I am out of here for good.

Concerned,

I respect you so much and understand what you mean. Please do not be gone too long as everything you have said has meant a lot to me. God bless you and your children.

I believe it is a normal and healthy variant of human sexuality and sexual orientation.

I do not think it is sin. It’s not a condition. It’s not an addition. It’s not a disease. There is absolutely NOTHING WRONG with being gay. That is my bias. I am proud of it on every level.

Ok, then just be content with your convictions and allow others to do the same. I am always glad when one is not conflicted as I have seen how it can affect someone their whole life. Something tells me contentment comes with peace in one’s heart and I am not sure if this is what I am getting from your words here.

I think that what you believe about it is a bunch of homophobic, dangerous, bigotted, destructive crap. Clear enough?

For whatever it is worth, it saddens me to know you resorted to these words. I know others do and their reputation for doing so precedes anything they might say but I thought you were different.

Normal, healthy, on the right track.

You cannot explain the reality of the experience away with word games

Who’s experience? Honestly, what good would it do anyone if we all experienced sexual feelings the same way? It seems as though you want an admission that is black or white from others regarding their sexuality – that is just not going to happen. Sometimes people do not make it a priority in their life and are busy going about living instead of comparing themselves to others. Some would call this trusting God and allowing Him to prepare us for a life that would honor Him and those we love or have yet to love. None of us are obligated to compromise our personal resolve in how we think or live just to satisify another’s perspective or opinion.

You asked me once to just come out and tell you that I “thought you were full of crap”. OK. You got it.

Everyone but you seems to get this. Orientation is about ATTRACTIONS. ORIENTATION IS ATTRACTION. It’s which way the needle points. It’s about the direction of the attractions — gay or straight — and to a certain extent, the other things the APA mentioned as being “based on those attractions”.

You cannot explain the reality of the experience away with word games. I think you are still gay, Eddy. And the other thing you mentioned.

I’m appealing to the thoughtful, well-rounded definition; what are you appealing to?

You want to minimize the centrality of attraction — making it more about identity, behavior and community affiliation. That fits you and your “gay sex is sin” agenda. That way, you can still be homosexual (exclusively) in attraction and still masturbate to gay fantasies (exclusively) and claim to have had a change in sexual orientation. No one’s gonna buy it. Except maybe Exodus.