RicOlie_2 said:
Warbler said:
Finally, when you call:
(Christianity)
- the most important thing in my life
- a thing people like me have died for
- a thing I and some of my family would be willing to die for,
- a thing that is the reason for living for many
- a thing that defines who I am
- a thing that is my reason for believing that all my loved ones are in heaven
- a thing where I believe a totally innocent and perfect person suffered and died for things I did
Let me ask you, Bingowings, is your homosexual sex life the most important thing in your life? Would you be willing to die before giving up gay sex? How many homosexuals live for being homosexual and if they, theoretically, had the option to become heterosexual, would rather cease living than change their sexual attractions? Does your homosexuality define who you are? If so, why your sexuality and not something else about you?
Sexuality is a major component of any life, especially someone who decides on a life of chastity. You don't sacrifice worthless things right?
It's not everything but it's a something of significance.
As someone in a monogamous relationship I have to balance my sexual desires against my self perceived responsibility as a partner.
As a person with certain views about animals I have made and stuck to a vegetarian diet since I was 16. It's not always been easy, I have to read the back of almost every packaged item of food I put in my mouth (which is probably a good idea anyway).
I was in hospital with a lung disease and I spent two weeks in a ward with a man who had just learned he would never be able to eat again. His food would be injected directly into his digestive system.
He wouldn't be able to taste or swallow or chew because the food particles would end up in his lungs.
This was a man facing death if he didn't follow these instructions and yet I could see he was struggling with this revelation and he told me that he thought life was no longer worth living despite his large family and all the other possibilities of life.
My cousin has had limited chances of exploring a sexual life because he was catheterised and fitted with a colostomy bag from a very early age. Meeting a woman who can see beyond that is very difficult and the lack of a sexual dimension in his life is something I know he finds depressing.
Could I have lived a chaste life if my life depended on it?
Yeah, sure.
Why should I if I don't need to?
Circumstances would shape the possibilities to explore my sexuality anyway. Not everyone want to have sex with me (hard to believe I know) and I'm not a rapist and I don't want to have sex with everyone or all the time.
What is so wrong with an unconventional sexuality that I have to deny myself beyond that? Especially for a God (the literal Biblical God) that I'm pretty sure does not exist.