OK first of all, im catholic, not a devoted one but im. I dont go most of the time to church, in fact i go almost never. I dont read the bible, i just know some of it because of what i learned in school and in the church. Maybe i dont follow the god´s rules step by step but, im the kind of person that thinks, that if you know what u are doing, you dont need the church as a excuse to purify your sins. I always try to live my life to the fullest, but doing what i think is good,, and trying to fix my wrongdoings. Trying to do no harm to anyone and trying to be as good as i can be. Im full of sins like everyone in this forum, but im aware that i do most good to the world than bad.
Im not too fond of the church because it is ruled by humans. I agree that bible and church are a good influence by guiding people to give love and receive love but i just cant agree completely about the "believe in this or that without question because the bible said so". The Bible is a book written by humans after all.
I take from the bible what i think is usefull for me, and it is to live your life as a righteous human being (as righteous as you can be). To really believe in the rest, i need to see real proof, and when talking a real proof, is to see with my own eyes something that will make me believe that a God is really up there watching us. And until that day arrive, ill continue doing what i think i need to do, to be a good person, and what i think will help me when my dead and judgement time comes, well , if ill be judged at all.
Humans are not perfect, in fact we are the most twisted being on earth. How can we believe blindly in something that is controlled by humans?. Someone can come up and say that the church is guided by the "divinity and will of god" but i just cant agree completely with that, because there is no solid proof of it. In the end, the one that is in front of you giving the speech on sunday is as human as you and me.
This was just to express my point of view of one of the debates of this thread.
So, if Church is ruled by humans, and the bases of the church are build from a book written by humans (yes a book written by divine inspiration ,but that needs to be really proved), then how the church can say what is good or wrong?. This take me to the actual topic of this thread: The gay behaviour.
Im a straight guy, i dont support gay or lesbian behaviours because of the simple fact that is not pleasant to my eye. That is, a very personal point of view.
One of my best pals have a gay brother and that is maybe the worst thing that could have happened to that family. This has changed his life and the enviroment of the whole family. My pal has lived with that pain his whole life, and that is a "taboo" topic between us.
My dad, being a great friend of my pal´s dad (since high school) always tell me that he dont understand what hapened there. He (my pal's dad) had 3 sons, and the middle one is the gay one. The other 2 (including my pal) are straight and the father of that family is a straight guy too, and a great person. So, how this happened?.
Someone stated the reason some pages ago, and altho is not definitely the truth, it is the reason i believe. IMO, this kind of behaviours are the result of some genetical errors when born. Something just went the wrong way. I think is what happens with most of the gays and lesbians. The gay guy im talking about was surrounded by straights, and he didnt had any gay influence in his first 14 years... but my dad tells me that he was acting gay since 3 or 4 years old (he is like 26 now). So how this can be the result of an irresponsible behaviour? He never said "hey i wanna be gay from now on", he was gay since born, it wasnt his fault.
So, if things are this way... how can you tell someone to act against his/her own nature?. The Church says that this kind of behaviour goes against god´s will and teachings, but in most of the cases... this kind of people didnt choose that way, they were born that way. So, who is wrong here?.
Im not trying to defend gay/lesbians, but i can just try to understand them a little. Im not saying that church is wrong either, because they(gay/lesb) are acting against our "normal way of life". I dont support that kind of behaviour(because is not my nature) but im no one to say that it is right or wrong. And i think that no one have the power to say it either.
Im not too fond of the church because it is ruled by humans. I agree that bible and church are a good influence by guiding people to give love and receive love but i just cant agree completely about the "believe in this or that without question because the bible said so". The Bible is a book written by humans after all.
I take from the bible what i think is usefull for me, and it is to live your life as a righteous human being (as righteous as you can be). To really believe in the rest, i need to see real proof, and when talking a real proof, is to see with my own eyes something that will make me believe that a God is really up there watching us. And until that day arrive, ill continue doing what i think i need to do, to be a good person, and what i think will help me when my dead and judgement time comes, well , if ill be judged at all.
Humans are not perfect, in fact we are the most twisted being on earth. How can we believe blindly in something that is controlled by humans?. Someone can come up and say that the church is guided by the "divinity and will of god" but i just cant agree completely with that, because there is no solid proof of it. In the end, the one that is in front of you giving the speech on sunday is as human as you and me.
This was just to express my point of view of one of the debates of this thread.
So, if Church is ruled by humans, and the bases of the church are build from a book written by humans (yes a book written by divine inspiration ,but that needs to be really proved), then how the church can say what is good or wrong?. This take me to the actual topic of this thread: The gay behaviour.
Im a straight guy, i dont support gay or lesbian behaviours because of the simple fact that is not pleasant to my eye. That is, a very personal point of view.
One of my best pals have a gay brother and that is maybe the worst thing that could have happened to that family. This has changed his life and the enviroment of the whole family. My pal has lived with that pain his whole life, and that is a "taboo" topic between us.
My dad, being a great friend of my pal´s dad (since high school) always tell me that he dont understand what hapened there. He (my pal's dad) had 3 sons, and the middle one is the gay one. The other 2 (including my pal) are straight and the father of that family is a straight guy too, and a great person. So, how this happened?.
Someone stated the reason some pages ago, and altho is not definitely the truth, it is the reason i believe. IMO, this kind of behaviours are the result of some genetical errors when born. Something just went the wrong way. I think is what happens with most of the gays and lesbians. The gay guy im talking about was surrounded by straights, and he didnt had any gay influence in his first 14 years... but my dad tells me that he was acting gay since 3 or 4 years old (he is like 26 now). So how this can be the result of an irresponsible behaviour? He never said "hey i wanna be gay from now on", he was gay since born, it wasnt his fault.
So, if things are this way... how can you tell someone to act against his/her own nature?. The Church says that this kind of behaviour goes against god´s will and teachings, but in most of the cases... this kind of people didnt choose that way, they were born that way. So, who is wrong here?.
Im not trying to defend gay/lesbians, but i can just try to understand them a little. Im not saying that church is wrong either, because they(gay/lesb) are acting against our "normal way of life". I dont support that kind of behaviour(because is not my nature) but im no one to say that it is right or wrong. And i think that no one have the power to say it either.
