Because the Bible is God's word

I also thought you were only supposed to follow the New Testament, as that is Jesus and his story and word and his way

God loves you even when you sin, even when you turn from Him.
He loves you so much that Jesus, Son of God, perfect and in Heaven, came down to a sinful world, to be mocked, spit on, beaten, whipped, made to carry His own execution device to the execution location, to be hung on the cross for hours and die.
For **you**

Yes, we are.

Belief in Jesus to forgive your sins is the important part, everything else that differentiates the denominations is secondary.

But we use the Old Testament to learn from the mistakes of the past.

Oh ok

That’s interesting

There are thing from the Old Testament that we follow like the Ten Commandments

The old covenant of the Old Testament we no longer follow, but much of the history and stories in it are still of great value. Including the prophecies of Jesus' birth, death, and resurrection

Another thing without the Old Testament there is no New Testament

The old testament also shows us our sins and the perfect standard God expects. This shows us how getting to heaven on our own actions is impossible and needs someone to die in our place.

The 10 Commandments, for example, are in the Old Testament

As is the part about being gay is a sin

They still apply and are mentioned in the New Testament, but they were first in the Old Testament

When Jesus came, he made a new covenant with us that replaced the old covenant under the law. It doesn't mean the sins mentioned in the old are not still sins but that we no longer bound by them because Jesus has forgiven them.

Ooh ok

I see

Being gay is only a sin because it's not what God intended. He intended for a man and a woman to love each other.

or neither

But then Satan tricked Adam and Eve

Any Jesus lovers here?! 🙌🏽

I mean I believe Jesus was and is an amazing person who definitely did a lot of good

@Draconem_Dominus do you accept that He is your Lord and saviour?

So in a way I love him yes

In a way, yes.

The Bible says even the demons believe in Jesus, the difference is if you believe he came and died for your sins.

Y'all should make sure your faith in Jesus is secured cuz it seems like the rapture can happen soon

Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. - CS Lewis

About Jesus

I accept that he was and is the standard we should live up to, though not one we can realistically achieve, and that he saved a whole lot of people with his life and death, and I believe he did die for the people of his time’s sins, but I’m not sure about the whole son of god thing

I admit that we don't have all the answers, and being gay is something that is hotly debated.
God intended man to be with woman, I don't know what the exact cause of homosexuality was, but I suspect it was similar to how man corrupted in many ways. People used to live to around 900, and as you read the Old Testament, you can see their life spans going down.

The Pope said it was okay

Nor that he died for the sins of those in the future, for how could he have foreseen this

so

He couldn't have died for your sins if he wasn't the Son of God. He couldn't have done any of the things that he did if he wasn't the Son of God.

That part comes down to the fact we believe Jesus was fully God and fully man.

Pope is catholic I thought

It is

Yes, it's not important for this but Catholics beliefs differ from Protestants own many things.

Yes, we do differ.