tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937120481424950544.post833100411850951227..comments2023-11-28T05:47:52.454-05:00Comments on Life SPR: BEING GAY IS A CHOICE!Life SPWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01144882478474633926noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937120481424950544.post-31410216330287430192010-10-26T21:12:03.487-04:002010-10-26T21:12:03.487-04:00Hi Gerry,
Though I do not share your opinion about...Hi Gerry,<br />Though I do not share your opinion about homosexuality, I do appreciate how you expressed your position. It's refreshing to read a conservative viewpoint that isn't full of condemnation and histrionics. Your closing paragraph was what touched me - you don't use your faith to browbeat others to your point of view.<br />AnuAnuhttp://morebarkforyourbuck.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937120481424950544.post-30270837235636426842010-10-26T06:50:03.095-04:002010-10-26T06:50:03.095-04:00Many years ago man thought the world was flat. I h...Many years ago man thought the world was flat. I haven't found any scientific study to date that says homosexuality has anything to do with genetics.. The loudest volices, though are not always correct. I wonder, if like our past belief of a very flat world, not all the data is in yet to definitively conclude that homosexuality is a moral choice. I just know what I know by looking at, living with and talking to members of my very colorful and unique family tree.RubyRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00765139474238049838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937120481424950544.post-991115669863001622010-10-26T06:02:04.748-04:002010-10-26T06:02:04.748-04:00I had to amend my reply because the thoughts just ...I had to amend my reply because the thoughts just kept pouring in.. (sorry bout that)<br /><br />While your entry was well written I have to add comments of my own for your musings because this topic hits a tad too close to home for me. You talk about choice and this lifestyle being a choice.. punished by God cause the Bible says so.. well.. I had a gay brother. And let me tell you just how much turmoil our family went into with that information leaking out of the closet. Choice? upbringing?? something else?? With all the tears, judgement, and subsequent rejection, to say nothing of the deep bone heartache that went on in my own family after my brother "came out" who knows??, cause I sure don't. Deep in my heart, I believe if my brother had a "choice" about his sexuality, then he would not have chosen that lifestyle. Too much pain for him in it. (I know because I lived it with him and had lots of conversations about it with him) But should he have lived his life in a lie then?? Not thinking God thinks that's cool either. Which is the bigger sin?? I'm thinking the lie.. cause that came down directly by God in a commandment.. But frankly, I just don't have that answer.. it's beyond me..I leave it for higher powers to decide.<br /><br />But wait, there's more...as more time passed we learned on the paternal side of my family.. each of my father's siblings had a gay child (and since he had 10 living siblings I have 10 first-cousins who are gay) Now is all this choice? hmmmm..... Do we expect them to be "punished by God" for their choice or would God prefer them to live a lie?? I don't have that answer either, only know the issue is more complex now. But wait... of course, there's more...Forward more years....my very rejecting and oooo so "manly" brother has a son... and this young man (you guessed it) is homosexual. (seeing more faulty genetics here than choice) And of course, it would be interesting to see how many of my paternal cousins have gay children. From this, I have learned not everything in life is as cut and dry and logical -- just saying. I love my family and I have no intention of rejecting any of them, for I feel they need more love and acceptance than judgement. Also, it just seems a Catch-22 for them.. either live a lie... or be labeled an aberration to be rejected by society and/or punished by God for something they had no real "choice" over.?? OR do we really and honestly expect them all to be celibate so the rest of us don't have to think about this at all?? My heart can't do that or expect that.. it just can't. And for the Gay individual...I don't believe it's my or anyone else's place to give them more grief and guilt by lovingly (or not) pointing out their lifestyle is punishable by God. They have enough to deal with. I don't want folks poking into my bedroom practices, and I don't wish to poke into theirs. Accepting them, respecting their privacy and their lifestyle-- their family!! That's MY choice.RubyRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00765139474238049838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937120481424950544.post-66711025462216550452010-10-26T05:19:47.041-04:002010-10-26T05:19:47.041-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.RubyRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00765139474238049838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937120481424950544.post-56166569555463377772010-10-26T04:13:38.243-04:002010-10-26T04:13:38.243-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.RubyRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00765139474238049838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937120481424950544.post-1692706569254859932010-10-25T22:04:55.446-04:002010-10-25T22:04:55.446-04:00I wonder if the "homosexual tendencies" ...I wonder if the "homosexual tendencies" mentioned above arose from worldly reasons or are innate. I doubt, highly, since God did not create us to have homosexual desires, they are innate, therefore they are worldly. It is those "worldly things" which are usually were sin begins......... with thoughts...... not just actions. Be careful for your thoughts can (and often do) become actions.......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937120481424950544.post-17465825163454657512010-10-25T10:41:04.466-04:002010-10-25T10:41:04.466-04:00Gerry, I like your stand here and agree with how y...Gerry, I like your stand here and agree with how you say it. I would say though, that it is not wrong to have homosexual tendencies and they some may be born more prone to be tempted to practice homosexuallity. So for me, it comes down to this: I am not held accountable for what I feel but am for what I act on. All of us are tempted by sin, that's not a problem but if I acted on my temptations not many would support my actions. One man said,"If a bird poops on your head it's no sin but if you allow it to build a nest, that's a different story."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com