The Right Words?

I often use the WordPress “tag surfer” feature.

It allows you enter in tags that you are most interested in, and then it presents blog posts with those tags.

Obviously, being pro-gay rights, I have “homosexuality” as a tag.

This often induces a sate of anger based on the bigotry and/or ignorance of other bloggers.

Today I noticed a post labeled “Top 15 Gay Christian Lies of 2008.”

I was intrigued, and of course, investigated. (By investigated, I mean I clicked onto the blog and did some perusing of the mission statement, etc.)

The blog is dedicated to keeping a “watch” on gay Christians, citing them as “false prophets” and “addicts” (to a homosexual lifestyle.)

I scrolled through the list of the supposed gay lies and LOL’d at a few, such as

15. Without gays in the church writing and singing the music, the church wouldnt have anyone to depend on.

However, the rest of their list is primarily about what the Bible says.
I’d cite the source but I don’t want to cause any commotion on their page, in case they don’t moderate the comments. But you can search it yourself if you’d like.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: you can’t rely on a book that has been proved to be flawed, to live your life.
You can’t take everything it says literally!

Here I am, a Catholic, have been ever since I was born, went through nine years of parochial school, and yes, I am pretty sure I know at least a basic amount of theology… and I am saying this.

Why? Because I think that it is ridiculous to live your life based exclusively on what is written in a very, very old book.

We already know that God himself did not write the book, nor did Jesus. Their followers did. And while religion will tell you that they were possessed with the Holy Spirit during their writings, the fact is, human beings are flawed. I refuse to live my life based on what a follower of God wrote down one day in his free time or when he had a pen and paper handy.

I do believe in God, at least to an extent, and I should be able to call myself a believer without having to adhere to a book that was written by a multitude of His followers and says some very, very mean things (about women, blacks, homosexuals, etc.)!

Dang! Can’t I just believe in God?
Why should I listen to anyone else?
I’ll do what I think is right and I don’t think I need to look to some book for support or clearance concerning my actions!

Anywho. I wish more people would just take the Bible with a grain of salt, is all.

There are some highlights, such as “And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.” (Luke 3:16) and “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them…” (Matthew 7:12) and sure, the authors only wrote “men,” but out of human decency I think we can all use COMMON SENSE and interpret that to mean all of humankind. See what I mean about not taking the Bible literally?

I think that people look to the Bible because they want to be a believer but don’t know how to communicate with God themselves. This seems like a logical reason, because it seems to be common knowledge that the Bible is “God’s word.” However, as I already mentioned, it isn’t God’s word, it’s the words of His followers.

If you want to have a relationship with God, all I’m suggesting is talking to Him directly. K?

WHEW. /rant?