tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post8047916052345569210..comments2023-11-02T04:18:20.969-05:00Comments on PAGANS AND LUTHERANS: Faith and Sexual IdentityBruce Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140478955080857310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-10186845451161983512009-08-11T22:56:08.449-05:002009-08-11T22:56:08.449-05:00It's safe to assume the APA is familiar with s...It's safe to assume the APA is familiar with suicide rates of various demographics, suicide being to a psychologist as a heart attack is to a cardiologist.<br /><br />So, considering the suicide rates of open homosexuals, precisely whose lives are being destroyed, again?<br /><br />In my opinion, the issue goes beyond the assertion of homosexuality as a valid identity. I'm more bothered overall by the conflation of sexual identity with, well, one's identity in general. There's this idea that what goes on between your navel and your knees is the end-all and be-all of your existence. This is the ideological underpinning for the horror that right-thinking modern people feel at the idea that someone would willfully suppress their sexual desires for religious reasons. And it's quite frankly rubbish.Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486453438350039642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-77418212184819105012009-08-11T13:00:57.469-05:002009-08-11T13:00:57.469-05:00Sometimes I wonder if God just sits back sometimes...Sometimes I wonder if God just sits back sometimes, shaking His head and having a good chuckle. Like He has a lit match right next to the earth and asks himself, "Should I do it now or wait until they've gone after the farm animals, as well?"Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947070901528652682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-87641568757128175512009-08-11T12:58:00.378-05:002009-08-11T12:58:00.378-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947070901528652682noreply@blogger.com