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An Open Letter to Dr. Laura

{ 28 June 2008 @ 9:39 pm } · { Homosexuality }
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I got this from a website I belong to and thought it was written so well that I decided to post it as a blog. I hope folks really do read my blog. I am going to post it on my other blogs as well. Please feel free to copy and distribute it as you see fit.

As you know, Dr. Laura Schlessinger is a US radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her show. Recently, she said that homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and as an observant Orthodox Jew, she cannot condone it under any circumstance. The following is an open letter to Dr. Laura penned by a US resident, which was posted on the Internet.

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Dear Dr. Laura:

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. For example, when someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, I simply remind them that Leviticus18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate. However, I do need some advice from you regarding some of the other specific laws and how to follow them.

1. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

2. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness – Lev.15:19-24. The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.

3. Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can’t I own Canadians?

4. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?

5. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination (Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don’t agree. Can you settle this?

6. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?

7. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev.19:27. How should they die?

8. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

9. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them (Lev.24:10-16)? Couldn’t we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)


I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God’s word is eternal and unchanging.

Your devoted fan,
Jim

I Choose Celibacy

{ 1 May 2008 @ 6:48 am } · { christianity }
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1 May 2008

*cel-i-bate Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation [sel-uh-bit, -beyt] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation

-noun

1. a person who abstains from sexual relations.

2. a person who remains unmarried, esp. for religious reasons.

-adjective

3. observing or pertaining to sexual abstention or religious vow not to marry.

4. not married.

Short blog here today. I feel the need to make a clarification. I have written several blogs on homosexuality and referred to myself as being gay. To me being gay is just my sexual orientation it means nothing else. But I guess to a lot of people the term gay means someone is actually involved in the lifestyle. Maybe I should use the term SSA which stands for Same Sex Attraction which is the politically correct way of saying it. But two things, I’ve never been politically correct. Just a bad habit. And I am so used to the term gay and to me it just means that I am not straight, I am not attracted to the opposite sex.

So with that being cleared up I also want to clear up the fact that while I am not a virgin, I have had sex with both men and women in the past. I have been and I remain to be celibate since March 1995 which is over 13 years now.

I was in an LTR and the Lord called me out of it. The Lord convicted me that it was wrong for me to be in that relationship and I had to make a choice my boyfriend or God. I chose God. I would rather choose God over sex or anything else that this world may have to offer. I was not a happy camper about the situation and I protested. I gave God an ultimatum that He must make me heterosexual within a year and let me get married and have a family of my own and if He didn’t I was going to go back. Well, obviously that one year has turned into 13 years. And I see that God is not going to make me straight and I see that I am not going to have a family of my own. I was 33 years old when I broke off with my boyfriend, I am now 46 years old. And while I realize that for a man he is never too old to have children. I can tell you to rest assured at my age I do not want an infant waking me up in the middle of the night crying. So for me it’s too late.

I realize that I have options and some of them are tempting. Such as I can leave my religious beliefs completely and live the gay life. Or, I can go to a gay friendly church and carry on in a gay relationship as well as being a Christian at the same time. I can stay in my current church and have a secret love affair. But I do not want any of these. Especially the last one because while I may be able to fool man I cannot fool God. God is all knowing and He will know if I am in an active relationship or not and I do not want to take that chance.

So, my last option is to remain celibate. I have included the meaning of celibate at the beginning of this blog because I realize a lot of folks do not know what it really means. I have chosen to not have sex, no sex with men or women for the rest of my life unless God sees fit to make me heterosexual and I get married. I believe that sex is sacred and is only for the marriage bed whether a person is gay or straight sex outside of marriage is wrong.

This is not an easy life to live. I hate being alone. I hate not having a companion. I hate not being able to have sex. There’s just so many negatives to being celibate. But the benefits are going to be well worth it when I die and come face to face with my maker. Yes I lived in sin for years but I have also made the choice to change my ways and follow His lead. The only way I could have and the only way I can remain celibate is with the help of Jesus Christ. There is no way I could do this in the flesh. This is most assuredly a spiritual thing. My flesh battles me all the way each and every day. If I did not have the promise of God, if I was not filled with God’s Holy Spirit there is no way I would be able to remain celibate. There is no way I would be able to remain this faithful.

Do I ever want to give up? You betcha!! And I come close many times of just chucking the whole thing and going back. Egypt looks so good when you’re in the desert and I fight God on this tooth and nail. But I have given Him my will and ask Him not to let me win when I battle Him. Because the truth is I don’t want to give in. But at the same time I do fight Him at times and when those times come I will argue with and get mad at Him. But He is a big God and He can handle my little temper tantrums.

So if my blogs have given you the impression that I am currently sexually active this is not true and I apologize for not being clear on that. But I cannot stop calling myself gay because this is just pushing myself back into the closet. I am gay, I am not straight. I am attracted to men, I am not attracted to women. I realize to a lot of people the term Gay Christian is an oxymoron and it just doesn’t go together. That is ok, the way I prefer to say it is that “I am a Christian man who happens to be gay.” I am a Christian first and foremost. God comes first in my life for everything. Being gay is very much a part of me and I will not deny it anymore. However, I am not living the gay life.

So, for now…

*American Psychological Association (APA):

celibate. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved May 01, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/celibate