Dear Jasmyne...

The next installment of Dear Jasmyne comes from an agitated reader who gets right to the point...

The Bible is anti Homo. Do you expect God to lower his standards because man has accepted this perverted sin? Hell is a real place. They need to repent. Jesus is their way out.

Sandy

I got right to the point with Sandy too.  I told her that she and her religious Bible thumping colleagues need to get a grip and then get a life and stay the hell out of my bedroom.

Have any thoughts for Sandy?

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[Don "Stuffed Animal" Charles]

I do not believe that every word of the Bible should be taken literally. To me, that is equating the Bible with God, a form of idol worship. However, what people think the Bible says about homosexuality and what it actually says can be two vastly different things. Here is what Jesus Christ said about the subject:

MATTHEW 19: 9-12
(Jesus Christ said) there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of Heaven."

"Eunuchs from birth!" That is the name the Messiah gave to Gay men and, by association, Lesbians. Don't let anyone mislead you. He was not talking about people whose genitalia was missing or deformed. He was not talking about people who were celibate. He was talking about people who do not or cannot have sexual relations with their opposite gender.

Elsewhere in that passage from the Gospel of Matthew, the Christ exempted eunuchs from the requirement to enter into heterosexual marriage. The all-knowing Messiah understood what Gay people are. They are inherently different from heterosexual persons in that the male and the female are fully integrated within their spiritual beings. It is an inborn difference that can often be discerned by others. Those of us who have been beaten, ostracized and harrassed since childhood can surely attest to this fact.

There are absolutely NO passages in the Bible that condemn those who were born eunuchs for their affectional preference. Do you hear me?None! If prohibitions against homosexual expression were meant for eunuchs, then the word "eunuch" would be used. It is not used, because God knows better than anyone the difference between those who were born eunuchs and ordinary human beings! He created all life. Why would God condemn what He Himself has created?

Bible scriptures that prohibit homosexual behavior could only have been meant for those persons God has created heterosexual. You want proof? Here is the proof, contained within the two of the scriptures used most often to stigmatize homosexuality:

LEVITICUS 18:22:
"You shall not lie with mankind as with womankind: it is abomination."

LEVITICUS 20:13
"If a man also lay with mankind as he would lay with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination."

The key phrase is "as you would lay with a woman." If you are not the kind of man who lays with women, then you have committed no sin! So says the Bible.

The scriptures indicate that Jesus Christ also said this about Gay people . . .

MATTHEW 16:28/MARK 9:1
. . . there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Son of Man come as King.

Based on my reading of early Christian texts, I firmly believe that He was talking about Lesbians and Gay men. He referred to us as eunuchs, and one of the main functions of ancient eunuchs was to serve as attendants to and protectors of harems and bridal chambers. Christian texts speak of a Divine bridal chamber where the Son of God (who is called The Bridegroom) and the city of Jerusalem will be united during the second coming of Christ. We who the Christ said were born eunuchs are keepers of the Holy bridal chamber. We attend it at the explicit behest of the Savior!

It doesn't matter what religious faith we ascribe to as individuals. It doesn't matter if we ascribe to no faith at all. Jesus Christ is the reason Gay people exist on this Earth. Our presence is evidence of His having been here, as well as a symbol of the salvation He brought to mankind, and a reminder that He will return. It is why, all over the world, homosexual men and women have maintained a sizable presence in the Christian church. It is why Satan has inspired such vicious opposition to our presence not only in religious institutions, but in society at large. Satan's machinations will ultimately be futile, no matter how formidible they may appear. The Messiah's second coming is the only thing that can deprive the world of our presence. So I believe.

[XplicitMan]

I READ YOUR ATRICLE ABOUT WHITE LED GAY GROUPS INFRINGING BLACK GAY GROUPS AGENDAS AND I COULDNT AGREE MORE . I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A MORE DIVERSE AND BROAD GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT THAT BREAKS DOWN STEROTYPE AND ENCOMPASSED T HE THE BEAUTIFUL AND DIFFERING SPECTRUM O FTHE GAY COMMUNITY .IT'S NOT ALL LEATHER BARS AND FISTING .. AND USES DIFFERENT LEVELS OF OFFENSE TO GET THINGS DONE I PENNED AN ARTICLE ON MY WEBSITE REGARDING THE GAY MOVEMENT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR REMARKABLE OPINION ON IT

M

[mcquaidla]

What did Jesus actually say about homosexuality in the Bible?

Nothing.

He has plenty to say about looking after the poor and not judging other people too harshly and I sure do wish some of these Christians gave half the rat's ass about that stuff that they do about who's doing what with who behind closed doors.

[Don "Stuffed Animal" Charles]

Jazz,

This is yet another example of how successful bigots have been in redefining Christianity to suit their oppressive agenda. What are my thoughts about what she emailed you? Honey, please. You KNOW what I think. We don't need to go there. What would I say in response? I would simply ask Sandy to clarify who and what it is that she woships. Does she worship the Bible, or does she worship God? I would remind her that the two are not one and the same. I would then go to that same Bible and direct her to read what the Christ said about confusing man's law with God's law. I would then reinforce those passages by directing her to the Gnostic Gospel of Mary Magdalene and the Messiah's commandment that we must not lay down any rules other than what He has given us. Finally, I would remind her of His holy directive that we "judge not lest (we) be judged." If Sandy calls herself a Christian, then she MUST follow the specific teachings of the Christ. If she doesn't follow them, then she isn't a true Christian! There's no getting around that. A Christian cannot get away with pointing to this or that Biblical scripture in order to defend personal prejudices. Prejudice is not Christian. If Sandy is serious about her chosen faith, she must re-dedicate herself to studying it. Just as important, she must work to cleanse her mind of the evil distortions planted there by false prophets . . . distortions which allow her to feel comfortable describing the Bible as "anti-homo." Can you even imagine Jesus Christ saying something ignorant like that? No, I didn't think you could. I can't either!

[StarbuXxX]

There is more to life than using the Bible as an everyday compass for anything we do. If Sandy really followed the Bible and every part of it, she would be stoning her children and she would not have the priveledge to eat anything from the water with out "scales or fins" (Leviticus 11). I doubt she is following either one of these commands yet she has the nerve to email this crap? I can only snicker at her ignorance. Sandy needs a reality check.