tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26235405.post3990625620041517216..comments2023-07-12T05:35:12.752-07:00Comments on Aslan's Country: Come Out of Her, My PeopleSon of Aslanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14199431820949547416noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26235405.post-68579691235680849252010-07-08T21:34:41.289-07:002010-07-08T21:34:41.289-07:00First of all can I just start by saying how dare y...First of all can I just start by saying how dare you "son of aslan" (presumptuous much?) I am a Christian man who also happens to be straight and yet I have repeatedly found myself defending the Gay community against barbs such as this. It is laughable hyperbole to suggest that homosexuals asking for equal rights will lead to a dilution of the freedom of religion. "Perhaps even be forced to conduct the ceremony himself," how? At gun point, by his synod, or on a court order? Oh wait I remember the legal system would protect a pastor professing beliefs contradictory to the couples will from all of those things. Moreover, please explain when in the course of human events it has been an acceptable excuse that that's how it used to be done, i.e. the "idea of "gay marriage" a mere twenty years ago" as preposterous. As late as the 90's there were still churches refusing to marry interracial couples. <br /><br />Yet it is clear that you are not simply a traditionalist as you continue with "They want to impose upon our lifestyles with their alternative." who is this "they" you're referring to, the secret hidden homosexual council working to slowly turn everyone in America, nay the world, into fruit baskets? Newsflash SOA, it’s not catching. Homosexuals don’t want to force the world to become gay or to start watching queer eye, they want to be acknowledged. The homosexual community has been time and again marginalized as a fringe group instead of being treated as people first. A persons sexual orientation should not define them, that is a part of who they are but “we are greater than the sum of our parts.”caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26235405.post-81310996866547124152010-07-08T21:33:56.713-07:002010-07-08T21:33:56.713-07:00Worst of all your argument isn’t even well thought...Worst of all your argument isn’t even well thought out. You cite proposition 8 as a sign that our country “still isn't ready for this level of "tolerance," then proceed to suggest that homosexuals are now using the legal system instead. So according to you they are using the legal system instead of the legal system. Do you see where the flaw is in this argument?<br /><br />Then begins your parable from emancipation, your thin grasp of history is an affront in and of itself, emancipation wasn’t about the morality of slavery, it was about winning a war to overturn secession. Nor is this an appropriate allegory for your argument, just what are you suggesting with this tidbit of knowledge, that homosexuality will die out? Or are you suggesting that eventually if the homosexual community quits being uppity that eventually everyone will accept them. In either case your naivety astounds me and your interpretation of racial tensions in our country offends me. You seem to suggest that if every slave had continued as “happy house Negroes” that freedom and rights would have been handed over eventually. This is the tipping point of racism and you are teetering on it.casey (contd.)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26235405.post-65999713907373135072010-07-08T21:33:21.499-07:002010-07-08T21:33:21.499-07:00First of all can I just start by saying how dare y...First of all can I just start by saying how dare you "son of aslan" (presumptuous much?) I am a Christian man who also happens to be straight and yet I have repeatedly found myself defending the Gay community against barbs such as this. It is laughable hyperbole to suggest that homosexuals asking for equal rights will lead to a dilution of the freedom of religion. "Perhaps even be forced to conduct the ceremony himself," how? At gun point, by his synod, or on a court order? Oh wait I remember the legal system would protect a pastor professing beliefs contradictory to the couples will from all of those things. Moreover, please explain when in the course of human events it has been an acceptable excuse that that's how it used to be done, i.e. the "idea of "gay marriage" a mere twenty years ago" as preposterous. As late as the 90's there were still churches refusing to marry interracial couples. <br /><br />Yet it is clear that you are not simply a traditionalist as you continue with "They want to impose upon our lifestyles with their alternative." who is this "they" you're referring to, the secret hidden homosexual council working to slowly turn everyone in America, nay the world, into fruit baskets? Newsflash SOA, it’s not catching. Homosexuals don’t want to force the world to become gay or to start watching queer eye, they want to be acknowledged. The homosexual community has been time and again marginalized as a fringe group instead of being treated as people first. A persons sexual orientation should not define them, that is a part of who they are but “we are greater than the sum of our parts.” <br /><br />Worst of all your argument isn’t even well thought out. You cite proposition 8 as a sign that our country “still isn't ready for this level of "tolerance," then proceed to suggest that homosexuals are now using the legal system instead. So according to you they are using the legal system instead of the legal system. Do you see where the flaw is in this argument?<br /><br />Then begins your parable from emancipation, your thin grasp of history is an affront in and of itself, emancipation wasn’t about the morality of slavery, it was about winning a war to overturn secession. Nor is this an appropriate allegory for your argument, just what are you suggesting with this tidbit of knowledge, that homosexuality will die out? Or are you suggesting that eventually if the homosexual community quits being uppity that eventually everyone will accept them. In either case your naivety astounds me and your interpretation of racial tensions in our country offends me. You seem to suggest that if every slave had continued as “happy house Negroes” that freedom and rights would have been handed over eventually. This is the tipping point of racism and you are teetering on it.caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26235405.post-74291278932445629692010-07-08T21:32:27.100-07:002010-07-08T21:32:27.100-07:00The idea that we should as a Christian community i...The idea that we should as a Christian community in fact close ourselves off from secular society is theologically backwards. We are called to be in the world not of it. However that contact and association with the secular world is crucial we are sent into the world to act as Christ’s ambassadors, to be fishers of men. How are we to show love and compassion to the world if we are too busy placing ourselves above those not in the body of Christ. We allow Christ to set us apart we don’t do it for him. “Then I heard the voice of the lord saying “whom shall I send and who will go for us” and so I said here am I send me” (Isaiah 6:8) I understand you fear of liberalism in the Christian church, however, legalism should be just as feared. <br /><br />The final slap to this readers face was your usage of Bonhoeffer’s masterpiece to in someway validate your waif thin argument against a community of people. I wrote my final thesis on Bonhoeffer’s life and I say with confidence that a man who gave his life to stop injustices against a people for an identifying factor they could not change, would not approve of using his work in order to disenfranchise a people with a likewise identifying factor. It matters not at all to me whether you believe that practicing homosexuality is a sin (I myself do believe that it is, because I back this up with biblical truth.) However, what rankles is your claim to be a man of Christ yet not once in your diatribe did I feel his love was in evidence. Overall your words were judgmental, presumptuous, and filled with thinly veiled bigotry towards the all encompassing “them.” The Christ I serve tells me to love all people and to show them compassion, I pray that you examine your heart and your motives before the next time you write.casey (contd.)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26235405.post-6761165218111960162010-05-18T18:00:47.930-07:002010-05-18T18:00:47.930-07:00Man you are a good writer. And what you have said...Man you are a good writer. And what you have said is very needed. This is one daughter of Eve who does NOT want to blend in or be conformed. I'll be reading you.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14895451372493100267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26235405.post-40247893974116079432010-04-21T12:25:21.005-07:002010-04-21T12:25:21.005-07:00I have written 2 small articles about homosexualit...I have written 2 small articles about homosexuality. They are becoming a miracle to themselves. They are multiplying. Seems that like with politics, you give them an inch and they want more. Then you have the repackaged word of 'homophobia' that is introduced to label those who don't approved of the practice.<br /><br />It is just amazing.JWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180993672268077454noreply@blogger.com