God and Gay
In my previous posts, I mentioned that I had a safety net of friends who really cajoled me into a gay comfort zone. I was comfortable with being a lesbian. I just wasn't comfortable with gay and God in the same sentence.
I was raised in a religion that believes in a very literal interpretation of the bible. Even that didn't taint my newly affirmed self per se, but it did take away my sense of hope for the future in a very real sense and consequently I lived as though I had no future.
This particular doctrine is heavy on the Armageddon doses and light on love is love. Add a few years of alcoholic drinking because of that and things and ideas got screwed up about as fast as you can say Lindsay Lohan slapped Paris Hilton in a limo and somebody wasn't wearing panties.
Religion had stolen my idea of God and left me with a shell of damnation and I let it. I let it for decades until my very life depended upon me taking it back. And no, these weren't Fred Phelps sort of folks. They were loving and genuine, but they believed in a God that sees me and you as less than who we are.
I realize that many of my readers are agnostic or atheists so I apologize for my foray into the subject. I also realize that many young gays think like I did - that God must be abandoned because of who you are and that simply is not so and you don't have to suffer like I did before you get that.
God and gay shouldn't immediately conjure up fear with the lopsided thoughts of protests at funerals or fire and brimstone mantras.
If it does, maybe you need a different idea of God.
Know this:
You are exactly as you were created.
And if you know that truly, you will not allow your peace or God to be taken from you by anyone let alone that media whore (Fred Phelps) who uses fear and hate as an armory.
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thanks for your post, i have become disillusioned with organized religion but lately am trying to be more spiritual
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I am a spiritual journey junkie. I've read about every viewpoint possible and the only thing that they all agree upon is this: God is love and you are never separated from it. If you make it back to this comment box and want to check out my 1st web site on universal laws: thepracticeofattraction.com. I don't know how much longer it'll be up. I've ignored it for about four months now and the weeds are getting higher. It's not pretty, but there's some decent spiritual content.
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