Rant time!
Sep. 23rd, 2003 07:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beandelphikiWow. I haven't posted in DAYS, mainly because I was sick and then I was frantically trying to catch up on shitloads of homework I had to do. Specifically, 29 pages of Physics, 9 units of math, and a Chem review booklet. Ew.
I'm spending so much time on homework lately, it's chewing my free time to bits.
Anyway, I wanted to talk about the phrase "love the sinner, hate the sin." Specifically in reference to GLBT people.
Love the sinner. Hate the sin. I am SO damn fucking tired of seeing this bullshit. I'm sick of seeing it from flittery female Christians trying to tell everyone to "Love each other! Because Jesus loves you! You don't need to judge - God will do that! Just live your life and love your fellow human being!" I hate it even more from fundamentalist homophobes who pull it out of their ass as an excuse for their behaviour. ("I don't hate gay people; I hate their disgusting lifestyle!")
Why would I hate it? Because it's such a complete. fucking. LIE! No matter who says it, or how good their intention might be.
Being gay or bisexual or tg is not a sin. Loving someone is not a sin. Having sex with people you love is not a sin. (Personally, I'd say that it's no sin to have sex with people you're just attracted to; but this confuses the issue with beliefs on casual sex, so I'll skip that.) There is no sin present to hate, so why the fuck are even these so-called "loving Christians" supporting this idea? Someone shat on some pieces of paper and called it, "Leviticus," and now we're going to take it seriously? The fuck?
I'm tired of hearing that it's okay to be gay, "as long as you don't act on it." We are made to express love in some very limited ways. It is not a sin to do so.
I'm also very tired of hearing gays themselves downplay their sexuality. "Oh, it's not so important, it's just one part of my life anyway."
What the hell? It affects most parts of your life. Especially if you're in a relationship. Yes, we are all more than who we screw, but your sexuality is not a piece of information I'd assign to the bin like the one entitled, "My Favorite Board Games + The Soup Mom Used to Make."
It is impossible to love the sinner and hate the sin, if you consider being trans a sin. It is not a sin; and if you hate that, you hate part of me.
Again: being trans is part of who I am. Further, it's a very important part of who I am. So is my sexuality; this is a vital part of any sexual being. I refuse to downplay that. I refuse to put it aside for someone else's issues with sex.
If someone tells me, "I love you but I hate your sins," then they are not someone I am any longer going to call my friend. That person hates or can't accept a vital part of me; they cannot be a friend.
If you tell me, "I love you, but I hate your sin," I can respect your right to believe what you want. I can even respect you as a person if you stand up for GLBT rights, whatever you may personally believe happens in the end.
But you're not my friend. So don't bother calling yourself one.
I'm spending so much time on homework lately, it's chewing my free time to bits.
Anyway, I wanted to talk about the phrase "love the sinner, hate the sin." Specifically in reference to GLBT people.
Love the sinner. Hate the sin. I am SO damn fucking tired of seeing this bullshit. I'm sick of seeing it from flittery female Christians trying to tell everyone to "Love each other! Because Jesus loves you! You don't need to judge - God will do that! Just live your life and love your fellow human being!" I hate it even more from fundamentalist homophobes who pull it out of their ass as an excuse for their behaviour. ("I don't hate gay people; I hate their disgusting lifestyle!")
Why would I hate it? Because it's such a complete. fucking. LIE! No matter who says it, or how good their intention might be.
Being gay or bisexual or tg is not a sin. Loving someone is not a sin. Having sex with people you love is not a sin. (Personally, I'd say that it's no sin to have sex with people you're just attracted to; but this confuses the issue with beliefs on casual sex, so I'll skip that.) There is no sin present to hate, so why the fuck are even these so-called "loving Christians" supporting this idea? Someone shat on some pieces of paper and called it, "Leviticus," and now we're going to take it seriously? The fuck?
I'm tired of hearing that it's okay to be gay, "as long as you don't act on it." We are made to express love in some very limited ways. It is not a sin to do so.
I'm also very tired of hearing gays themselves downplay their sexuality. "Oh, it's not so important, it's just one part of my life anyway."
What the hell? It affects most parts of your life. Especially if you're in a relationship. Yes, we are all more than who we screw, but your sexuality is not a piece of information I'd assign to the bin like the one entitled, "My Favorite Board Games + The Soup Mom Used to Make."
It is impossible to love the sinner and hate the sin, if you consider being trans a sin. It is not a sin; and if you hate that, you hate part of me.
Again: being trans is part of who I am. Further, it's a very important part of who I am. So is my sexuality; this is a vital part of any sexual being. I refuse to downplay that. I refuse to put it aside for someone else's issues with sex.
If someone tells me, "I love you but I hate your sins," then they are not someone I am any longer going to call my friend. That person hates or can't accept a vital part of me; they cannot be a friend.
If you tell me, "I love you, but I hate your sin," I can respect your right to believe what you want. I can even respect you as a person if you stand up for GLBT rights, whatever you may personally believe happens in the end.
But you're not my friend. So don't bother calling yourself one.
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Date: 2003-09-24 06:00 pm (UTC)