The Great Homosexuality Debate (split from the Jesus Draws Thread)

[JLL]

Sorry for the rant, but...

How wonderful it must feel to believe that you have all the answers to this, or any topic. I’ve always found it highly amusing that the people with the strongest opinions and who state the most so-called “facts” about homosexuality are straight people—usually vehemently straight people who insist that they’ve never had a homosexual thought or impulse in their lives, and usually haven’t had any encounters with gay people at all except for the ones they have tried to “lovingly” tell them about what God thinks of their sin. How nice it must be to know exactly what God thinks. One can say that “scripture is clear,” yet in my readings, I have not found that to be the case. The more I read the Bible, the more contradictory and confusing I find it. From what I’ve heard in churches, on Christian television, and out of the mouths of professing Christians, pro-homosexual Christian lobbies do not seem to have a monopoly on twisting scripture beyond recognition.

I suggest “lovingly” telling a group of overweight men and women in your church that gluttony is a sin. Ten minutes after that, when you catch them in the coat room, would probably present an excellent opportunity to “lovingly” tell them what God thinks of gossip. There ought to be a wonderful time of fellowship after that. I’m not sure gluttony and gossiping are true abominations, but there seem to be lots of dietary ones, the love of money, dishonest trading practices, and women wearing pants. The first time I saw my mother wearing pants in church, I told her this was an abomination, and she was not amused. Proverbs 6:16-19 also lists things which are “abominations” but that word is used in the KJV. Is something still an abomination in another translation? If eating shellfish is an abomination, why are we not down at Red Lobster giving loving correction? Oh, I forgot—personal prejudice. SO biblical…

I am also amused to constantly hear about the “in your face” tactics used by oh, so many of the homosexual groups. I’d love to hear examples—please. For years, Christians have used “in your face” tactics to spread what they believe is right and true. Radio stations, television networks, publishing companies—doesn’t get any more “in your face” than that. There are billboards strewn down the highways in my home county declaring “Divorce and remarriage is an abomination” and other things. I can’t recall seeing any for gay rights. I’m sure they wouldn’t last long, because it seems that many Christians can’t even tolerate the display of ideas that are contradictory to their own, even if they are not being forced upon them. I don’t recall gay rights advocates insisting that churches perform gay marriages or the like, but I never received my copy of the notorious “gay agenda” that is always discussed. Mine must have been lost in the mail.

By the way, the phrase “homo behavior” is kind of offensive. I will resist the temptation to use the phrase “imaginary sky friend” when speaking about God because I realize it would probably offend believers. I’ll request the same consideration for the phrase “homo.”