Is God Homophobic?
South African Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu said in July 2013, "I would not worship a God who is homophobic ...", and would not want to go to a homophobic heaven, but would prefer "the other place". Is God homophobic? If so, it presumes that God is "phobic" - afraid, fearful. Yahweh God is not fearful. Of whom shall He fear? Who or what is greater than He? What can pose any kind of threat to Him? This comment completely disregards the fact that God's Word condemns homosexuality in both the Old and New Testaments - even if it was never recorded as having come directly from the lips of Jesus. Homosexuality is specifically, directly identified as sinful behavior that God does not tolerate. If God is homophobic, then He is sin-ophobic. He is afraid of sin, and this is the real reason He sent His Son to die on the cross - not to save people from their sins, paying the price for their sins, eradicating their sins because sin is unhol