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Hi man in confusion

This author suggests that homosexuality is a weakness and I definitely disagree with that. Unfortunately we’ve lived in a world that has considered it as such and I doubt it was any different in biblical times. However that doesn’t mean it is a weakness; not at all.

I resent the argument that the rest of the world is suffering because of gay people not reproducing as heteros do in the “natural” way. The rest of the world is NOT suffering because of the presence of gay people. If anything LGBTIQ people suffer because of this type of ignorance being preached.

I worked in sexual health and IVF for years and it’s a first for me to read that being a same sex attracted woman makes me a different sex to hetero women. In another thread someone mentioned there might actually be 8 genders but they were talking about chromosomes, genetics, genital variations etc in the context of intersex and transsexual issues. That’s quite different to what this guy thinks others might be proposing. I agree, gettingthere – he really does show his ignorance.

What’s interesting is that the author seems to imply that gay people can’t change their orientation and that is one positive aspect of this article. He seems to be saying that there is some strength to be gained from accepting the “weakness” of homosexuality. Well yes, there are lots of things to be gained if the world and gay people embrace and fully accept homosexuality and alternative ways of being. I don’t think that we have to be celibate though which is what he’s suggesting.

As I and others have noted elsewhere on the forum, the author is confusing same-sex attraction with same-sex orientation, the former term not being used much now anyway. There is a difference. I agree with the other posts here that our homosexuality should not be seen as a weakness. I think the author has used the bible passage out of context here. It is my understanding that Paul’s weakness was not a physical one as such, but rather one of persecution, as clearly demonstrated by the scriptures. Paul prayed that this weakness (persecution) be removed from him, but God told him that His grace was sufficient for him to continue his ministry of Christ’s message of love and salvation for all 🙂

Personally I find it quite offensive when people try and reduce the essence or who I am…..my identity….and my natural orientation being reduced down to a sexual act. Whether I acted on it or not…..I’d still be gay…..being attracted to the same sex is only a small part of it.

I read something about this just yesterday. Most people are conditioned in such a way that when they hear homosexual/gay, they think SEX.

Which is not what their mind leaps to when you use the word heterosexual.

There are all sorts of consequences of this – from straight men feeling the need to immediately advise a gay man that they’re not gay (as if the gay men would otherwise immediately want to have sex), to people feeling uncomfortable with the notion that pre-adolescent children are gay (whereas the idea that they’re straight is comfortable and unexceptional).

funny 😀 😀 😀 I do the same thing when people start asking personal intimate questions …..when I start asking them for some more specific details about their sex lives or relationship with their heterosexual partner and they start squirming or looking like they are offended by my intrusion……..then I just smile and say……“Sorry…..this is obviously none of my business. hey…..why don’t we come to an agreement…..I’ll let you off the hook if you let me off the hook.” They usually get it then.