Same-gender attracted Christians can arrive at very different conclusions as to how to live in congruence with their religious values. In an attempt to understand what might contribute to this difference a quantitative examination of God concept (rational knowledge of God), God image (experiential knowledge of God), and the role of religion was conducted. A total of 156 gay-affirming and 59 traditional-believing same-gender attracted (SGA) Christians completed an online God adjective checklist and intrinsic/extrinsic religiosity questionnaire. Results indicated that within both populations there was a statistically significant difference between God concept and God image. A statistically significant difference was also found between the two groups in both God concept and God image. Traditional-believing SGA Christians reported a God concept and God image that was significantly more wrathful than their gay-affirming counterparts. Results also indicated that traditional-believing SGA Christians were significantly more intrinsically religiously oriented than were the gay-affirming participants. Together these findings suggest that there are significant differences between the way traditional-believing and gay-affirming SGA Christians understand and experience both God and religion.

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同性吸引基督徒的上帝观念、上帝形象与宗教取向

同性吸引的基督徒可能会就如何与他们的宗教价值观保持一致而得出截然不同的结论。为了理解可能导致这种差异的原因，对上帝概念（对上帝的理性认识）、上帝形象（对上帝的经验知识）和宗教的作用进行了定量检验。共有 156 名肯定同性恋和 59 名传统信仰的同性吸引 (SGA) 基督徒完成了在线上帝形容词清单和内在/外在宗教信仰问卷。结果表明，在两个人群中，上帝概念和上帝形象之间存在统计学上的显着差异。两组在上帝观念和上帝形象方面也存在统计学上的显着差异。相信传统的 SGA 基督徒报告了一种上帝概念和上帝形象，这比他们的同性恋肯定基督徒更加愤怒。结果还表明，与承认同性恋的参与者相比，传统信仰的 SGA 基督徒在本质上更倾向于宗教信仰。这些发现共同表明，传统信仰和同性恋肯定的 SGA 基督徒理解和体验上帝和宗教的方式之间存在显着差异。