Nah, not mad. More bored. You have no idea how many times I've had this same argument. You won't listen, nothing I say will change that. You'll only change your opinion when real life smacks you in the face and humbles you. This makes you very normal, and therefore boring.
It's alright, I don't expect a mea culpa in 20 years.
You say so. You think I'd be hanging around this place if I had a problem reading stuff contrary to what I think? I wouldn't accept it because I've already deeply considered, and probably adopted at one point or another, any position you could come up with and found that it doesn't work in real life.
Expressing opinion is not fallacy. You're projecting a bit there.
Sure it does. Anthropologically speaking, the gay uncle is an additional resource provider for the family unit. He increases the odds that the family's genetics are passed along. Interestingly, the odds that a boy will be gay increase by about 33% for each older brother his mother has carried. In other words, when there are too many mouths to feed, more gay guys come along to help feed them rather than adding to them.
You do not know me at all. I have been dealing with this stuff for a quarter century, most of that voluntarily celibate as I pleaded with God for help, a miracle, something. 20 years of trying to pray the Gay away, and walking the line to the best of my ability. I fully and comprehensively explored the path that you are advocating.
I got the help, when I was ready for it, but it took the form of realizing that I'm accountable only to God and that He doesn't care that I'm gay; it's merely part of the experience I was ordained to receive in this life. He cares that I am grateful to Him and kind to my fellowman, and that's about it.
I suggest boning up on those parts of the Bible that talk about unrighteous judgements.
Ah, the Law of Moses! I assume you obey it? Better put down the shellfish, and don't forget to plan around the prescribed monthly purification when you or your wife has her period. Once of you is gonna have to watch the kids.
You don't get to pick and choose. Either the entire Law of Moses applies or none of it does. Christian doctrine is that the Law of Moses was done away in Christ. Who, by the way, is not recorded as saying a single syllable on the topic. Seems like a pretty big oversight since He supposedly cares about it so much.
Can we deconstruct your statement? If an average gay person wants to live a quiet life and be left alone, then how would you hear about it? I don't know how many gay people you know, but I know hundreds. Only a handful were so insecure as to be activists. But those are the ones that YOU are likely to see.
Gays don't have to reproduce. It's an epigenetic expression during fetal development. Gays are born and always will be. We can unpack that if you'd like.
There are definitely problems in the gay community. I'd hazard the theory that we'd see a lot less of those problems if gays didn't feel the pressure to repress themselves. Repressed sexuality regularly leads to an eventual explosion of bad behavior.
Well since gays were tolerated in every empire of antiquity, that isn't a particularly compelling argument. You may as well argue that eating grain causes empires to collapse. Tell me, which empires were intolerant of gays and survived?
Do you really think that societal-ending hedonism is limited to gays? I'd suggest poking your head into the world if so. It's not gay people who are jumping into DNC abortion vans or becoming single mothers.
Having spent 20 years of my life attempting to "repent," I can assure you that's not how it works. The attempt did help me build a relationship with God, though, until such time as it sunk in that He accepts me based on my heart, not based on the arbitrary standards of man.
But thanks for the advice.
Edit: BTW, you're going to want to say that it's not the standards of man, it's the standards of God, because the Bible says so. I advise against that, I know more about it than you do. Unless you really want to be educated as to how exactly the Bible, when understood without the lens of tradition or dogma, says nothing in condemnation of homosexuality. I've had that argument so many times I can copypasta it.
As I clearly stated, I'm not defending bad behavior. I'm talking about your average gay person who wants to life a quiet life and be left alone. The idea of "closeting" that person is equivalent to forcing them to lie.
I'm gay, and pedos make me sick too. Totally on board with that. But there's no equivalence to the gay population in general.
So, who did he have the goods on? The FBI claims he killed himself, and we all know how totally reliable they are.