Hypo: You Are Gay

[PhuturePriest]

Wow... Gross.

 

I'm ok. Swamped as ever during the semester. I work till I get fried... then I phatmass.  :like2:

 

(EDIT: You should post another video of yourself singing so we can all re-associate your adorable face with your new name.)

 

How about a picture instead?

[Gabriela]

How about a picture instead?

 

Let's have it. (Although maybe we should open a different thread for it in Open Mic, so we don't derail this one—again.)

[PhuturePriest]

Let's have it. (Although maybe we should open a different thread for it in Open Mic, so we don't derail this one—again.)

 

I'm going to need a day or two in preparation. I need to buy a comb as well, as I lost mine two weeks ago.

[Gabriela]

I'm going to need a day or two in preparation. I need to buy a comb as well, as I lost mine two weeks ago.

 

:huh: 

 

:doh:

 

Whatever you need, dude.

[CatherineM]

Been thinking about this. Wouldn't we prevent more sin by developing a pill that made us unable to commit adultery? Supposedly gays are only 10% of the population.

[PhuturePriest]

Been thinking about this. Wouldn't we prevent more sin by developing a pill that made us unable to commit adultery? Supposedly gays are only 10% of the population.

 

A lot of research suggests even less percentage, actually. I think we're all aware by now that the CDC found only 2-3%.

[truthfinder]

Been thinking about this. Wouldn't we prevent more sin by developing a pill that made us unable to commit adultery? Supposedly gays are only 10% of the population.

I understand the premise of your statement, but are you saying that adulterous inclinations are a new sexual orientation? 

[franciscanheart]

If being gay is going to be compared to some other socially unacceptable thing, I'm glad it's alcoholism and not child molestation and/or animal sex. Cheers! :cheers:

[Fidei Defensor]

We must remember that having same sex attraction is not a sin in and of itself, and like many other things, is a personal cross to bear.  God gives us our crosses and I wouldn't want to take the easy way out.

[Credo in Deum]

We must remember that having same sex attraction is not a sin in and of itself, and like many other things, is a personal cross to bear. God gives us our crosses and I wouldn't want to take the easy way out.

Not to mention God allows us our certain crosses because they will make us perfect. Wanting off these crosses is a way of asking for new ones which we cannot carry.

[franciscanheart]

Here's a better hypo: You are gay. People on a supposedly Catholic message board are surprisingly homophobic. Do you engage? If a pharma company made a pill that would make them instantly less stupid, would you force it down their throats? Assuming that would be against your moral code, would you instead petition for a pill that would make you straight and, therefore, them more comfortable?

[veritasluxmea]

 People on a supposedly Catholic message board are surprisingly homophobic. 

Could you elaborate? 

[franciscanheart]

Could you elaborate?

I'd better not. It was tongue-in-cheek and I've had a beer. It was 8ish hours ago now but you never know how long that stuff stays in your system.

[Lilllabettt]

a homosexual orientation should not be compared to a moral disease ... its really more of a disability. A disability that makes reproduction difficult if not impossible. Like, I don't know, a severe spinal injury. Or me, with my various amputations. 

 

There's a richness that disabled people add to our world as disabled people.  There's value that a person in a wheel chair adds to the world because of the fact that they are in a wheel chair. At the same time I think if there was a way to make that person walk again we wouldn't hesitate to make that available. 

 

 

[franciscanheart]

:twitch:

[CatherineM]

I understand the premise of your statement, but are you saying that adulterous inclinations are a new sexual orientation?

No. I was assuming that we would want gays to take the pill to help them avoid sexual sins. My point is that more heterosexuals commit sexual sins than those with SSA.

[veritasluxmea]

I'd better not. It was tongue-in-cheek and I've had a beer. It was 8ish hours ago now but you never know how long that stuff stays in your system.

Fair enough. ;) I don't have the guts to quote anyone but I will say I've seen some misunderstanding/confused ideas floating around. 

[Nihil Obstat]

We must remember that having same sex attraction is not a sin in and of itself, and like many other things, is a personal cross to bear.  God gives us our crosses and I wouldn't want to take the easy way out.

Same sex attraction is certainly not a sin. Certainly not. But the inclination is, in and of itself, objectively disordered. For that reason and that reason alone it is, IMO, categorically different from many other, less controversial temptations.

[Maggyie]

Well the alcoholism analogy is flawed obviously, just trying a thought experiment. Fidei and others who would relate this in terms of putting down the cross... Can you elaborate? I guess I've always been a bad Catholic in that I don't view suffering as a desirable thing. The thought of "offering it up" has always struck me as unsatisfactory. The image comes to mind of God enjoying all the offerings his miserable helpless children are making to him and it's just not a good image to me.

A person with a "Phobia" is not a synonym for "hater," or "person I disagree with" or "person who fails to celebrate Me."

A person with a phobia has a mental illness ranging from mild to devastating. The ADAA website is a good place to start for us to educate ourselves on why it's NEVER okay to use "-phobic" as a perjorative, a way to stigmatize others or shut down a discussion we personally find difficult or triggering.

http://www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety

The more you know.

[franciscanheart]

:huh: Homophobia is a real word. We all know it's not a real phobia. We all know homophobia = prejudice.