WARNING: This blog contains copious amounts of adult GAY material. If that's offensive to you, please leave now. All pix have been gleaned from the internets so, if you see a picture of yourself that you don't wish to have posted here, please leave a comment on the post and I will remove it with my apologies.I REPEAT: If you see a picture of yourself that you don't wish to have posted here, please leave a comment on the post and I will remove it with my apologies.
For more years than I care to count I dealt with the pain of realization that as a young gay person I was a flawed and sinful individual that should be put to death. No one overtly told me that but being raised in the Lutheran faith(although the Missouri Synod was more liberal than the other off-shoots of the Lutheran church) the bible told me I was unclean and the bible was the word of god.
ReplyDeleteFast forward to 2017, when at the age of 70 I came out to my family and friends, and at the same time I divested myself of all those years of guilt and shame by deciding that religion in general and christianity in particular has caused more damage than good to the world. No longer faced with the overwhelming decision to be a believer and spend eternity in ultra-white heavenly bliss or to be a sinner and consign myself to the endless agony of the fiery furnace that is hell, my life took on a new meaning and purpose.
Once that choice is made, a person realizes that life here on earth is a one-time shot, you do what you think best for your own well-being, leave others to do their thing, continue on until the end, and then you die. The only things that remain are what people perceived of you, what they learned from you, what you may have added to their lives.
And that's okay.
Offering this very personal view of life, I know that some of you may have different thoughts on the subject. That's okay, too. Dialogue without dissension is healthy, a form of therapy. Since I started viewing these blogs, it occurred to me that these forms of entertainment and information could be a source of visual stimulation AND a forum to discuss important issues that involve all of us daily. I have found that to be true on many blogs. I encourage everyone to open up and share your thoughts with all of us. I don't think Rick will mind.
Out of the pulpit, the sermon for today is ended.
P.S. Support our drag queens and transgendered brothers and sisters, they've really been up against the hate and viciousness from the ult-right bigots lately. More miles to go, more good fights to fight, more work to be done to maintain our rights and dignity.
Milleson - Thank you for sharing this personal, heart-felt story. It's quite fine with me if anyone wants to share theirs, too.
ReplyDelete@Milleson thank you for sharing your story so eloquently. I'm personally glad to have read it and felt a lot of deja vu as I did. Great Post!
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