CityOfAngels

Ok, before you read this, keep in mind that it is on a VERY touchy subject, and you should read it carefully and open-mindedly. The goal of this thread is to generate some group understanding; not to bash anyone or start flame wars.

I am a straight, male Christian. Before I became a Christian (Junior High), my general views on homosexuality were that it's wierd, and those who take part in it are nasty as hell. The word "gay" was a cuss word in my vocabulary; "You're gay, man!", "Man, that's gay!". Then I became a Christian. I learned about how Jesus loves everyone, and that I should follow his example. I learned how no matter what we do or think, no man or woman is lower or higher than each other, and no one has the right to oppress someone for a sin given the fact that they sin themselves.

Then came Sodom and Gomorrah. I must admit, I don't read the Bible as often as I should, so I don't remember names or anything; but after my study on Genesis, my general understanding of Sodom and Gomorrah is that someone went to visit them and the males tried to rape him. Afterwards God sent down meteor showers or burning hail stones on the town(s), completely decimating them. So with that story, I was taught that being homosexual is a sin, and proof of it is how God reacted towards them.

For the longest time I believed that homosexuality is a sin. I believed that although it is a sin, I sin too so I shouldn't make fun of homosexuals, nor discriminate them from being my friends. But after a long while, I began to think about it even more. I thought, "What if I fell in love with a girl and my God told me that by loving her I am sinning?" I realized that's what's happening with homosexuals. They are being told that loving another person is a sin. Doesn't Jesus teach that the two most important things in life are to love God and love each other?

But still, I couldn't bring myself to question what I believe is God's Word (the Bible). So I began to question its teachings; what others have interpreted it to say. I look back at Sodom and Gomorrah, and yeah, those guys were gay and God punished them. But then it clicked. There was something else at play there. They tried to rape him. Maybe God was angry about that? Maybe God was angry because they were using sex as a way to show power over another rather than a way to show love to each other?

So that is my current belief; that the Bible says nothing about homosexuality being a sin, but that when it said that rape is a sin, it just so happened to use a homosexual encounter. Maybe it was there to show that homosexuality has been around just as long as heterosexuality? Who knows? But I do know that Jesus would never teach us that loving each other is a sin.

I must admit. I still think that to be a gay guy is pretty nasty. I can't imagine going down on a guy (or when I do imagine it, I get my gag reflexes kickin' in), or banging a guy up the poop-shoot, or getting banged up the poop-shoot for that matter. But that comes with the fact that people are different. I know that it isn't wrong to be different, otherwise we'd all be wrong and it wouldn't be our faults. So I decide to stay quiet about my opinion of gay men, because I realize that it is their choice, and they're not harming anyone or going against any of God's teachings. It's just different. We all know that differences are always hard to deal with, but must be dealt with.

Just so you all know, the thing that kept me questioning is the fact that I've always thought that two gorgeous women getting it on was hot. I couldn't think I was wrong for liking that, because I can't help it. So I guess in fact, I have a little homosexuality in me, only it's kinda reverse or opposite homosexuality as I like to see two members of the opposite sex going at it.

That's my opinion. What's yours?