To be gay is a choice
I've followed with interest the Day of Silence at the Juneau school and the many letters debating the merits of the issue. I wasn't going to get into the debate, but I must. To remain silent would condone or accept something I strongly disagree with.
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As a Christian I accept the Bible as the spoken living word of God. Not just the parts that make me warm and fuzzy but also the parts that convict and make me feel bad for the things I do or say. God has never watered down His word or any of His commandments.
We as a nation choose to ignore what God has said. So in the name of freedom or making us feel better we can change it or interpret it to suit our desires.
In my Bible, the book of Leviticus, chapter 18, verse 22, says: "Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: it is abomination."
The same Bible also tells us not to hate, murder or rob. It tells us to forgive and love one another.
To be gay is a choice. To say it isn't says God created a race that is unable to reproduce itself and nowhere in God's creation is a species that does not reproduce itself.
Our therapists, counselors, and mental advisers won't answer to God for the things we do because they tell us it's OK. Each of us will have to answer for what we do.
Do I think people who choose to be gay should be singled out or targeted? No. Should I accept that to be gay is natural or not a choice because someone in authority says so? No.
God will not force us to follow Him. He gave us a mind, a heart, and a free will. The choice is ours.
We all seem to interpret the Bible so it suits us just right and the question is asked, "What would Jesus do?"
I believe what Jesus would and in fact is already doing is suffering from a broken heart as he watches the world turn further away from Him.
When God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah he had a reason. One doesn't have to take a Bible course to figure out what the townspeople wanted to do with the angels who were staying with Lot.
John Mielke
Skagway