Here are the stories:
#1. Two consenting adults in a relationship have sex. They have been dating a month. Friend: "I just can't believe it. I am so furious and disappointed. I thought they were better than this. That is so wrong. Even most non-Christians can see how this is morally wrong."
#2. Different friend posts an article about how the church needs to do a better job at loving gay people. This article says things like God thinks gays shouldn't shouldn't act on their desires for the good of them. It also talks about how it's actually love to tell a gay person they shouldn't be a "practicing" homosexual. It says that it's sad gay kids get bullied, but what they're doing is wrong, and we should still tell them that--in love! (Link provided at end of post)
I felt sick to my stomach at both of these occurrences. Did you?
Whatever your thoughts on sex, it is a deeply personal decision. This for some people is influenced by religion--and so be it--but imposing said beliefs on others is not right. Saying that even most non-Christians see sex--in a relationship, consensual, and with protection--is morally wrong is succumbing to blindness. Many non-Christians are even morally okay with casual sex!
Whatever your thoughts on LGBTQ persons, bullying is wrong. Degrading humans is also wrong, and telling people that a key piece of their identity is inherently corrupted and that they must ignore it leads to depression, self-harm, and even suicide. Would you rather have a gay kid who hates his existence and offs himself or have a gay kid who chooses to live out his sin (if you must believe it's a sin) just like you do every day of the week when you choose to tell a white lie, when you lust over your coworker, when you overeat on Thanksgiving, when you don't actually tithe 10% of your income, when you ignore that homeless person on the street. But being gay is the one that's contemptible to choose to live out. We won't bug each other 24/7 about those other sins because everyone does them.
COME ON, PEOPLE.
I've been led to conclude that religion, as a whole, is brainwash. Both of my friends in the stories truly believe to the core of their existence that what they were saying was right and true. It takes a lot of training for someone to not only be able to recite something but to believe it to the essence of their beings.
There are so many inconsistencies in Christianity (and other religions, for that matter) that Christians either do not realize exist or willingly ignore. Bullshit answers are given as explanations. Why does evil exist? Well, it's the absence of God. Well, why did God allow it to exist? Because eventually He'll do away with it, making a greater good, but for now, it's just a part of His plan.
I'M NOT OKAY WITH THAT. Isn't this the God that ordered all the firstborns of the Egyptians to be killed as a final plague? Isn't He the one that allowed David to murder-by-proxy Uriah, take his wife as his own, and still be king, but instead lose his firstborn IN A GRUELING SEVEN DAYS LONG DEATH!?
*Snorts* But, QV, that's OLD TESTAMENT. *chuckles and feels proud of himself for being able to point that out*
Okay, smartie-pants. Then did God change? According to Christianity, the relationship between God and humans changed with Jesus, but isn't He still the same God? He doesn't exactly sound like a great guy to me, and I can't just forget that all those things happened in the past.
Maybe, just maybe, you were raised in the church to believe that God is good, and that saturated your being so much that no matter the evidence to the contrary, you chose to believe it and would accept any stretch of logic (or breach of logic) required to believe that. This is brainwash.
-QV
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-QV
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