May 16, 2013

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Let me clarify what may appear a self-contradiction.As noted at the beginning, a central premise of our discussion is that there is no such thing as a "being gay," meaning "born gay" and thus having little choice but to live a gay lifestyle — a lifestyle that appears to be growing disproportionately in America primarily due to the influence of our governmental schools, which have become a training ground in gay values for captive innocents.By the same token, we here define a "homosexual" asbehavior most Americans seem ignorant of, naively thinking the gay lifestyle — as portrayed by the media — is somehow cute, loving, and benign. In reality, the gay lifestyle involves shockingly unhealthy, unnatural, morally-destructive acts that would be abhorrent to any informed person who possesses common decency. We won't list these — but you can find them on the internet in explicit terms. Be prepared to be bowled over.The seeming contradiction is one between "being" and "behaving."Gays claim to behave immorallyhaving no choice, being "born that way," as though a capricious God assigned them the wrong gender (something Paul addresses in Rom. 1:18-32). Our premise, on the other hand, is that no one is inherently gay,If they adopt homosexual practices, they do sowillfully yielding to inordinate self-centeredness and desire for easy gratification — not victims of innate "gender confusion."Unfortunately, the LDS church is intent on "bridging" both definitions in a way that is illogical, undoctrinal, and ultimately detrimental to society, as well as to LDS subculture. Church leaders seem intent on entertaining the notion that at leastgays have little choice but to behave as gays — while allowing gays who claim to be celibate to hold positions of importance and esteem in the church "as long as thy don't act out their predispositions."It is this kind of untenable thinking we find seriously contradictory.