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bleed_peroxide

The Bible Tells Me So - Being Gay IS NOT A Sin

Jan 09, 2010 05:09

I'm making this post public.

wicked_seraph has been telling me for a while to watch this documentary. I'm on 7/9 right now, but I'm posting all the YouTube videos here for you guys. It's an hour and a half, but it's completely worth it. For anyone who wants to say that the Bible says homosexuality is wrong, link 'em here and prove them wrong. There's a ton of ( Read more... )

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sammywhatammy January 9 2010, 12:27:41 UTC

What's sad is that most of the people I want to show this to would refuse, on principle. They're so disgusting in their close-mindedness that they wouldn't even listen.

I do have one friend who's very logical and rational yet Christian and has been on the fence for how she feels about homosexuality for a long time. Thanks for linking this. I'm going to link her and hope it helps.

bleed_peroxide January 9 2010, 16:14:58 UTC

Yeah, that's something that bothers me. They won't even try to open their mind and consider changing their thinking habits, you know? They're too comfortable being bigoted and hateful to break the vicious cycle. It's so exhausting and depressing to focus so much energy on hating someone - that's why I rarely bother holding grudges :D

I hoping it helps. It took me a while to come around, so the fact that she's even willing to reconsider this is a huge step forward.

sammywhatammy January 9 2010, 21:07:53 UTC

Yeah, I deal with it by not talking to my relatives 8D They're all crazy fundies, and I just want nothing to do with them. One of my cousins told me that gays should be put in internment camps, I haven't spoken to any of them since :|

Yeah, she LIKES gay people and has not problem with them, but her beliefs do tell her it's a sin, but not a sin any worse then murder or rape. She's been conflicted about it for a long time, so I just hope she's not offended by me gently shoving this vid at her and praying (AHAHA irony) that it helps guide her toward, cough, our side. ;;

bleed_peroxide January 10 2010, 04:44:59 UTC

Your aunts... oh my god. I wouldn't talk to them either. :/

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wicked_seraph January 10 2010, 04:13:49 UTC

Not to mention that the US was NOT founded on Christianity - the founding fathers were deists. I love the argument that TEH FOWNDINGU FATHERS WUR KRISCHUN.

No they weren't, gtfo >:|

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wicked_seraph January 10 2010, 04:18:22 UTC

No, it's not a stupid thing NOT to know - it's thrown around so much that it's a very easy thing to not be made aware of. I first heard it in my Humanities class, actually, and searched all over the Internet to make sure various sources verified this.

Fuel for your arguments ♥

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ed1nburgh January 9 2010, 18:40:39 UTC

Wow, thanks for this! I'll have to add this to my memories and watch it when I have the time.

bleed_peroxide January 10 2010, 04:46:48 UTC

It's really a wonderful viewing experience. I want so badly to show it to my parents, but they would then be either, "Oh, you must only like it because you're a lesbian - a straight person wouldn't care so the fact that you do must make you gay" or "They're bashing Christians". *sigh*

I'm still waiting impatiently for the day that you post some of your beautiful photographs when you finally get married to Mihael. C'mon, like there's any doubt you guys would if it were legally possible? ;D

ed1nburgh January 10 2010, 04:48:01 UTC

YEAH, that's what would happen if I showed my mother.

AND AWWW, we most certainly are. I can't wait to take those photos. <3.

bleed_peroxide January 10 2010, 04:59:20 UTC

*sigh* For a generation that was supposed to have revolutionized the world and all that shit, they seem to be so damn narrow-minded as a whole.

I can't wait to see them! It's just a matter of time before it happens - they've already elected an openly gay bishop in an Anglican church, so gay marriage isn't too far behind :3

noodles84 January 9 2010, 19:16:11 UTC

The one thing that I always found disturbing about Christians dealing with gays is the hate. Jesus said "Love your neighbor as yourself" and love to your enemy. Even if homosexuality is wrong. You are still suppose to love gay people. I feel like a lot of times people miss the forest for the trees with the bible.

bleed_peroxide January 10 2010, 04:49:28 UTC

I feel like a lot of times people miss the forest for the trees with the bible.

Precisely. One of the guys in the video said that a lot of people SHOULDN'T read the Bible because they take it too literally, and don't consider a lot of the cultural and religous customs of the time. It's really interesting to see how the scholars - folks who have spent their lives picking through every word in the Bible and the culture of the time - view the Bible with much more open minds than the Christians who, for some, have yet to read through it once.

ladybastet92 January 10 2010, 09:28:18 UTC

Ten minutes before studying Round 2 begins and I lock up my labtop. Yaaay.

I watched the documentary a while back at your sister's recommendation. It's really, really great. It also made me pretty sad to see how closed-minded people can be, even when their children are openly gay. I can't imagine how isolated and alone I would feel if my own family didn't accept me a gay or bi. Luckly I have a wonderful family who would be suprised if I turned out to be gay, but I know they would support me in the long run.

The saddest story on the documentary for me is about the woman who's daughter commited suicide. I wouldn't be able to live with myself knowing I was so unmoving and unsympathetic to my daughter in life after she openly admitted being gay. I'm glad to see that she's opened her eyes...but it's terrible that such a drastic thing happened to do so.

bleed_peroxide January 10 2010, 15:49:30 UTC

See, the reason the film hit me so hard is the fact that I know my parents would NOT accept me if I were ever homosexual. I mean, it's weird because right now, I consider myself straight but also am completely accepting of the fact that I could fall for a woman in the future. You can't help who you fall for. But I know that if I ever explained that to my mother, she'd either say that I must be a lesbian for even thinking that, or that I'm "bisexual", and I put it in quotes because she doesn't believe that people can be. (What century are we in, Mom?) I'm going to be a psychologist, she's a hardcore Christian - the way we view people's mentalities is already like night and day. I know I would never have their support if I were homosexual - my dad MAYBE, but my mother would never speak to me again. She's even told me that she couldn't accept me being gay ( ... )