Revelations I: The Truth

One day, I was reading the bible and decided to look again at the part what God said about homosexuality (and please pay attention to the words I underlined). Before I begin, I must make it clear that my purpose is NOT to condemn or judge homosexuals (only God can do that). My purpose is in finding out what it REALLY MEANS to be a homosexual (gay/lesbian), and WHAT EXACTLY is wrong about it. After reading the bible, and already knowing about romantic friendships and Boston marriages, everything started to fall into place. It made perfect sense. In fact, that is all God had to say. His words became crystal clear to me. I knew THE TRUTH.

“Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind." Of course, this goes both ways. God clearly forbids not only gay sex, but lesbian sex as well. And when we see the word "lie", it doesn't mean to simply lie with the same gender in bed side by side (because that can be done nonsexually; mothers and daughters do it, brothers and sisters do it, friends do it, and even close romantic friends do it). The word "lie" mentioned in the bible is not to be used in a literal sense. It actually means to "lie sexually with", "have sex with", etc.

In Romans 1:26-27 Paul is very specific, “For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections." The term "vile" literally means showing affection in an erotic and sexual sense, and that it is a dishonor, a disgrace and shameful.

"For even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust toward another." Obviously, you can see that "leaving the natural use" means that instead of the person having sex with the opposite sex, they had sex with the same-sex individual, which is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord.

"Men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.” What is that error exactly? A very simple and natural, logical error. Their bodies (in a sexual way) automatically contradict and repel each other or more specifically, their genitals. For example, the male sexual organ. Obviously, a penis isn't designed to go inside an anus of another male. Not only it is usually uncomfortable (that is why gays sometimes put lots of lube), there is also a common risk of "tearing and breaking" of anal tissue. So, you can clearly see the error which was meet. Also, do you remember the child’s game of matching the round peg into the round hole, the square peg into the square hole, etc.? The homosexual (gay/lesbian), is trying to force two pegs together, in blatant disregard for God’s natural design! Thus, homosexuality has no scientific or anatomical basis for existence.

In 1 Corinthians 6:9, Paul wrote, “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind.” The Greek word for “effeminate” is malakos, which literally means something soft to the touch, BUT it is actually a negative metaphor to refer to a boy kept for homosexual relations with a man. As you can see, the word "effeminate" does not mean a man acting in a feminine (or girlish) way. It has nothing to do with a man having female qualities.

Now, let's look at the phrase: “abusers of themselves with mankind”, which completely summarizes the whole thing. It not only refers to homosexuality, but also to fornicators, adulterers, rapists, molesters, prostitutes, bestiality, incest, idolaters, liars, thieves, murderers, covetous, sloth (excessive laziness), gluttony, drunkards, revilers (saying very hurtful things to someone or hate speech), swindlers and extortioners. And it also refers to those who have pride (thinking too highly of oneself), greed (strong emotional attachments to worldly possessions), lust, wrath, envy, extravagance (frequent purchase of luxury goods), and vainglory (unjustified boasting).

Now, you must be asking me: "What is the point you're trying to make? That homosexuals do not inherit the kingdom of God?" No, this blog entry has nothing to do with whether gays go to heaven or hell.

Again, the point I'm trying to make is figuring out what "homosexual" truly means, and what very, very specifically God forbids regarding homosexuals. Look at the words I underlined.... Don't you see? What is the constant theme here? SEX, LUST, and EROTICA. What is God saying over and over again about homosexuality? What exactly does God forbid? SEX (in the broad sense of the word). While He doesn't exactly forbid lust/erotica, He dislikes it very much, and it is for good reason. You see, when a person starts to lust after the same-sex and have erotic thoughts about him/her, the person is more likely than ever to act on it. So lust/erotica isn't a very smart thing. Remember this... The "thought" is the parent of the "action". That's why God strongly discourages it.

In short, the ONLY THING God forbids is SEX. I remember repeating this line many times in my head. I went from, "Oh, so that what's wrong about gays/lesbians", to "That's the ONLY THING WRONG about homosexuals!?" Oh, wow... I was in a state of complete shock. Because I just realized "sex" or more specifically "genital sex" is actually a very small part of the whole love equation stuff (whether you're straight or gay). Yes, believe it or not! The only thing God forbids about homosexuality is sex. In that moment, THE TRUTH has set me free!