We all have, for example, varying needs for “clear explanation” of things that are inexplicable. Human beings seem to be uncomfortable with the unknown, and are often willing to substitute the unknowable in its place to provide some sort of articulate explanation.

What disturbs me about Dr. Throckmorton’s description here is what appears to be the application of the gay/lesbian sexual orientation narrative being applied to religion. I believe such an approach is doomed to a variety of failures, in part because it ultimately depends on the existence of logical equivalences that likely do not exist.

It’s rather like various feminist rantings I’ve read (e.g. Butler, Fausto-Sterling, or more recently Bindel) who keep trying to apply a “lesbian-feminist” narrative to the experience of transsexuals. What appears to be a reasonable bit of reasoning at first turns out to be based on assumptions of equivalence (and connections) that are suspect at best, downright wrong in many cases.

I’m also cautious about confusing religiosity (as in the prediliction to believe in a religious tradition), with following a specific religion. Specific religious belief is likely some kind of intellectual construct within the mind, and the sense of need that different people experience for a connection to a religion is going to vary.

I can understand how you would interpret that as a dichotmy. For some people it really is a dichotomy. I guees for me it would be. (That is me interpretting the teachings of the bible for my own life and not applying it to yours or anyone else)

There are some people like you say where they have found a place where their christianity (religious belief etc…) can blend with their homosexuality.

And I think – trying to be more clear – what I was trying to say is that through SIT a person who is predominantly religious over his/her sexuality will either change that perspective on their religion and evaluate the meaning, teachings etc… differently and find a religion/sexuality that works for them or they will blend not evaluate that perspective on their religion it’s meaning, teachings etc differently and they will still find a religion/sexuality that works for them. In the later that sexuality may not be expressing homosexuality to the same degree that others might.

Not a dichotomy to them if they say so. But it could be described as a dichotomy to someone else who evaluates the same things differently.