Sometimes fears are based in reality
Posted on 01/01/2005 3:36:30 AM PST by Lindykim
In a recent debate between myself and some radical homosexuals, one of them asked me, by way of refutation whose implicit intentions were to convince me that I am a 'hateful homophobe' and also to persuade me that homosexual behavior is a 'natural orientation," if and when I had 'chosen' to be heterosexual. "Was it at age 3, 6, 13, 19?" he asked, "Or did you (a female) just 'naturally' gravitate towards boys or men without any outside pressure or force?"
My response:
There was no 'choice'........there was never any question........it simply occured as naturally as breathing air. Now for yourself, 'something' occured that interfered with your natural progression towards manhood that, in effect, stunted this natural process in much the same way as a baby duck can have its natural progression towards becoming a mature duck interfered with. This usually occurs when a human causes the chick to imprint upon the human rather than upon an adult duck. So does the 'interference' with natural progression make the baby duck into something other than a duck? That the chick seems to believe itself to be, and even tries to be human make it human in fact? Of course not. It's still a duck in every sense of what it means to be a duck. Just as you are still a heterosexual despite that you believe you are 'something else'.
Should duck society and the laws of nature by which that society exists be overturned and forced to become upside-down in order to accomodate improperly imprinted ducks? Of course not. That would be insane. Just as it is dangerously insane for "improperly imprinted" human beings to demand that heterosexual society and the laws of nature by which it needs to exist should be turned upside-down in order to accomodate them.
What happened to the duck was wrong. What happened to you was not just wrong, but horribly tragic. However, for the greater good of our civilization, you and others like you should not be advocating that society and the innocence of childhood be swept aside and made to accept that "improper imprintation" is somehow a 'good' thing. Although you ardently wish to pretend otherwise, you do know deep down inside yourself that it isn't.
What you should be doing.......for the GOOD of all mankind and most especially for children........is learning {gaining wisdom} from your suffering in order that you can PREVENT what happened to you from happening to other children. That would be not just love, but agape, the highest form of love........love that calls for self-denial and self-sacrifice for the good of others
pinged again
LOL! Good one.
Sometimes fears are based in reality
The fact is that homosexuals usually associate with a number of women for their companionship, and women usually like the company of homosexual men. They present no threat, and there is no need to be sexually attractive to them.
How can those relationships develop if the homosexuals fear women?
I've never seen a gay duck. However, living along the Mississippi flyway, I do see large populations of mallards with a male/female ratio of about 6:1. I've always wondered why that is, but perhaps it's a natural way to stop the overpopulation of ducks along the river (of which there are plenty). The funny thing is...I've seen several drakes fighting over a hen in the spingtime, but I've never seen two or more drakes going at it with each other. Never!
You're not going to the right duck bars.
This duck always seemed gay to me.
Hey, I'm tough. :-) Seriously though, in that time it was so uncommon that it was a depressing situation for me. Back then you didn't talk about stuff like that and I had to deal with it alone. I didn't tell anybody for a while and even agreed to a no-fault divorce in order to keep the facts hidden. My mother-in-law blamed me. I finally realized that it wasn't my fault and went on with my life, raised my daughter and remarried. I think I'm a stronger person for it. It was quite a shock for a sheltered kid like I was. :-) I didn't let it ruin my life. I'm in control of my life and nobody can ruin it but me.
It is that first hand experience that makes me feel the way I do.
"I've got to admit, it's as difficult for me to relate to a homosexual's desire for another man as it would be to imagine a sexual desire for my mother."
Are you telling us it isn't very difficult for you? Ewwwwwww.
You Texas boys have some learning to do.
I believe that lesbianism was promoted to a great extent by the feminist movement and the accompanying belief that women didn't need men for happiness in life.
I'm much less secure in my beliefs about homosexuality. That is simply baffling.
That was a very good article. I am a Southern Baptist but was allowed to go to church with my Catholic friends when I was young and I love the Catholic church. I feel like I'm caught in the middle somewhere. Thanks for the link! I was able to relate to and agree with the article.
You Texas boys have some learning to do."
Have we been visited by our first homosexual of the day?
A lot of wisdom wrapped up in those simple words.
I know what is like to be caught in the middle. I was raised Presbyterian in the south and am now Episcopalian. I guess, apart from all the current controversy, Anglicanism is a pretty fair place to be for those of us with respect for both Protestant and Roman Catholic traditions.
Dennis Prager isn't Catholic. He's a practicing Jew. Very smart. His insight into this topic really raises the tone of the discussion.
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