Is hating haters hateful I found this article today while watching "Wing Commander" (I love sci-fi) and found it describes my interactions with some of my friends on this site. I thought it described our "relationship" to a tee. Except the religious leaning parts of course. So I won't c@p those. Homosexuals are especially fond of calling people haters. They even invented the word homophobia, which means hate and fear of homosexuals, envisaged as a mental illness. (A phobia is an anxiety disorder.)
I’ve pointed out the difference between hating people and hating their behavior (loving the sinner but hating the sin). They hated that.
Then I tried “walking my talk” by taking an ex-gay man who was dying of AIDS into my family. My wife and I and our children loved and cared for him during the last year of his life. They hated that even more.
Then I began asking for guidance from homosexuals themselves. “Tell me, where is the line between homophobia and acceptable opposition to homosexuality?” I asked. “What if I just agree with the Bible that homosexuality is a sin no worse than any other sex outside marriage?”
“No, that’s homophobic,” they said.
“Suppose I talk only about the proven medical hazards of gay sex and try to discourage people from hurting themselves?”
“No, you can’t do that,” they said.
“How about if I say that homosexuals have the option to change if they choose?”
“Ridiculous,” they answered.
“Maybe I could just be completely positive, say nothing about homosexuality, and focus only on promoting the natural family and traditional marriage?”
“That’s really hateful,” they replied.
After awhile, I realized that the only way I could get them to stop calling me a homophobe was to start agreeing with them about everything.
That's about all I think I can really agree with. I don't necessarily agree with the religious part, and the AIDS part can be debated, and I don't believe in "curing" people of homosexuality. But I guess even among "homophobic haters" there are degrees. LOL. |