tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post8909520968879271983..comments2023-06-05T09:55:27.129-04:00Comments on JUSTIN DUNES: GAY : YOU. ...YOUR CHURCHJustinO'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07379283329949646000noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-79223111368774060472009-07-31T22:22:19.672-04:002009-07-31T22:22:19.672-04:00A respondent to my web site was talking about reli...A respondent to my web site was talking about religion and how it affected his being gay, and used this phrase to state his position: "The God I believe in..."<br /><br />There ya go. I reckon that just about sums up religion.Gary Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17947146717481835071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-21216724975524639592009-07-28T00:47:40.553-04:002009-07-28T00:47:40.553-04:00I was raised in the United Penticostal Church. A f...I was raised in the United Penticostal Church. A family of 7 children. I always did as I was told. Ironically, my sister that never did anything right, has now become a penticostal preacher. That church is so far outside of the norm that you can not even have friends at school, because they don't believe the same way. So everything we did was with the church. <br />I no longer attend any church. If anything, I would consider myself budist.<br />I work in the funeral business. I go to services several times a week. I am not out at work. I'm sure that they know. We just don't discuss any of our relationships.<br />Going to so many different churches, I find that they all think that they are right and everyone else is going to hell. The rules at some of the churches are laughable. I admire the structure, but really, is that going to get you into heaven?<br />I am glad to have such a strict upbringing, but I have become aware of the realities and the made-up crap. What's more is my mother even appologized for the church.<br /> Both my father and mother have been very happy to accept my husband into the family. I even got them to vote in favor of gay marraige.<br />We are getting there. We have some churches that accept us and with singers out there such as Jason and DeMarco, people are starting to see that we can be spiritual as well as gay.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964941329127641280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-78981562225993689242009-07-28T00:02:23.818-04:002009-07-28T00:02:23.818-04:00"I told my in a confession to my priest I´m b..."I told my in a confession to my priest I´m bi, but if could make it to a collegiate/oblate to the jesuites and he said there was nothing speaking against it, as long I live a decent live. Propz Pilgrim"<br /><br />Thanks for this further comment. The Catholic Church makes multiple distictions [1] being gay is not evil or a sin: being gay is an objective fact. [2] to engage in same-sex acts is a sin, they say,because it is contrary to our human nature or the natural law; They reluctanly admit only to heterosexual acts between a man and a woman married to each other.<br /><br />This is what your confessor was saying to you. You could be a priest or in a religious order if you were gay or bi. .provided you did not engage in any sexual activity of any kind.JustinO'Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07379283329949646000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-52800602045706560742009-07-27T20:10:51.009-04:002009-07-27T20:10:51.009-04:00My parents raised me in the United Methodist Churc...My parents raised me in the United Methodist Church, which I attended throughout my minority even though from early childhood I didn't believe in the fairy tales and miracles. My dad supported the church even though he considered it largely a social organization, and never revealed his personal faith to his children, no matter how often we asked. He thought the church taught kids values and therefore served a useful purpose. I was always a heathen, and created a scandal when I was 7 by getting into an argument with my Sunday school teacher by preaching evolution, and showing her Encyclopedia Britannica articles about the descent of man. My parents never suppressed these views, and the greatest admonition I ever heard from my mother was a gentle, "You shouldn't shake their faith." I have not been a member of a church in adulthood, so I can't speak of its level of tolerance on anything. The community in which I live is definitely not tolerant of homosexuality in any form, which is an excellent inducement for periodic repairs to our more "decadent" cities.Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-263855872810029312009-07-27T11:16:11.047-04:002009-07-27T11:16:11.047-04:00i don´t know, what you expect, but as long, as you...i don´t know, what you expect, but as long, as you´re not intending to become a priest, it´s unumportant in the roman-catholic church, even under public pressure. I told my in a confession to my priest I´m bi, but if could make it to a collegiate/oblate to the jesuites and he said there was nothing speaking against it, as long I live a decent live. Propz PilgrimPilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10302358349617667455noreply@blogger.com