wonder how much politics it takes before my brethren will begin to appreciate the Gospel again? What a shame!
 
I think it's the only way they can justify homosexuality as wrong beside it being written in an old book.
 
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