I know it's not right. But I'm not perfect. Yea we should all follow in the footsteps of the Lord. But we were also given the freedom of choice, and there is nobody without sin. I know I'm wrong for not liking gays, but what can I do. The only thing I can say is that if I had the opportunity to save a gay man's life, I'd do it......because for me the feeling of guilt(especially letting someone die) is far greater than any feeling of hatred or dislike. But I'm not about to feel guilty for not liking gays.
Saying that doesn't make you any less of a bigot or less judgmental than me. I never said it was ok either. Everyone sins.
But why are you guessing that? Based on what? He said he hates them. And to prove his point, he said he does not think it should be in the world and in the United States. And that he is a homophobe. It would have been hate even if he had not used the word, WHICH HE DID. hate (hāt) pronunciation 1. To feel hostility or animosity toward. 2. To detest. Sounds like alot of folks in this thread to me. And cripes, saying "you don't hate them personally" is a massive cowardly cop-out - just because the animosity is not acted upon with physical or verbal abuse to gay individuals that you know doesn't mean you don't hate them. It just means there is a disconnect between the "general hate" and the "well, in person they're not so bad so I will be friends with them." Now, if you granted the respect and understanding to the gay people you dont know - the anonymous homosexuals who you "don't agree with" who, for instance, tutor underprivledged kids, contribute to their communities, are creative and loving and flawed like the rest of us - if you could generalize to them, the attitude would not be a bigotted. It would be enlightened. But you appear to be too busy worried about their sex lives to see them as human beings. There is no difference between the abstract "hate" and the interpersonal "hate." You have a massive disconnect that I would love to see you try and reconcile. Hardaway hates them. So do you.
Would you give mouth to mouth if they needed it nad you were the only one there that knew how? Ill say it right off, I have two member of my extendd family that are gay, one male and one female. Neither of them are aggressive in searching for a partner....if they ask and you say "no thanks, Im straight" then its no harm no foul...they go on and talk to someone else that they are attracted to. Regardless of your religious views, gay people are humans also and deserve to be treated just like any other human being you encounter. If all you have in your heart for people that are different is hate and bigotry, you arent much of a person.
I think you have brain damage of some sort. You claim to be a Christian. You say you know it's not right to dislike gay people. And then you say you're not about to feel guilty for not liking gays. There is a disconnect here.
So, you'd save a gay person's life so you wouldn't feel guilty. Kudos to you, man. I mean, most people would save another person's life so that person wouldn't die. If you're given the freedom of choice and you're asking what you can do about your dislike of gays, here's a thought...you can choose not to dislike gays.
I am sure the holy spirit will take note of that generous sentiment, the one where you don't let the gay guy die. Wow, when that's "the only thing (you) can say," that's pretty coarse, my friend. Look - to honestly answer your question about "what can I do", I might try educating yourself on human sexuality, prejudice, and the impact of hatred and bigotry on the person who harbors it. I live in the gayest freaking section of the gayest freaking town on the planet, and by not interacting with people of different sexual orientation - and avoiding what that syas about your mind and soul by damning them to hell - I just have to say you're missing out on some very very wonderful people. And some lame ones too. But judge people on the content of their character, for goodness sakes - isn't there more in the Bible about love and humankindness than about how humans should judge others with whom they do not agree? In all all sincerity, I really do wish you luck with this. I think for someone so committed to ethics and morals and spirituality, you will find more of what you're looking for on a different path.
Like I said in an earlier post, everyone is a bigot and judgmental in some way. Yes, I would give mouth to mouth to somebody even if I knew in advance that he was gay(though it's highly unlikely because I don't know CPR, but I'll try). There's no way I'm just gonna let somebody die in front of me.
I'm not perfect. I'm admitting it. I'm happy to claim I'm not perfect, and I'm happy to claim my faults. Not liking gays just happens to be one of them.
Please, try to find a better way to justify you bigotry than to inform us that we a just as bad as you. Being judgemental and being a bigot are two totally different things. Yes everybody makes judgements but I think the generally concensus judgement here is that you are a very hateful hypocrite. However by making this judgement no one condemmed you to hell.
your list is legit,i dont hate ppl that do those things,but it can be annoying. the fart one is just funny,never seen ppl fart in public
Now you're just being stupid. If somebody dies in front of you and you didn't make an attempt to make a save, wouldn't you feel guilty.
13 pages, over 250 posts. All of this over something ignorant said by a man we all know to have only a rudimentary grasp of the English language. God Bless America. Carry on.
