Repression, Party of One

Originally posted on 07/20/06

Wow, just wow. And I thought I was messed up. Check this out:

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/6/202006a.asp

Ok, quick quiz: how many of you, regardless of where you fall on the Kinsey Scale, chose to be attracted to whatever you are attracted to? I know I didn't. There was never a moment in my life when I sat down and said: "Hmmm, should I like males or females?" I never needed to make that choice and there is no amount of "therapy" that would change the orientation that is hardwired into my system. I could repress, my orientation, just like anyone can repress any drive or emotion. By this guy's "logic" one could "cure" heterosexuality in the same way. He even admits it himself: "It is not a choice to have homosexual desires, the IHF director contends, but it is a choice to act upon those desires." So according to him it is indeed a natural state and yet it is somehow wrong. Why? Because some book or group of people tells him it is?

And the Lord said: I shall give unto a certain group of people a strong basic drive that I have deemed to be naughty! And then, should they act on this drive that in no way causes harm to any soul, I will send them to hell to burn for all eternity, just to fuck with 'em!

Does that sound about right to you? I don't know what you think, but this God fellow sounds like an ass! Unfortunately, this is not the wackiest thing I have heard of being done in the name of religion.

This world is so hard and so fucked up that if you find someone who loves and respects you and is willing to help you through it all, it doesn't really matter what kind of plumbing they have. As long as you are both happy it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. That's my 2 cents anyway.

If anyone wants to see the video of this guy in action, you can find it here:

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/PZ-cohen.mov

Rant over....for now