The Christian God is Real

First and foremost these are the exact word from 2 peter 1:20 "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things." This is saying that the prophet's themselves are not the interpreter's, but that the Holy Spirit's words are what is written. The reason 2 Peter points this out is because it justifies the bible being the Word of God. However, throughout the Bible in its entirety Jesus speaks in parables to communicate truths of God, and the Bible is filled with metaphors. Take for example, Mark 9:43 which says "If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out." God does not mean to literally cut off your hand, and I know this because Jesus did not chop off any body parts of the sinners he encountered (which were many). The topic of homosexuality is always the hardest for me because I myself support gay marriage, so I will address that at the end In the case of Abraham and his son we see two very important things. One is that the love for God should be unconditional, because that is the love he/she has for us. If that means sacrificing your child, then so be it. I know this seems extreme, and it is, but the other truth to this story is important too. God does not WANT that we kill our children for him/her, and God will not MAKE us do anything! He stopped Abraham from killing his son and I do not believe God had anyone make a human sacrifice to him/her, at least not in the Bible that I have read. And in addition, like I just said, God did not make Abraham do anything. We do not have to believe or do or act in anyway we do not want to. we, again, are a thinking people that are given freedom to choose. I do not understand how you disagree with the love your enemies statement. It's a simple don't fight fire with fire methodology. If someone hits me and I hit them back, what do we have? Two people with sore faces and bad attitudes. But if someone hits me and I hug them, two things can happen. One, they could further resist in which case I back away so I don't get punched again! or two, they respond to love with love. God never says it was easy to love your neighbor, but if we continue to perpetuate violence it will never end. Love directly combats hatred. So do not add more hatred to the equation or its counterproductive. Finally, we have the issue of homosexuality. I do not understand the whole "man shall not lie with man" argument myself. I thought back many times to Genesis 9;7 where God says "Now be fruitful, and multiply...". I thought maybe because gay couples cannot physically conceive a child, God did not want them to marry. {At the time the Bible was written, when you "lay" with someone they were your spouse or it became illegal (prostitution and mistresses and what not), or you were royalty of some sort.} However I did relate this to another argument, which is that of slaves. In the Bible, slaves are mentioned frequently because that was a social norm of the times. Jesus did not directly clash with slave owners every time the topic was brought up. So I myself am still seeking truth in how things like homosexuality and slavery appear contradictory to what God's essential messages are, that of love and equality. I know my God is a just and loving one who created everyone equally. The only thing I can say about it is this: God tells us in Matthew 7:1 "Do not judge lest ye be judged". I hope that you do not believe Christians are here to judge the world according to our personal moral standards, because God tells us not to judge EVER. I cannot and will not judge anyone of a different sexuality and race, and I will love them the same as anyone just as God tells us we must do.