Are there any other queer chicken people here?

[Sally PB]

I have often wondered if religious faiths view any kind of not-straight sexuality as wrong because: they can't get pregnant and make more children that they will raise in that faith. (Long ago, people very rarely adopted kids, unless it was a direct relative's child, and that person died. You either had them or were childless.)

My mom once said that she thought Catholics were against birth control because if you have kids, you raise them in your faith, and that would make more Catholics.

Times have changed. I think religious faiths should think long and hard about embracing the current times instead of trying to keep everyone in a box in the past.

And, it pisses me off that some faith based adoption programs shun same sex (or any non-straight) couples. If people are trying to adopt, they WANT a child. There are so many children that need homes.

For all of you with unaccepting elders, I'm sorry. I hope they come around and realize you are still the wonderful child or grandchild you always have been.

 

[cheepteach]

Sally said it well!

 

[chickentrains]

I've had some christans say they still loved me, but they didn't agree with my choices

to that I say "what choices?"

 

[Sally PB]

I've had some christans say they still loved me, but they didn't agree with my choices

to that I say "what choices?"

Did you actually sat that to them? What did they say back?

 

[chickentrains]

Did you actually sat that to them? What did they say back?

that its a choice to act on my sexuality.

 

[Sally PB]

SMH...

Someone asked Stephen King why he wrote the kind of books that he did. His answer was, "What makes you think I have a choice?" That answer caught me off guard... I never had thought about NOT having a choice in what you write about. And then I thought about that. Hmmm... why did I write the book/poems/stories I did?

Why don't I like coconut? Why do I like purple? Why do I feel it is important to save money? Because that's who I am.

 

[chickentrains]

SMH...

Someone asked Stephen King why he wrote the kind of books that he did. His answer was, "What makes you think I have a choice?" That answer caught me off guard... I never had thought about NOT having a choice in what you write about. And then I thought about that. Hmmm... why did I write the book/poems/stories I did?

Why don't I like coconut? Why do I like purple? Why do I feel it is important to save money? Because that's who I am.

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ - from my cat, who thought that was very important to be said..



Yeah, its saddening, really. I had a whole conversation with a anti gay christan not long ago, before I got fed up and went to bed. They said it was a choice to act on my feelings. I asked why she didn't think it was ok, only reason was "its in the bible"... There are lots of other things in the bible, why do people pick and choose the pieces that they want to listen to? Divorce is a sin, according to the bible. So is mixing fabrics.

 

[Sally PB]

Divorce is a sin, according to the bible. So is mixing fabrics.

My parents divorced in 1968. I didn't know of ANY other kids in my school whose parents divorced. One of my friends didn't even know what the word was.

Now, it's so common that it doesn't raise any eyebrows. So how are churches in the US dealing with this?

What is the thing about mixing fabrics being a sin? I've never heard of that.

There are a lot of "rules" in the Bible that were important IN THEIR DAY. Like dietary laws, so people didn't get sick from food. Yeah, well, people used to think breathing the night air caused malaria too.

 

[chickentrains]

My parents divorced in 1968. I didn't know of ANY other kids in my school whose parents divorced. One of my friends didn't even know what the word was.

Now, it's so common that it doesn't raise any eyebrows. So how are churches in the US dealing with this?

What is the thing about mixing fabrics being a sin? I've never heard of that.

There are a lot of "rules" in the Bible that were important IN THEIR DAY. Like dietary laws, so people didn't get sick from food. Yeah, well, people used to think breathing the night air caused malaria too.

I'm not sure where I found it. Not too savvy with the bible

 

[Sally PB]

I'm not sure where I found it. Not too savvy with the bible

Me either.

My dad did not believe in God; he thought the whole thing was "a nice fairy tale." But he did say that there was a lot of good and helpful stuff in the Bible.

So much of it is used to further someone's argument. That is sad. And a lot depends on how the original writing was translated, and the interpretation given to the English version. English itself has changed enormously over time.