John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY A RUSSIAN CLERGYMAN IN RUSSIA INSIDER
“Your Church Accepts Homosexuals? - Time to Find a New One
“Some Protestant churches, where it is now common to have pastors that identify as gay or rewrite prayers to insert 'gender-neutral pronouns' are gradually losing all semblance of traditional Christianity”
I cannot accept such views.
If you believe in God, then God is responsible for all the world's creatures with all their many differences in everything from looks and intelligence to size and likes and dislikes.
Of course, that includes homosexuals. It is easily observed that homosexuality is fairly wide-spread, and you can even observe such behavior in dogs and other creatures. Something between ten and four percent of any human population is estimated to be homosexual. That compares with about two percent of world population who are red-headed. Homosexuality is neither perverted nor abnormal. Despite being unattractive to some others, homosexuals are different and nothing more.
Some very great historical figures are known to have been homosexual, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, just for starters. Should we abhor their art? My God, they better tear down the Sistine Chapel.
If you pause to think a moment, instead of reacting from attitudes of repulsion, you will realize how meaningless these kinds of views are. Would you, assuming you are a regular heterosexual person, be the least interested in homosexual activity? If you view it as a “sin,” is it a sin which holds any temptation for you?
I wouldn't be interested, but that certainly doesn't mean I condemn those who are or even those, another class of people who are attracted sexually to both sexes. It is a matter of their personal lives. And it is the product of their brains, those portions of them responsible for sexual drives and attractions.
