jgh7 wrote:
I fully support gay equal rights, namely in that I fully support that they should be allowed to marry.
It is based out of my own belief that they can love each other just the same as heterosexuals can, and that I care about their well-being and fair treatment just the same as I care about heterosexuals.
Christians, answer me this: Can God condemn me to Hell solely for this? I am deliberately going against Him and I know it and choose to do it.
My excuse is that I was acting out of love for my fellow man. Is that a good enough excuse?
If it is a good enough excuse, then I feel no guilt, shame, or worry whatsoever in going against God and pursuing that gays be treated equally.
If anyone deliberately goes against God Almighty, he will end up like Adam did. You are suggesting that God is not loving, that he's not fair. I believe that God has made laws and principles for us to follow, and they are for our own well-being. Whatever his reasons, it is vital that we respect his commands. Why not try to understand his point of view?
To act out of love for your fellow man, you should really be trying to help your fellow man to see God's view on things and warn your fellow man that they are in an extremely precarious position if they ignore Him. I, nor my fellow JWs, do not hate gays. We just know that the Bible says that
practicing homosexuals will not inherit God's Kingdom. (I Corinthians 6:9,10) There are some gays who choose to be celebate, and this is fine with God. Whatever negative tendencies a person might have, if they control them, God is pleased.
1) Homosexual activity is not natural. It goes against what the body was designed for. A
Discover magazine from 1985 (you wouldn't find an article like this today because of weakened morals and political correctness), has an article about Aids and transmission of the disease. It brings out an important point about anal sex. "Unlike almost any other common sex practice, this one does have drawbacks. Usually the first try is painful, and while this may go away with practice, it certainly won't if you have hemorrhoids;
it can cause injury, as the area wasn't designed for that...anal rape, even of a willing victim, is accordingly out." (
Discover, Dec.1985, p.44)
The article goes on to say: "Anatomical drawings of the rectum and the vagina show clearly why the rectum is far more susceptible to a blood-carried infection like AIDS. The inside of the vagina is made up of multiple layers of squamous cells that provide a fairly effective armor against infective agents. Also, heterosexual intercourse doesn't usually rupture the thick vaginal walls to allow a virus like AIDS easy access to the blood stream.
"The inside of the
rectum is another story. It's lined with columnar cells, which are more easily damaged and invaded by infective agents. Also, the rectum is more susceptible to
tiny abrasions because it, like the rest of the digestive tract, is rich in blood capillaries that absorb nutrients from food.
Thrusting an erect penis into the rectum, even after using a lubricant, can devastate the cellular layer, opening enough tears to allow easy passage of a virus in ejaculated semen to enter the blood stream." It goes on, but I think you can see from what I've quoted here that the body was not designed to have penises in the rectum. It's painful, it's damaging, and the action can facilitate the transmission of diseases. Is God really
cruel for prohibiting that practice? It looks to me like He is looking out for the health and well-fare of people.
2) You said that gays should be able to love whomever they wish, but why would you say that it should stop there? If a man, say, has a strong attraction to horses or sheep, you say let them have at it, right? Just because a person has unnatural tendencies---toward whatever---and he says loudly that he should have the right to "love" that sheep or dog or whatever, then he should have that right? To agree with your arguments, then that sheep-lover should be allowed to do whatever he wants to with the animal. That's OK?
3) It's not written anywhere that people MUST have sex, anyway. We are not animals. We can control our urges if we so wish. I commend the people that have desires toward the same sex for NOT following through on it.
So...is God mean? I see Him as caring about our physical and mental health. He designed things a certain way, and to go against what is natural is asking for trouble, not only with Him but with with circumstances we find ourselves in. Having said that, no one has a right to harm a person because they are gay, and gays should not be treated as less of a human being. Jehovah wants humans to follow certain ways of doing things, but does not approve of harming anybody.
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