[Maritime Q-Scout]

Some points to think about:

I'm in agreeance with Rico, it's not black, and white. I believe there are some people who are born gay, I think there are some people who choose to be gay. What the percentage of each is I dunno? But if you admit that some gay people choose to live a straight life, why can't the opposite be true?

How much does God (if you believe in God) control our lives? If he has 0 direct control of our lives, who would he/she have control over the biological interactions of our bodies? While we don't have control over what DNA is used to make children, it is our bodies that determine this.

Is sex a choice or an instinct? Logically sex is not needed to live/survive, it's not like breathing, but... our bodies tell us its needed/wanted. To flip the coin, is the desire to have sex (be it gay or straight) a choice?

Is what religous types say the word of the Lord? I never understood how the Pope (being elected at that) is considered "the voice of God". Head of the Church, and the center of the Roman Catholic policy making, but voice of God? Doesn't that take away form the freedom of choice that we have?

How clear is the bible on homosexuality? How can one Christian Church (United) say it's ok, and another (Roman Catholic) say it's not? I was arguing this one day, and asked where the Bible says that it's wrong to be homosexual. He went over to one of my book shelves and picked up the Bible and started thumbing through. He knew the passage (I don't recall) but searched the book (of the Bible not the whole thing) three or four times, and couldn't find it. He then went to an internet site and searched for it, found it. But here (and this I didn't know) it was in another version of the Bible, and not the Good News version. The rehtoric was different. Having the Good News Bible, the King James Bible, and how many other versions, with a changing of rhetoric the meanings change; what are we to believe? Translations are 100% accurate, so having multiple versions in the same language then translated into others... how many versions of the Bible are there really? How many accepted versions and by who?



I'm a religous person, but I'm critical of my beliefs as well. I'm critical of everything I believe in. Is there proof that there is a God? No. Is there proof there isn't? No. I take comfort in thinking that there is, but I'm not going to preach my viewpoints, my beliefs. I'll offer them, but no where do I try and force them on anyone.

I watched the movie King Arthur last week, I thought it was a great movie, atleast in the religous aspect of things. Arthur was kind and accepting of non-Christians, considered them people and gave them the same treatment/rights that he gave others. Isn't that what the underlying message is? In the movie Arthur kills in the name of Rome, didn't that go against the Roman doctrine of the time... though shall not kill?


I don't pretend to know the answers to these questions, but I've kept them fairly neutral I think. Something to think about, consider, and maybe chew on.