Exploding bosom aside, I’d like to tackle two topics. Let’s start out with homosexual hatred from religious puffery.
Genesis 18:16-19:29ish:
Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter; and they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them."
But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him, and said, "Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. Now behold, I have two daughters who have not had relations with man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof."
But they said, "Stand aside." Furthermore, they said, "This one came in as an alien, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them." So they pressed hard against Lot and came near to break the door.
But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway.
Then the men said to Lot, "Whom else have you here? A son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place; for we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before the Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy it."
This is the most heinous misuses of Biblical literature to “fight” homosexuality. The notion that it was because the fight to rape the angels, that they were “homosexual,” was the main -if not usually used as the only- reason God sent said angels to destroy the city. As if to say homosexuality will rain down fire and brimstone as the form of the wrath of God, forever and ever, amen, if one is to partake in it. However, later on in the Bible, there is a grievous distinction between that conclusion and what is said.
Ezekiel 16:49-50 states:
Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.
Oh, how quick we are to exclude refutation.
The sin of Sodom? They had forgotten the poor. Gluttons that neglected their fellow mankind. Throughout the bible, more-so than some faulty, biased grounds for homosexual hatred, is the repulsion of God at those who do not love their fellow man. Frequently God speaks on kindness and love, on the good treatment of men, and Jesus himself shows immeasurable condescension and affection by not only coming to earth, but through his miracles and crucifixion.
In a quest of a Christians life to become more Christ-like, what clicks on in their mind to have anti-homosexual protest? Which in itself seems like a blatant denial of Christ-like virtue. Figures. They’re not hating the supposed “sin” of loving someone of the same sex. They outright hate the people and treat them like they’re subhuman. Hating sexuality is one thing, hating a human because of it is another.
Which leads me to homosexuality in the media. The rationale of offense by homosexuality in wide-spread media is laughable, at best. I cannot even begin to support the idea of it being acceptable without laughing heartily because the Christian logic is often so faulty.
I’ll leave that idea with this: Why not be offended by alls sexuality? No, no. Not just turned your head away when a couple kisses too long in a movie. Or avoiding it in magazines and films, television and games. Why are you not OFFENDED by it? Not just set on avoiding it because your genitals and hormones cannot help you strive towards holiness when you see heterosexual love?
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This was probably not my best work, so if you have questions that you feel I need to elaborate on, fire away.
In responding to omnomnomiconz., “Let the Record State That: Homosexuality =/= the Evilest Of Sexual Sin”, I wrote: Sin, Sin, Sin! The bible definitely says that homosexuality is a sin, but so are fornicating, adultery, and a man who spills his seed through masturbating. Gee! What is a person to do when they get horny? Because humans are sexual beings, it is really difficult to sustain from having sex especially if a person has already experienced the pleasures from having it. I believe the biggest anti-homosexual protesters are people who claim to be religious and know the Bible. It may be fear that drives these protesters; the fear of having a society that openly accepts homosexuality as the new—norm, and the unimaginable thoughts of visualizing the sexual acts of a person of same sex gender will be unbearable if not revolting; therefore, the signs goes up, and the anger and hatred is heard in their voices as they protest homosexuality. I truly don’t think that they hate the homosexuals as they do the sin itself, and the notion of being forced to see the public display of homosexual affection; furthermore, one does not know another is a homosexual unless they proclaim to be or display their affection in public. I don’t know anybody who wants to see, or be reminded every day of anything that is a sexual taboo, or is also in the Bible as—a sexual sin. For instinct, people who commit adultery try to do so secretly, and people who get their jollies from having sex with animals do so clandestinely. People do not protest against fornicating and it is also a—sin (and believe me there are trillions), so why is it not being protested against in the same manner in which homosexuality is? This is a hypocritical society that we live in. I do not acknowledge hatred or cruelty to any living thing, and I cannot see why people who proclaim themselves as being religious would act or say things that are unbecoming of—a true religious person. There is a saying that says, “Judge not less ye be judged.” Is there really any harm in accepting homosexuality? I say if there is no harm being done, then let God be the judge and jury, and society needs to check their own sin log, and be concern with it and not others.
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