True Grit Christian

Problems with the Pride

I was just starting to do some research for my first college course on the New Testament and I come across this forum called Women on Faith on the Washington Post website. Here's the title of the post and the message:

Why Does Homosexuality Threaten Religion?

Today's guest moderator is Melissa Etheridge, an Academy Award-winning and two-time Grammy Award-winning American rock singer, songwriter and musician. (I guess that qualifies her on this issue)

Why are so many religions threatened by homosexuality? As we ease ourselves into the big change now, thoughts of how we conduct ourselves as a new society open up. We begin to see the dogmas of old that have ruled our collective agreements start to crumble. Why? Because they are based in fear and not spirit, fear of the body, fear of sexuality. These things were to be thought of as wrong and sinful. So it just follows that homosexuality, at its core being love and sex that is not for procreation, would be viewed as wrong and sinful and feared. We need to grow up and grow into the spirit of knowing our bodies are a beautiful gift from God. Love is all there is, and love is never wrong. Why should we be threatened by love?

Melissa, I'm sorry but you've got it all backwards. Religions are not threatened by homosexuality. Homosexuality is threatened by all religions. Our collective agreements against homosexuality is based on God's law. Not fear. There is no fear in God. God created sexuality for procreation and intimate relationships between a man and a woman. These things are not thought on because the statement has been made. They are sinful because it's against the natural order of things, it's against procreation, it's against the word of God. You said, "We need to grow up and grow into the spirit of knowing our bodies are a beautiful gift from God." this might be true but when used in that post it's nothing but straight up blasphemy in all religions.

I can deal with gay couples that live like normal everyday people. They don't try to attract attention to themselves no more than everyone else in society. Besides, when's the last time you seen a straight parade?

I can understand and accept people truly loving each and wanting to live together as companions. It's when lust is purposely called love to make your sins feel justified that makes your case unstable in my eyes. Then when society starts becoming ok with the lust/love change, it becomes obvious things are crumbling in the wrong areas.

http://www.gotquestions.org/homosexuality-Bible.html

http://bible-truths.com/homosex.htm

Now before you attack me claiming I hate homosexuals or if you want to challenge my statement with me standing on the words of the Bible, you're wrong.

I don't hate anyone. I'm not working on this website and this blog to burn the bridges between myself and those I want to reach. By Gods great power and grace I'm praying this doesn't do that. I'm all for equal rights and we have that in this country. Each individual person has the exact same rights as the person on the others side of this county. Great people in our history have fought and died and still die for these equal freedoms.

We are all sinners in the eyes of God. We all fall short of his glory and it's through Jesus Christ we acheive worth to enter into Heaven.