There is absolutely NO record whatsover of Jesus Christ himself ever condemning homosexuality itself or homosexual people of either gender....not even in the Bible or in any other scriptures of the time, and rest assured homosexual practice were very much in existence when Jesus walked this earth, as they have been ever since humanity itself existed in its present form....and as it always will as long as the human race exists, along with many other non-human species which also involves same gender relationships.
Of course I am a gay man myself and always have been - it was not a deliberate choice of mine...I did not leap out of bed one morning in the summer of 1998 at the tender age of 16 and yell out to the world outsdie of my bedroom window my intention to be gay from that moment on as it is quite impossible to change your sexual orientation at the flick of a switch....I was already fully programmed that way in much the same way that from my very earliest days I was using my left hand for all practical purposes rather than my right hand which was useless more or less to accomplish effective tasks, whereas the majority of those around me were using their right hand....it was simply not natural for me to do the same...it just didn't work...I messed everything up when I tried to use my right hand...my brain didn't like it for some reason.
The same applied to the people I was emotionally and physically attracted to, and nothing on earth could or ever would alter that basic fact.....I accepted it. To those who don't or simply won't accept...sorry, it's not my problem, it's very much theirs! There are no two ways about it. Move on and get on with your own prejudiced lives...leave all our censure for the many REAL objectionable and wicked people on this planet....there's is plenty of scope there and that's for sure!
It is so sad that so many bigoted people are so disproportionately selective in their targets for abuse and violence based solely on prejudice and ignorance...the easier options.... while at the same time choosing to pay little or no heed to all the far more serious and dangerous and disruptive threats to society at large.
I am used to adverse comments and mockery and bigotry from some people but I don't feel that I need protection as such.....bloody hell, I work in a profession which invites all kind of abuse and verbal slings and arrows and barbed comments of censure....at the age of 27 I have now got quite a thick skin and can take it all with aplomb...I just would not survive in my job without it.
A new law has now been passed in the UK making all forms of homophobic comments or physical acts of a homophobic nature against homosexual people illegal. I would not like to be physically assaulted by anyone purely on account of my sexuality, of course I wouldn't - but who would, whether gay or straight? It is all illegal, and that should of course be a crime....as it indeed is.
But at the same time I don't feel the need to be protected from homophobic comments.....in spite of Gordon Brown and his Labour Government of lily livered scroats this is basically very much a free country where people are free to express their views on anything they like in the open and in open forum, whether down at Hyde Park Corner or down in the cosy wee pub alongside the village green in Piddletrenthide* or wherever, and if anyone wishes to slag me off because of my sexuality then they are free to do so, but even so I do think that chronic homophobia as such is more or an indication of some kind of disordered irrationality within the individual concerned who would do better to sound off about far more serious matters in this weird world of ours.
There are indeed records of Jesus condemning adulters and thieves and robbers and criminals in general...."go and sin no more!" and all that kind of thing.....but none whatsoever about the oft quoted Old Testament "man must not lie with man" stuff.....so conveniently and fondly used by homophobes who would not dream of going all biblical and scriptural over matters such as the most horrible of murders and real, genuine rapes and all other despicable acts the human being is regrettably capable of committing.
The Old Testament condemns menstruating women...they should be avoided at all costs...now that would present us with mega sized problems that's for sure!....and as for adulterers...it states that all adulterers should be put to death.....as should people who eat certain foods or wear certain fabrics and a whole list of other absurdities...flamin' 'ell (as they say down in London) - that certainly is one mightily effective means of population control...if put into effect it would cut the British population down by about 80% at the very least! No more jammed up M25 motorway...no more crushes on the Northern Line tube and only 10% capacity crowds at Murrayfield stadium...oh, what bliss!
Here endeth the second lesson....go ye forth and prosper!
Of course I am a gay man myself and always have been - it was not a deliberate choice of mine...I did not leap out of bed one morning in the summer of 1998 at the tender age of 16 and yell out to the world outsdie of my bedroom window my intention to be gay from that moment on as it is quite impossible to change your sexual orientation at the flick of a switch....I was already fully programmed that way in much the same way that from my very earliest days I was using my left hand for all practical purposes rather than my right hand which was useless more or less to accomplish effective tasks, whereas the majority of those around me were using their right hand....it was simply not natural for me to do the same...it just didn't work...I messed everything up when I tried to use my right hand...my brain didn't like it for some reason.
The same applied to the people I was emotionally and physically attracted to, and nothing on earth could or ever would alter that basic fact.....I accepted it. To those who don't or simply won't accept...sorry, it's not my problem, it's very much theirs! There are no two ways about it. Move on and get on with your own prejudiced lives...leave all our censure for the many REAL objectionable and wicked people on this planet....there's is plenty of scope there and that's for sure!
It is so sad that so many bigoted people are so disproportionately selective in their targets for abuse and violence based solely on prejudice and ignorance...the easier options.... while at the same time choosing to pay little or no heed to all the far more serious and dangerous and disruptive threats to society at large.
I am used to adverse comments and mockery and bigotry from some people but I don't feel that I need protection as such.....bloody hell, I work in a profession which invites all kind of abuse and verbal slings and arrows and barbed comments of censure....at the age of 27 I have now got quite a thick skin and can take it all with aplomb...I just would not survive in my job without it.
A new law has now been passed in the UK making all forms of homophobic comments or physical acts of a homophobic nature against homosexual people illegal. I would not like to be physically assaulted by anyone purely on account of my sexuality, of course I wouldn't - but who would, whether gay or straight? It is all illegal, and that should of course be a crime....as it indeed is.
But at the same time I don't feel the need to be protected from homophobic comments.....in spite of Gordon Brown and his Labour Government of lily livered scroats this is basically very much a free country where people are free to express their views on anything they like in the open and in open forum, whether down at Hyde Park Corner or down in the cosy wee pub alongside the village green in Piddletrenthide* or wherever, and if anyone wishes to slag me off because of my sexuality then they are free to do so, but even so I do think that chronic homophobia as such is more or an indication of some kind of disordered irrationality within the individual concerned who would do better to sound off about far more serious matters in this weird world of ours.
There are indeed records of Jesus condemning adulters and thieves and robbers and criminals in general...."go and sin no more!" and all that kind of thing.....but none whatsoever about the oft quoted Old Testament "man must not lie with man" stuff.....so conveniently and fondly used by homophobes who would not dream of going all biblical and scriptural over matters such as the most horrible of murders and real, genuine rapes and all other despicable acts the human being is regrettably capable of committing.
The Old Testament condemns menstruating women...they should be avoided at all costs...now that would present us with mega sized problems that's for sure!....and as for adulterers...it states that all adulterers should be put to death.....as should people who eat certain foods or wear certain fabrics and a whole list of other absurdities...flamin' 'ell (as they say down in London) - that certainly is one mightily effective means of population control...if put into effect it would cut the British population down by about 80% at the very least! No more jammed up M25 motorway...no more crushes on the Northern Line tube and only 10% capacity crowds at Murrayfield stadium...oh, what bliss!
Here endeth the second lesson....go ye forth and prosper!