Never Let ‘Em See You Sweat

© 2001 Alicia

 

My thoughts on homosexuality can be summed up simply with a Biblical principle: no one sin is greater than another (see bottom). I’m sorry, but I wouldn’t avert my eyes in horror at discovering a person was gay any more than I would upon discovering that they frequently lied or were disrespectful to their parents. Homosexuality is nothing new, it’s just become more politically correct to accept such “shocking behavior” recently.

 

If you’d like me to delve a little into my own understanding of the psychology of a person who might turn to homosexuality, I can.  First off, as I have said before, I believe that the gap between men and women is widening as time progresses. It’s easy to get disgusted with romantic relationships nowadays. Understanding within the sexes may not be greater, but it is more familiar and there is certainly less pressure. Another trend in this day and age has to do with all the emphasis that is put on romantic relationships. It’s difficult to be friends with a member of the opposite sex without any questions over the nature of the true relationship or at the very least, speculations about a possible future. Many people who have no moral compass to speak of (or at least not one they believe in) find it easy to turn to alternate forms of companionship, and since sexual relations are increasingly less known as anything special, you can see how easy this progression can be. I believe the majority of these people are insecure. Some are hopeless, ultra-cynical messes, and some are just plain rebellious children (whatever age they may be). The greatest pity is due to the insecure, or those who don’t realize what they’re getting into (yet another problem with peer pressure and the lack of communication in families, apparently).

 

It’s easy for the morally righteous crowd to write these people off, which is exactly what most of them are asking for. They can now say “Ah ha! I knew they didn’t believe what they say, I knew there were some sins that were too horrible to be truly forgiven!” (Mark 3:28-29) Unfortunately, religious people too often are God’s representation here on earth. Make no mistake, there are people who have been involved in and escaped a homosexual lifestyle. (I would not be so presumptuous as to tell you what kind of experiences they have or the conclusions they’ve drawn, but the stories are there for the finding.) Please note that I don’t define a person by their homosexuality. I believe this is an important point. The leaders of this so-called “movement” today would have us believe that homo- or hetero- sexuality is not a choice, but Christians know everything is a choice, and there is only one “sexual orientation” according to the Creator (Romans 1:24,26,27). Remembering a person is not a Homosexual but only practicing homosexuality is key to understanding that this is a sin, not a personality, and although they are certainly doing some of the worst damage to their souls that they could possibly find, these people, as all people, are very, very redeemable (Romans 3:9-24).