Let's get this started
OK. So, I've been talking about doing this for over a year. Today, I'm finally going to start my blog. This will be a chance for my friends and family to keep up with what is going on in my life or what I'm thinking.
I just wanted to comment on this situation with the Diocese of San Diego.
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They refuse to perform a funeral for a man because he owned two gay bars. Now, considering that priests have been known to frequent gay bars (you can tell who they are because they end each sentence with "my son"), I find the whole thing ridiculous.
It just seems terribly hypocritical of a church that has murdered and tortured all in the name of Christianity (for those who have forgotten there were a couple of wars in the past called The Crusades--I won't even mention The Inquisition).
The truth of the matter is, God created us all--the liars, the cheaters, the murderers, the Catholics, the Jews, the Muslims and yes, even the gays. The only difference here is the liars and cheaters and murderers were born with free will. They chose the incorrect path in life. And everyone either is born into a religion or finds one that matches their needs in life.
But pretty much every scientist and psychologist has proven that gay men and women are born that way--even a lobotomy won't change sexual orientation. It's the way we were made--by God.
Which brings me to this question.
If God can accept us--why can't the Catholic Church?
I just wanted to comment on this situation with the Diocese of San Diego.
Link
They refuse to perform a funeral for a man because he owned two gay bars. Now, considering that priests have been known to frequent gay bars (you can tell who they are because they end each sentence with "my son"), I find the whole thing ridiculous.
It just seems terribly hypocritical of a church that has murdered and tortured all in the name of Christianity (for those who have forgotten there were a couple of wars in the past called The Crusades--I won't even mention The Inquisition).
The truth of the matter is, God created us all--the liars, the cheaters, the murderers, the Catholics, the Jews, the Muslims and yes, even the gays. The only difference here is the liars and cheaters and murderers were born with free will. They chose the incorrect path in life. And everyone either is born into a religion or finds one that matches their needs in life.
But pretty much every scientist and psychologist has proven that gay men and women are born that way--even a lobotomy won't change sexual orientation. It's the way we were made--by God.
Which brings me to this question.
If God can accept us--why can't the Catholic Church?
posted by VeryApeAZ at
3:46 PM
1 Comments:
The interesting thing is that the Catholic Church does not deny that homosexuals are (or might be) born that way. But the Church teaches that ALL should be celibate, meaning refrain from sex outside of marriage (which of course they limit to one man one woman). In that respect, the Church is more tolerant of homosexuals than most Protestant denominations in that the Church does not claim that being homosexual is a sin, but that any sexual acts, including homosexual acts, outside of marriage are sinful. In this particular case, I believe the Church's problem is with "abetting" homosexual acts.
The main problem nowadays is that the Catholic Church, alongside most Christian denominations, seem inordinately fixated on homesexual acts as opposed to all other "sins" (excepting abortion). Why isn't the Church pushing for illegalization of divorce and/or remarriage after divorce? To my mind, a civil dissolution of a Catholic marriage should be more offensive to the Church than a secular homosexual marriage. It's stupid.
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