Also, they’re fed this twisted idea that somehow it’s “love” to show hatred to someone, that they think that by scorning people, denouncing them, acting with hatred. . .that they’re somehow “loving” them, because they’re indoctrinated into a profound fear of hellfire and damnation, and are absolutely sure the people they hate are going to hell, so they delude themselves into thinking it’s some kind of love to scorn them, thinking that this will make them conform to the image of God they’ve crafted in their own image.
They think that somehow it’s Holy to hate, just as long as they can convince themselves they’re doing it to save someone’s soul.
They’re sure that people choose to be LBGT, because they supposedly hate God. . .and they can simply just choose Jesus instead and magically not be LBGT and thus they’re “saved”. . .and they think the best way to do this is to act with absolute fear and hatred towards them, thinking they can scare and intimidate people into being cis-het.
There’s no self reflection required. Christianity says we’re sinners from birth and need to make up for that by leading a good life. The more extreme the denomination, the more guilt they make you feel. But this is the Open Christian community so it’s worth noting that more and more modern churches are dropping that rhetoric.
The idea that humans are inherently evil creatures is where the “how can you have morals without God?” thing came from.
Not to mention that many of these people ARE evil. They DO have those terrible thoughts so it’s not a stretch for them to assume everyone else does, too.