-Caveat Lector- > >although i don't know how one can claim that jesus didn't have a thing for > >guys. i mean, come on, according to the myths he travelled around the > >countryside with 12 other guys and preached nothing but love and peace. he > >wore a robe and sandals. you're telling me the guy *wasn't* gay? > > OTOH, there was a large contigent of women -- one of whom the later church > slandered as a 'prostitute' -- who were not only a part of the general > following of Jesus, but took an active part in preaching and spreading 'the > word', a fact the later church chose to suppress.
yeah, i know, i was just trying to put some humour into this otherwise ridiculous subject... homosexuality is natural; all sorts of animals do it. some of the most intelligent, creative and most respected people in the history of the world have been homo or bisexual.....it is neither a behavorial nor a psychological deficiency. it's a genetic trait like hair colour or penis length and not something that the individual has any control over. do any of you fundies choose to believe that god would condemn a person for the colour of their eyes or the length of their penis? why would he even allow such a thing to creep into the gene pool if he would? "all right souls. those of you with penises less than 6.66 inches can enter the kingdom of heaven; anyone else is condemned to the pits of hell. please split yourself up onto two clouds.". it's ridiculous. this is not a question of free will, it is a question of what naturally turns you on. i repeat, the individual has absolutely no control over this. do you believe that god would force the individual to either remain abstinant or to never enjoy the sacred act of sexual intercourse simply because god gave him a certain genetic makeup? in essence, do you believe that god would condemn an individual at birth simply for being born? if you do maybe you should question who is more evil - the homosexual or this god that you worship. the problem the church originally had with homosexuality is not that it's "evil"; it's that it eliminates a possible father from the population. so, they pushed it as an "evil" and "deviant" act that will land you straight into the fiery depths of hell - nowadays, people still fall for these scare-monger tactics but have lost the true reason that the church opposed it. something similar can be said about pre-marital sex, which was originally condemned because it created the possibility of single mothers with no ability to raise their children and no possibility for marriage because all the guys back then wanted the "purity" of a virgin. ultimately it led to little but suffering - this was a genuine attempt to help people by literally scaring the hell out of them, but it is a relic of a past time and the church should drop it. gambling, also, was condemned not because the church saw anything wrong with actually gambling but because places filled with gamblers were also filled with excessive drinking and dirty words. etc, etc, etc.. inri np: http://chat.carleton.ca/~jparent2/ ""If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." - george w. bush <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
