http://youtu.be/s29tDh21GGg
Watch the video I posted above... It's horrifying.
Now that you've see it, can you tell me that there is any good left in the idea of religion??? What I see is a group of people so manically magnetized to an ill-informed fundamental point of view, desperately clinging to the simplest form of a religion, abusing another person in such a way that is utterly repulsive to me...
To clarify, I am not saying that having faith in ANY brand of faith is wrong or repulsive. What I have a problem with is people claiming they are PROPHETS, then enlisting a group of followers in the name of a religion that is so divided (yes, Christianity), and destroying another person in a manner such as this... It is disgusting...
Have you faith. Believe what you will, but keep your horrible practices away from the youth and innocent. I agree with TYT when I say that this kid was probably indoctrinated into this group via his family. Sure, you should teach you child right from wrong, but to go as far as to corralling them into a certain brand of faith (I think) is wrong. People, even kids, have a right to educate themselves and decide for themselves what makes sense. You can't just say "This guy is a modern prophet and he will exercise the demon of gayness from you" then proceed with this disgusting violation. This kid will be luck not to be scarred emotionally and psychologically from this experience for the rest of his life!!! And followers think this is going to further their cause??? NO!!!
Use your brain. Think for yourself. Don't impede another's right to decide for themselves (even if their a kid), especially when it comes to this vile kind of exorcism... I'd like to say we have come a long way from the days we would sacrifice children to Pagan gods so that we might be blessed with fertility or some like idea... but after watching this video, I am verified in believing that we haven't progressed much at all.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Newt Gingrich & A Big Problem
Okay. So far, I am at a complete loss when it comes to picking one person out of this bunch we have running for the republican side of things. The first thing I want to tackle is "faith & politics." Please watch this video clip of Newt because I'm going to break it down as I see it.
http://youtu.be/gTbEdijP9XE
He starts by asking the question "Does faith matter?" and claims it "absolutely" does- and then goes onto say "How can we have a country that is founded on truths when it starts that we're in doubt by our creator?"
Alright, Newt... Sure. Faith matters, but only to a certain point. A persons lifestyle that revolves around that faith, I think, is important. We don't want a person of faith to be dishonest about their beliefs. Having a truly committed Christian/Muslim/Catholic/Whatever, is just fine... But faith should not be a prerequisite to attaining any political position, just as it shouldn't prevent you from becoming a doctor, nurse, teacher, etc... The United States prides itself on diversity. Why is it when it comes to religion/non-religion that we have an issue? OH!! That's because we live in a country that's 80% Christian... (I think it's 80% but I could be wrong. Needless to say, it's up there somewhere...)
Next, I would like to ask... What "truths" require religious faith to be true? Are you insinuating that a person without faith doesn't value truth? You completely lost me there.
And to clarify on the "Religion, Morality, and Knowledge being important" bit... It always strikes me as completely ignorant to insinuate religious faith is necessary to have morals... Morality and Knowledge do just fine by themselves without religion. Ask an atheist where he/she gets his/her morals... They will say that they do what is right based upon what they truly feel and think. Ask a theist and they will tell you they get it from ancient text... Which seems more genuine? Granted, religious folk have every right to seek guidance in being moral, but those who don't need a book to tell them not to lie, cheat, or steal shouldn't be faulted for their non-faith. This shouldn't be an issue when it comes to politics at all!
"None of us should rush into judgement about the way they approach God." Okay, Newt. Good on you for saying something politically correct... but you totally contradicted yourself AGAIN... by saying "How can you have judgement if you have no faith?".................. So you're not going to RUSH to judge others in the way they APPROACH God, but if you don't approach God, that's another thing altogether isn't it, Newt...? I don't need to reiterate that you don't need faith to have judgement...
And ever worse "How can I trust you with power if you don't pray?".... C'mon, Newt!! Don't be so ridiculous!
The big problem that I have with Newty boy over here... is simply that he is 100% full of excrement. How can we as Americans, who thrive on diversity and freedom to all men and women, elect this kind of douche bag into office? This stance on politics is so dangerous! We separate church and state for a reason and I believe that reason is to facilitate what America is all about; freedom. If Newt is elected, we will have the worst hypocrisy of a church run government that I can even fathom...
It goes on... As a gay man hoping to marry the man of my dreams, it is far from me to vote for this guy. Not only does he embarrass me as an American in general, he is an embarrassment to Christianity as a whole. He will fight against my right to marry, to be an equal to my fellow Americans based upon his religious beliefs... Yet this is the man who divorces his first wife while she is in the hospital with cancer to be with his mistress who he will later divorce for another mistress who is decades younger than him... And NEWTY-BOY is trying to protect the sanctity of marriage!!! Give me a fucking break.
http://youtu.be/gTbEdijP9XE
He starts by asking the question "Does faith matter?" and claims it "absolutely" does- and then goes onto say "How can we have a country that is founded on truths when it starts that we're in doubt by our creator?"
Alright, Newt... Sure. Faith matters, but only to a certain point. A persons lifestyle that revolves around that faith, I think, is important. We don't want a person of faith to be dishonest about their beliefs. Having a truly committed Christian/Muslim/Catholic/Whatever, is just fine... But faith should not be a prerequisite to attaining any political position, just as it shouldn't prevent you from becoming a doctor, nurse, teacher, etc... The United States prides itself on diversity. Why is it when it comes to religion/non-religion that we have an issue? OH!! That's because we live in a country that's 80% Christian... (I think it's 80% but I could be wrong. Needless to say, it's up there somewhere...)
Next, I would like to ask... What "truths" require religious faith to be true? Are you insinuating that a person without faith doesn't value truth? You completely lost me there.
And to clarify on the "Religion, Morality, and Knowledge being important" bit... It always strikes me as completely ignorant to insinuate religious faith is necessary to have morals... Morality and Knowledge do just fine by themselves without religion. Ask an atheist where he/she gets his/her morals... They will say that they do what is right based upon what they truly feel and think. Ask a theist and they will tell you they get it from ancient text... Which seems more genuine? Granted, religious folk have every right to seek guidance in being moral, but those who don't need a book to tell them not to lie, cheat, or steal shouldn't be faulted for their non-faith. This shouldn't be an issue when it comes to politics at all!
"None of us should rush into judgement about the way they approach God." Okay, Newt. Good on you for saying something politically correct... but you totally contradicted yourself AGAIN... by saying "How can you have judgement if you have no faith?".................. So you're not going to RUSH to judge others in the way they APPROACH God, but if you don't approach God, that's another thing altogether isn't it, Newt...? I don't need to reiterate that you don't need faith to have judgement...
And ever worse "How can I trust you with power if you don't pray?".... C'mon, Newt!! Don't be so ridiculous!
The big problem that I have with Newty boy over here... is simply that he is 100% full of excrement. How can we as Americans, who thrive on diversity and freedom to all men and women, elect this kind of douche bag into office? This stance on politics is so dangerous! We separate church and state for a reason and I believe that reason is to facilitate what America is all about; freedom. If Newt is elected, we will have the worst hypocrisy of a church run government that I can even fathom...
It goes on... As a gay man hoping to marry the man of my dreams, it is far from me to vote for this guy. Not only does he embarrass me as an American in general, he is an embarrassment to Christianity as a whole. He will fight against my right to marry, to be an equal to my fellow Americans based upon his religious beliefs... Yet this is the man who divorces his first wife while she is in the hospital with cancer to be with his mistress who he will later divorce for another mistress who is decades younger than him... And NEWTY-BOY is trying to protect the sanctity of marriage!!! Give me a fucking break.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
God Destroys Gay Cities!!
Actually, there is no evidence of this whatsoever. Furthermore, it would take a serious stretch of the mind to use the story of Sodom and Gomorrah to substantiate the belief. If you don't know the story, I will break it down for you, but it can be found in Genesis 19.
God knows things are going to Hell in a hand-basket in Sodom so he sends two angels to go investigate. He tells them to find ten righteous men and that if they can do this, He will reconsider destroying the city. When the angels go to the city, they are greeted most graciously by a man named Lot. He bowed to the angels and invited them into his house to stay the night and feast (though he had no idea they were angels). Before the angels could sleep after they had feasted with Lot, an angry mob gathered outside of the house. The Bible says men, young and old, and people from every quarter gathered. They called to Lot saying "Where are the men which came in to thee this night? Bring them out unto us that we may know them." Lot hurried outside to address the mob. They would not be satisfied. Lot even offered his two daughters in the stead of his guests, but the crowd insisted that if Lot didn't bring them out that they would treat Lot even worse. Just in time, the angels smote the men outside the door with blindness and rescued Lot. They told him to gather his family and leave. Lot did his best to gather his family but his sons in law didn't believe him when he said God would destroy the city. Lot made it out of the city with his two daughters and his wife. Though the angels said not to look back, Lot's wife did and she turned into a pillar of salt. Once Lot and his daughters had gone, God destroyed the cities. Fin.
OKAY........
To "know" someone (in a Biblical sense) is sexual. Indeed, the men outside of Lot's house which were comprised of young and old and from every quarter, wanted to gang rape Lot's guests. Of course God would not be happy about the kind of behavior! I doubt that most people need to read the Bible to gather that it is a terrible act. AND, not only did they say they wanted to gang rape Lot's guests, they said that if Lot didn't go with it that they would treat him worse... Think about that for a second... These people are pure evil!
So how does this relate to homosexuality? Sure, if these men were the gays of that time, they were setting a horrible example... But I don't even believe they were all gay. If they were, why would Lot have offered his two daughters to a bunch of gay men? Obviously, it wouldn't have made sense for him to do that if they were all gay.
Finally, I conclude that the sin of Sodom has nothing to do with good, consenting gays. Nowhere in the story does it every say it is for the sole fact that any of the men at all were homosexual. The reason I believe the cities were destroyed is because the angels never found ten righteous men in the city. If you're wondering where I came up with that, read Genesis 18.
Side notes... What about sodomy? The use of the word sodomites in the Bible? Well, the word sodomy wasn't used in the sense it is today until the 13th century. Isn't that so out of context? Also, the word sodomite does not refer to homosexuals. People say it does but its rooted into the Hebrew word Qadesh or Qadeshah which is in reference to shrine prostitution and the ritual worship of a fertility Goddess. The word sodomite NEVER refers to homosexuals in the Bible.
So there you have it.
God knows things are going to Hell in a hand-basket in Sodom so he sends two angels to go investigate. He tells them to find ten righteous men and that if they can do this, He will reconsider destroying the city. When the angels go to the city, they are greeted most graciously by a man named Lot. He bowed to the angels and invited them into his house to stay the night and feast (though he had no idea they were angels). Before the angels could sleep after they had feasted with Lot, an angry mob gathered outside of the house. The Bible says men, young and old, and people from every quarter gathered. They called to Lot saying "Where are the men which came in to thee this night? Bring them out unto us that we may know them." Lot hurried outside to address the mob. They would not be satisfied. Lot even offered his two daughters in the stead of his guests, but the crowd insisted that if Lot didn't bring them out that they would treat Lot even worse. Just in time, the angels smote the men outside the door with blindness and rescued Lot. They told him to gather his family and leave. Lot did his best to gather his family but his sons in law didn't believe him when he said God would destroy the city. Lot made it out of the city with his two daughters and his wife. Though the angels said not to look back, Lot's wife did and she turned into a pillar of salt. Once Lot and his daughters had gone, God destroyed the cities. Fin.
OKAY........
To "know" someone (in a Biblical sense) is sexual. Indeed, the men outside of Lot's house which were comprised of young and old and from every quarter, wanted to gang rape Lot's guests. Of course God would not be happy about the kind of behavior! I doubt that most people need to read the Bible to gather that it is a terrible act. AND, not only did they say they wanted to gang rape Lot's guests, they said that if Lot didn't go with it that they would treat him worse... Think about that for a second... These people are pure evil!
So how does this relate to homosexuality? Sure, if these men were the gays of that time, they were setting a horrible example... But I don't even believe they were all gay. If they were, why would Lot have offered his two daughters to a bunch of gay men? Obviously, it wouldn't have made sense for him to do that if they were all gay.
Finally, I conclude that the sin of Sodom has nothing to do with good, consenting gays. Nowhere in the story does it every say it is for the sole fact that any of the men at all were homosexual. The reason I believe the cities were destroyed is because the angels never found ten righteous men in the city. If you're wondering where I came up with that, read Genesis 18.
Side notes... What about sodomy? The use of the word sodomites in the Bible? Well, the word sodomy wasn't used in the sense it is today until the 13th century. Isn't that so out of context? Also, the word sodomite does not refer to homosexuals. People say it does but its rooted into the Hebrew word Qadesh or Qadeshah which is in reference to shrine prostitution and the ritual worship of a fertility Goddess. The word sodomite NEVER refers to homosexuals in the Bible.
So there you have it.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
It's Adam and Eve, Not Adam and Steve!!
He absolutely didn't! You're right!! Because if God did make Adam and Steve, where would we be today?! That's right! NOWHERE! It only makes perfect sense that the first people God created were a heterosexual man and woman. LOL!
Okay... Seriously, I do think this little saying is funny. It is more funny for the sole fact that it is a terrible logic to found anti-gay beliefs upon, especially if you're using Genesis. If you want to reference the scripture, be my guest: www.BibleGateway.com (they have like every version of the Bible on this website)
Let's look into this, shall we?
Genesis 2:24 says "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh."
This is supposed to support the idea that God doesn't condone consensual homosexual relationships? Really?? It sounds to me like He's talking about heterosexuals... especially seeing as he just created two of them. It would certainly go with the context of what's happening as we read.
Let's look at what God said before that.
Genesis 2:18 "It is not good that a man should be alone."
God makes it pretty clear that it's not good for a man to be alone. Doesn't this indicate that God's intent for making Eve in the first place was companionship? Where in all this does God say "And even if a man really loves another man and wants to make a lifelong commitment to him, he can't because I said so?" That's right! God never says a single thing about consensual same sex marriages/relationships in Genesis.
Let's evaluate the logic here. If we were to say that YES, the creation story in Genesis condemns homosexual relationships of any kind simply by omission, then we could draw a lot of radical conclusions... Like God is against wedding rings, wedding dresses, getting married in Church, adopting children, etc... We use out good sense when it comes to seeing that OBVIOUSLY God doesn't have anything against these things just because He didn't bring it up... but how can we make an excuse for homosexuality?
!!!!! Okay... so I'm not trying to go out of my way to piss anyone off here. Don't take this as a personal attack on your beliefs if you don't buy anything I'm saying. I have more of these blogs to come as I am studying the Bible. !!!!!
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