Where exactly in the bible did God say that? especially the sin part. I'd love to read it.
I mean I've gone through it once or twice, my mom's read it, read books on it an' all and y'know maybe it is just me, but I never saw it.
To me, what you said bout choosing to be day and acting on the feelings lil oxymoronic...proven unhealthy not to act on feelings, specially strong ones, not much stronger than love is there? what if one day some thing/person/group (for instance the church) decides that something you are is evil and hell worthy...how would that feel? say you're straight, and people decide, "hey y'know what, let's pull a reversal, let's not like straights. let's use that as the new all purpose universal insult." imagine walking in school halls and instead of hearing "oh that's so gay" or "you're so gay" hearing "oh that's so straight" or "oh you're so straight".
it's easy to say stuff like that, and not fully understand, if you've never really been a minority. untill that minority is rather disliked in the school you're at, or the place you work, the town you live, the country. untill you know how it feels to have to hide part of yourself away from others, and hear it used as an insult every single day, it might be a good idea, to not say its a choice. it's not.
its not to feel or not feel, its not to act on it or not, its not to be or not to be, its not hamlet, its not shakespeare, its life, its a persons heart. its not something ppl just decide.
There is a line in the bible that says a man should not lay with another man. Its archaic. two or so lines above theres something about how women should be completely silent in worship and in other places.
Thanks to our scientific advances we know that a man doesn't have a finite number of seed to sow, as they believed. They were rather concerned with expanding the size of the people, so wasting seed was a major no-no.
They've twisted bible words before. they've messed up so many things in translations, and the society was very patriachial (sp?). Mary Magdelene, for years, maybe hundreds of them, was portrayed as...well...pretty much a whore really. The pope apologized, for the church's portrayal of MM, cuz she was important, and the writers (who wrote the new testament roughly 30 Yrs after Jesus died) prolly weren't too keen on the possibility of a woman being more important than them. Church has been like that for a bit. some cardinals used to be known for their orgies.
they used to make eunuchs of cantors so they'd keep the voice.
10 commandments, if i remember properly, thou shalt not kill is thou shalt not murdered. major diff, there, holy wars and all. all the righteous warriors gonna burn in hell for following church orders.
i'm not a fan of the church, it does have some great things about it, but,,,i dun like confessing sins to some guy i can't see, i dun like them wanting to run my life and i hate that they say i'll go to hell, just cuz i'm not straight.
Why is marriage just christian? gov't shouldn't make religions marry ppl, but it shouldn't discriminate against others on the basis of who they're willing to commit to.
What happened to the pieces in the bible that say you shouldn't judge others? and that you can't condemn others, only god can? i've always gotten the impression that jesus was aight with ppl, openminded and all. i can't ever remember reading anything jesus said that ppl that weren't straight, would go to hell.
thought they were all bout unconditional love. maybe i got confused with some other diety/religion.
Some phobes are self loathers, others just go along with the pop. opnion, but most people that put other ppl down, haven't the biggest self confidence.
Not all countries are close minded. I can't remember any other countries other than canada and the netherlands. I'm positive the dutch allow same sex weddings. One of my teachers married her girlfriend, my aunt has a few married gay friends. See to the dutch it doesn't matter. very open minded people they are, on the whole, i'm sure there are a few people that aren't but....personally, it matters more to me if a person has a 1001 hairs than if they have a 1000.
sorta went on and on with this...usually don't just...post but...my school's phobic. everyonce in awhile it gets to you, specially if you're not comfortable with anyone to tell them. parents are cool with it, i just dun wanna discuss it with them.
marriage, it depends on the people, they can view it as religious or not, but i dun think the gov't should discriminate in that aspect, i know its hard to seperate church and state, but...if you take out gender and look at what it is, two ppl in love with each other who want to commit, and to have it confirmed, to have something physically to show for it, theres more to it but...they're willing to make the commitment, willing to pay the money, make the sacrifices, to be married. why should it matter what gender they are? me, i'm all for it, if someone wants to get married, why not? it doesn't matter.
