Sunday, November 30, 2008
Its A Choice
I haven't been able to go to any of the GLBT events either, but I have been reading up on a lot of people posts especially about the documentary, "For The Bible Tells Me So". I wish i could have watched it because I am a Christian and I grew up learning to hate the sin not the sinner. I can be accepting of the person (or child that walks into my classroom) but not of the lifestyle. I don't believe that being gay is natural, but a choice. Everything in life is a choice when it comes to how you take things and develop. If someone says something mean to me it is my choice in how i respond. I can choose to ignore it and move on or i can choose to rest on the thought of someone saying something mean. When a little boy in elementary schools looks at another little boy and thinks that the other is attractive, that is a choice, the little boy can focus his mind on something else or divert his attention on another object so as not to be focused on the other boy, but if he decides to entertain this thought of being attractive to the little boy it will become "natural" or normal for this little boy to eventually think all boys are attractive. We develop and mold and change based off of our choices in life..and the things that we choose to pay attention to and not pay attention to. Homosexuality is not like race or eye color, it is very possible to change, but it is all in the choice that the individual makes. if everyone is telling you that you are 'born this way' then of course you wont think that you can change even if you come across a lot of hatred for being gay. but just like the southern racist or young lady with low self esteem, it is very possible to change...each day you make the decision of how you want things to play out in your life and what "you" you want to be.
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I found your post to be very interesting because I also was not able to attend the meeting where they viewed "For the Bible Tells Me So". I would have liked to attend this meeting because I did attend the first GLBT meeting and I got a lot out of it. I realized that these people have made a choice and that was to come out about their sexuality rather they be bisexual, transexual, homosexual, ect. I think that this choice is very hard for these people and I think that it takes a strong person to do this.
I have never been sure where I stand on this issue. I have never been able to understand how homosexuality is apparent in people and I have not been sure if I accepted it. Being Catholic I have learned not to accept it. Now, I look at these people and realize that they either may have made a choice and maybe they had no choice, it was just something that happened to them but it is something that is important to them. I also do not know where I stand on people being "born this way", but I do think that it is very hard for people to accept homosexuality. I think that making a choice to speak up about it and come out is important to these people and I think that we are growing as a society to accept it. My position is still undecided on how I feel about this topic but as I continue to learn from people included in LGBT I will be able to develop a better understand it.
It is interesting to see both of your posts. I think that being homosexual is a choice, just like anything else in life. I say this because I have seen people that have been gay for a long time decide that they no longer want to live that lifestyle and completely change what sex that they take interest in. They may slip up and go back to their old way here and there but that is only because it has become habit for them to be attracted to the same sex. So I have to stick with my opinion that it is a choice. But I do not think people should be hated because of their choice. Just as Brittany said I also do not agree with homosexual lifestyles but I do not hate the people that participate. I am a christian and no where in the Bible does it say that I should hate a gay person or anybody. I say this because I'm getting tired of seeing Christianity bashed because of the few ignorant people who represent it wrongly. You cant despise and hate a whole religion because some people represent it incorrectly. If someone does please take the time to really find out what Christianity is about.
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