My own personal views on the matter is that we're born this way, therefore, it's within God's plan. Our only choice is to accept this fact and live life accordingly.
However, just because we're gay, does not excuse us from following some kind of moral standard that the rest of the world is expected to adhere to. The rules are the same for all of us, but because gay people are led to believe that we're damned anyways, then we may as well have a great time on the road to hell and make burning for all eternity worth our while...
My take on this is that if you're christian, you should try to live a good christian life. If you're buddhist, live life as a good buddhist, etc etc etc. True christian doctrine cherishes FREE WILL, and accepts diversity and tolerates other ways of living, etc. Any sense of salvation that a christian gets should only be seen as a gift freely given to them by God because they made the free will choice to accept it. But to pass judgement on those that don't share that belief system is not the mark of a true christian - it's the mark of a self-righteous, sanctimonious, holier-than-thou, and dangerous FOOL. The same goes for any fundamentalist movement within ANY religion.
I agree that a lot of self-proclaimed "christians" would love nothing more than to take that free will away from everyone and force the rest of the world to live by their own rules of morality. The same could be said about fundie muslims, and any other fundie religion that promotes a missionary
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Date: 2003-01-16 08:44 pm (UTC)However, just because we're gay, does not excuse us from following some kind of moral standard that the rest of the world is expected to adhere to. The rules are the same for all of us, but because gay people are led to believe that we're damned anyways, then we may as well have a great time on the road to hell and make burning for all eternity worth our while...
My take on this is that if you're christian, you should try to live a good christian life. If you're buddhist, live life as a good buddhist, etc etc etc. True christian doctrine cherishes FREE WILL, and accepts diversity and tolerates other ways of living, etc. Any sense of salvation that a christian gets should only be seen as a gift freely given to them by God because they made the free will choice to accept it. But to pass judgement on those that don't share that belief system is not the mark of a true christian - it's the mark of a self-righteous, sanctimonious, holier-than-thou, and dangerous FOOL. The same goes for any fundamentalist movement within ANY religion.
I agree that a lot of self-proclaimed "christians" would love nothing more than to take that free will away from everyone and force the rest of the world to live by their own rules of morality. The same could be said about fundie muslims, and any other fundie religion that promotes a missionary