February 11, 2003

• GOD, HOMOS, AND THE WORD.

  
  

  All right… instead of writing about the trivial accounts of sitting in my Communication classes, eating overpriced Inari at the cafeteria, and singing Mozart’s Grand Mass in C minor, lets move onto something at least somewhat interesting… or at least attempt to.

  
  

  Now lets browse over the light topic of religion. I’m sure most of you are sighing, rolling your eyes, or simply skipping this blog due to the nature of this topic. So whatever… do what you will. Anyway, I was born in a Christian household… and I would like to say that I was a practicing Christian until my faith started to waive last year.

  
  

  Primarily dealing with the issues of my sexuality, which is GAY, I find it hard to believe that homosexuality is entirely “sinful” under the eyes of God. And being a good Christian boy, I was filled with guilt, suicidal thoughts, and felt that I was damned to live a life of a spinster with thirteen cats. So I dove into scripture, seeked help from pastors and counselors, and reached my own conclusion.

  
  

  Let’s dive into “the word” for now, and move onto the other topics with other blogs. Otherwise I’ll bore you, if not already. Ok, first off, in Leviticus 18:22 it says “Homosexuality is an absolutely forbidden, for it is an abomination.” All right… seems pretty straightforward, right? And of course, everything is based on interpretation, so I’m sure bucket loads of you will disagree. But we have to look at the specific context this book was written. It was written as a guidebook of holy living for the Hebrews around 1445-1444 B.C. Now slightly prior to this writing, it was a common practice for Greek men, or erastes: older male lover, to take a pre-pubescent boy, or eromenos: younger male lover, to partake in a rites of passage ritual taking place in Crete. Men became men when they literally had anal sex with a younger boy. Sick, eh? This sexual practice was not based on love, nor relationships, but more about power and authority. I’m sure the older men had a kick pretty much raping these younger boys if some of them were “truly gay.” But in Greek society, even homosexual relationships outside of this practice was frowned upon. 

  
  

  What am I trying to say? Well, this passage in Leviticus may be an interpretation to end the power struggles that were taking place in Greek society. There was no tenderness, nor love; it was RAPE. (Furthermore, if we still practiced the ”guidebook” laid out in Leviticus, we wouldn’t be able to play football and married couples couldn’t have sex while women were still on the rag since they were deemed DIRTY [Like Christina Aguilera].)

  
  

  While we’re on that topic of rape, lets look back at that happy story of Sodom and Gomorrah located in the book of Genesis 19:1-28. Now what are your thoughts on Sodom and Gomorrah? Are you picturing a city full of gays like West Hollywood, buttfucking in the middle of Santa Monica Blvd. while getting high off GHB? Hmm… well, Sodom and Gomorrah wasn’t really like that. They were just full of angry people with a lot of baggage on their hands. To make a long story short, Lot was protecting two angels in his household. The people of Sodom and Gomorrah didn’t like this since the angels were making suggestions on how to live a better life. These peeps didn’t like this type of authority so a whole bunch of men came banging on Lot’s door, demanded that they see the angels so they could gang rape them. Hmm… rape seems pretty shitty. Well, God being God didn’t really like these hooligans, and since most of the people sucked in Sodom and Gomorrah, he decided to rain fire on them and destroy the city. Not without saving Lot and his two virgin daughters, of course. The interesting tidbit is that after Lot and his two virgin daughters escape that truly wicked city, they decide to drug their father and have sex with him. They ultimately get pregnant and have his children. We assume that they weren’t born with extra fingers. 

  
  

  Lets ponder that for a moment. His own daughters date rape their father and have sex with him. Now that’s gross… If you don’t believe me, read the rest of Genesis. Anyway, lets go back to the gay issue at hand. Those people of Sodom and Gomorrah wanted to butt rape those angels… and I think it’s safe to assume that raping angels wouldn’t sit well with God. So is this true homosexuality or can homosexuality involve love, compassion, and monogomous relationships while glorifying God? You can ponder about that.

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