*sigh*
I wish I had seen this thread earlier. Or not.
So today "they" are not trying to populate the earth with their culture and their people? I don't follow you on that one... Plus it is a proven fact that homosexuality does spread disease. I know there are people here who feel that it is prejudicial to claim that homosexuality is wrong, but murder is wrong isn't it? So how can you condone one act that ends with premature death and not another? Or are you kind of saying that a form of genocide disguised as a harmless sexual act is ok?
Barney, I don't know what to think about some of your questions. If you really don't understand...I am glad you asked. I USED to believe like you and Truth Seeker and even Chappy ! So it's a little hard for me to get really angry at you guys. Since I had a JW background...I know where my distrust and therefore my hatred of gay people came from, I was TAUGHT from the beginning what others said was right.
Know your enemy (gay?) and know yourself (hetero?): This BEGS a question from each of you...How sure are you...that you are heterosexual? Really...convince me with actual reasons...how and why you actually KNOW that you are NOT gay?
I am going to assume you just exhaled sharply and muttered ...WTF? "This stupid rabbit is doubting MY SEXUALITY ? HOW DARE HE !" Am I right ? Or maybe a little close...?
Good. MY point is this...who the HELL am I to doubt what you feel about YOUR sexuality ? I have NO right. And neither do you have the right or luxury to doubt another persons sexual orientation. It would be like you telling me I don't really love 'dark chocolate', when I know I do! Or, that it is WRONG somehow to love 'dark chocolate.' I actually like threads like this for one reason...there is an exchange of ideas about something that has instilled fear in people throughout history. The biggest fears come into our hearts from ignorance, prejudice and the mysterious unknown. My hope is that you will be open-minded enough to at least consider...that you do not 'know-it-all'.
To expand a little on seven006's very pointed post: He mentioned "hermaphrodites", also called "intersexed" people. These "natural born children of God" are born with differing degrees of both male and female genitalia. What is YOUR judgment for them ? During their lifetime, should they be allowed to date ? Have sex ? Some are more pronounced as females...others more male, some 50/50. Who will YOU allow them to have sex with ? Or marry ? Males, females ? Bi-sexual males or females ? Or gay males or females ?
Remember, it is YOUR judgment and YOUR responsibility to 'save Earth' and prevent these 'natural born children of YOUR God' from "spreading their agenda & culture from spreading throughout mankind". (And since they have human feelings, like you...be nice.)
Intersexed persons are believed to result when there is either too much or not enough hormones being produced by the mothers body during gestation. Boy babies without enough testosterone will not develop as fully. Female babies may have male characteristics, if there is too much.
It is not understood why that happens. There also have been certain differences seen in brain scans between heterosexual & homosexual men. Their brain is "wired" differently. That is NOT understood either, perhaps someday it will be known to science. Meanwhile, I do not see how someone else's sexuality affects me or you...in any way shape or form. I will not be a party to discrimination anymore. I have enjoyed knowing and learning about an entire group of people, that I was previously taught to hate and revile. I once turned in a close JW friend to the Elders when I discovered his 'secret' of being born gay. He already suffered from acute depression. The WT promises to "cure gays of their sinful desires", he was dating several sisters (including mine). The "cure" did not work, just like Gretchen explained, he went thru the motions...without true feelings. After I turned my best friend in..he was promptly DF'd. Thrown out like trash ! For being true to himself...
I have not been able to find him again, dispite several searches. Suicide, because of his depression and then total loss of all his friends thru WT shunning, is a real possibility. I owe him an apology, I hope I get the chance to ask his forgiveness for my stupidity.
See what happens when you start deciding and judging what's 'best' or 'wrong' for someone else ???
I do...now.
Rabbit