Christianity is about the life and teachings of Jesus; if it's not, then why call it "Christianity"? However, it has gathered a lot of baggage over the millenia which has nothing to do with the life and teachings of Jesus. It may be very helpful for your friend to "separate the wheat from the chaff".
What is the essence and heart of Jesus' teaching? Loving-kindness, essentially, unconditional love and goodwill toward all.
Where is homosexuality mentioned as a sin? In the Old Testament, the Laws of the Jews, which Jesus replaced with the Law of Love and Forgiveness.
If she prefers to follow the Jewish law rather than the guidance of Jesus, should she not obey all of them including "when to stone your children" and "when to stone your whole family"? [click on the right arrow above each picture to move forward]
Looking at these examples, it becomes self-evident that you really can't be a disciple of Jesus (i.e. a Christian) and a follower of the Old Testament.
The ones who taught against homosexuality in the Bible were people raised in the Jewish law who then encountered the teachings of Jesus and viewed it from that lens (Paul, for instance, never even met Jesus). Whenever historical interpretations of Jesus' teachings (including by his disciples) don't match the spirit of Jesus' own words and teachings - the spirit of unconditional love - which should she follow? What feels right to her?
What is the essence and heart of Jesus' teaching? Loving-kindness, essentially, unconditional love and goodwill toward all.
Where is homosexuality mentioned as a sin? In the Old Testament, the Laws of the Jews, which Jesus replaced with the Law of Love and Forgiveness.
If she prefers to follow the Jewish law rather than the guidance of Jesus, should she not obey all of them including "when to stone your children" and "when to stone your whole family"? [click on the right arrow above each picture to move forward]
Looking at these examples, it becomes self-evident that you really can't be a disciple of Jesus (i.e. a Christian) and a follower of the Old Testament.
The ones who taught against homosexuality in the Bible were people raised in the Jewish law who then encountered the teachings of Jesus and viewed it from that lens (Paul, for instance, never even met Jesus). Whenever historical interpretations of Jesus' teachings (including by his disciples) don't match the spirit of Jesus' own words and teachings - the spirit of unconditional love - which should she follow? What feels right to her?
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