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Old 11-13-2006, 10:56 PM   #280
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This is a ministry called "The Right Remedy".

Curtains part stage left....
Thanks for the link Cheese. I believe the part I enjoy the most is how in their list of reasons as to why "homosexuals are hellbound" they paint the homosexual as 'abnormal'; 'unnatural'; 'sexually perverse'; essentially a blasphemous abomination. Then Reason two -- 'homosexuality is a violent lifestyle' because "...gays and lesbians attempt suicide 2 to 7 times more often than heterosexual comparison groups."

Obviously there is no correlation between the two. I guess we can't just can't wait to get to hell.

I grew up with active participation in the church, but also with the secret of my homosexuality. My faith has certainly suffered due to this apparent confliction, but in no way would i advocate the banning of organized religion as Elton John is doing. As someone said earlier in this thread, you don't fight intolerance with intolerance.

Now to add to the discussion, and not to poke holes in anyone's theories, I would recommend to those debating over the issues to analyze some of the work by Rowan Williams. Here's a prominent figure inside the Catholic Church who suggests a perception of sexuality that incorporates the entire doctrine of Christianity rather than just on an "abstract fundamentalist deployment of a number of very ambiguous texts" as Williams discusses in "The Body's Grace".

http://www.igreens.org.uk/bodys_grace.htm

It just supplys a voice that some biblical fanatics might be more inclined to contemplate.

I don't intend to get into a religous debate and everyone is certainly entitled to their opinion, and I can respect those with differing viewpoints, especially those that breed tolerance, whether it be unconditional or reserved.

But believe me, when the only choice you are given is to essentially live a lie: a life without knowing that single emotion that makes us fully human, or to live with the understanding you are despised by some, viewed as sinful, a deviant... well it's a hard pill to take.

And that's just the conservative view. The far right believes we made the choice to make this choice. Yikes!
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