My question is, how do you correlate your beliefs and your sexuality? Have you reached a point where you can feel sure beyond a shadow of a doubt that you aren't knowingly disobeying God's commands in this area?
Quite simply put, I didn't.
I used to belong to a fairly conservative christian church. Though they were actually a great deal more lenient than many other churches, they did believe unequivocally that homosexuality was a sin and that homosexuals were misguided.
The bible is such a huge book full of sometimes vastly different interpretations of the same things, that I found it possible to argue both ways on the topic.
I've had it argued to me more times that I care to recall that homosexuality is a sin and that the bible says it's so. And quite frankly, that argument is quite right. It is in the bible clear as day.
However, I was competely unable to see how homosexuality was wrong or immoral, and the belief I held that it was perfectly fine and normal clashed badly with the one I continually encountered in Christianity. So I found myself unable to reconcile the dictations of my religion with what I felt, in my gut, was right.
So I abandoned Christianity. My conscience was stronger than my faith and I couldn't reconcile the two. I refuse to act as though something is wrong, when I don't believe that it is, out of some fear of Hell.
If there is a God, I find it difficult to believe he'd be so petty as to condemn people based on their sexuality. And if he is so petty, then quite frankly I want nothing to do with him, whether he created me or not.
I kind of have a problem with authority figures. I don't really believe in any sort of God anymore, because I cannot imagine any being having the right to judge and condemn any other being, inferior or not.
I do think that people abuse the bible terribly by picking and choosing what to believe and what is false. Most people use it as an excuse to back up their own predjudices. I am sick of hearing that 'homosexuality is wrong because it says so in the bible'.
Yes, it says in the bible that homosexuality is wrong. It also says that women are supposed to slaughter two doves every time they have a period, but I somehow doubt that is a widely spread practice throughout the Christian church.
I needed a stronger foundation for my beliefs that what Christianity offered.
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Date: 2002-12-04 09:23 pm (UTC)My question is, how do you correlate your beliefs and your sexuality? Have you reached a point where you can feel sure beyond a shadow of a doubt that you aren't knowingly disobeying God's commands in this area?
Quite simply put, I didn't.
I used to belong to a fairly conservative christian church. Though they were actually a great deal more lenient than many other churches, they did believe unequivocally that homosexuality was a sin and that homosexuals were misguided.
The bible is such a huge book full of sometimes vastly different interpretations of the same things, that I found it possible to argue both ways on the topic.
I've had it argued to me more times that I care to recall that homosexuality is a sin and that the bible says it's so. And quite frankly, that argument is quite right. It is in the bible clear as day.
However, I was competely unable to see how homosexuality was wrong or immoral, and the belief I held that it was perfectly fine and normal clashed badly with the one I continually encountered in Christianity. So I found myself unable to reconcile the dictations of my religion with what I felt, in my gut, was right.
So I abandoned Christianity. My conscience was stronger than my faith and I couldn't reconcile the two. I refuse to act as though something is wrong, when I don't believe that it is, out of some fear of Hell.
If there is a God, I find it difficult to believe he'd be so petty as to condemn people based on their sexuality. And if he is so petty, then quite frankly I want nothing to do with him, whether he created me or not.
I kind of have a problem with authority figures. I don't really believe in any sort of God anymore, because I cannot imagine any being having the right to judge and condemn any other being, inferior or not.
I do think that people abuse the bible terribly by picking and choosing what to believe and what is false. Most people use it as an excuse to back up their own predjudices. I am sick of hearing that 'homosexuality is wrong because it says so in the bible'.
Yes, it says in the bible that homosexuality is wrong. It also says that women are supposed to slaughter two doves every time they have a period, but I somehow doubt that is a widely spread practice throughout the Christian church.
I needed a stronger foundation for my beliefs that what Christianity offered.