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Misconception Contraception

Posted by Autumnpuma , 14 November 2006 · 38 views

It's time to slap a rubber on that big phallus called misconception; Lord knows we don't want that to reproduce......

Not all Christains are homo-phobes. Shocking, but true. I know, the Bible says homosexuality is bad. Well, there are lists of 'bad' behaviour all throughout the Bible and I'm quite certain I've committed a few 'bad' acts. I'm also quite certain those acts are worse than deciding where to stick what into who's orifice.

With that in mind, I'm hardly qualified to judge one 'bad' from another. I'm also quite certain I lack the wisdom to discern what is 'bad' or 'good' in the context of another person's life.

What brought this on? Well, my co-workers know I'm a Christian (I don't exactly remember how they came to know this, as I don't talk religion at all unless asked about it, but I can assume I was asked about it) and I was the target of some pretty heavy accusations of 'denying people rights' and somesuch crappy. Typical schoolyard stuff, and easily corrected, but it got me to thinking about this topic and how easily misconceptions spread.

Not all Christians are homo-phobes. A good deal of loud Christians are, however, and they are painting us quiet, sane Christians as lunatics. As in all things, better to take it one person at a time, instead of painting with a large brush. It's a helluva lot of trouble getting all that rancid paint off once you've been slathered with it....

Bottom line, I suppose, is to say that I call 'friend' anyone who will have me, and trust God to sort out anything deeper than that. If God exists, I'm quite certain he can do a better job than I can at judging someone; if God doesn't exist then at least I've enjoyed a person for who he/she is, without adding any hardships or bad feelings to their life.

Mike





monza gorilla
Nov 14 2006 10:04 AM
Very thought provoking. I'd never really considered the situation but it's very similar to any one of us saying: "we're not all like that; we don't all think like that". I treat people as individuals and really don't give a rat's arse whether they're Catholic, Buddhist, Wiccan or whatever. Their sexual orientation bothers me even less. We may occasionally discuss these aspects of their life but for the most part we interact simply as human beings. In other words we have more in common than not. There are always (and have always been)groups or individuals with a different view of things. What is most telling, perhaps, is that until you raised the issue in this blog I hadn't even considered the subject. I would not have associated you with the people you mention. So you share a religious belief with some homophobes. So what? I share my non belief with homophobes, racists, anti semites and all manner of undesirables, but still I know that, just as not all atheists are in those groups, not all Christians are homophobes. Most of us are smart enough to realise that. Tarring all with the same brush is just the mark of the ignorant.

Good thought provoking entry Mike.



Russ

p.s. I rambled a bit there, didn't I? Go on, admit it, I rambled. There's at least one sentence in there that I don't understand. And I wrote it.
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Autumnpuma
Nov 16 2006 05:27 AM
Thanks for the reply, Russ. This issue has been on alot of people's minds since the recent elections here. It's even seeped into a joking thread about Sato's orientation (at least, I hope it's taken jokingly.....).

Anyway, your opinions on the matter exactly mirror my own.
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ykickamoocow
Nov 16 2006 02:13 PM
Im very pro gay rights as the more gay people their are means the more single avaiable girls for us straight guys.
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monza gorilla
Nov 16 2006 02:32 PM

ykickamoocow, on Nov 16 2006, 02:13 PM, said:

Im very pro gay rights as the more gay people their are means the more single avaiable girls for us straight guys.


Admirable, ykick, but what if more 'gay people' means a lot more gay girls as well? It all evens out in the end.
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Autumnpuma
Nov 16 2006 11:02 PM

monza gorilla, on Nov 16 2006, 06:32 AM, said:

ykickamoocow, on Nov 16 2006, 02:13 PM, said:

Im very pro gay rights as the more gay people their are means the more single avaiable girls for us straight guys.


Admirable, ykick, but what if more 'gay people' means a lot more gay girls as well? It all evens out in the end.

No pun intended... :P
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ykickamoocow
Nov 19 2006 03:21 PM

monza gorilla, on Nov 17 2006, 01:32 AM, said:

ykickamoocow, on Nov 16 2006, 02:13 PM, said:

Im very pro gay rights as the more gay people their are means the more single avaiable girls for us straight guys.


Admirable, ykick, but what if more 'gay people' means a lot more gay girls as well? It all evens out in the end.

I dont have any facts to back this up but i think there are more gay people than lesbians for some reason. There are plenty of bisexual females but not many actual lesbians.
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Max Mosley
Feb 24 2007 04:39 PM
This'll be a bit weird, but I never really bothered to look at the blogs much until now.  Very interesting Mike.  It's good for you sane xians to say these things because, as you say, the least sane minority in most communities shouts the loudest.  If I were a xian I'd be mightily frustrated with this tendency of humankind.  Muslims must be even more so nowadays. The same is even true of atheists sometimes, when the materialistic, ignorant or amoral extremes of a few cast us all in a bad light.

Btw this is interesting to me especially because one of my pet rants is over the xian union at my uni.  It only accommodates one interpretation of xianity, and a very extreme one at that imho.  I used to be involved with it and found this situation to be totally unacceptable because for many students arriving at uni, it will be their first exposure to xianity.  As such it seemed important to me that all "xian" views be welcomed and represented, in some way.  There are many other people with similar views to me who are still involved with it, but they never speak out like you.
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