Sedaka wrote:
i think the concept of resist sex outside of marriage is completely diff than denying/accepting who you're sexually attracted to...
Again, you're absolutely right about that. As I said, the latter is NOT WRONG. Do you see me denying natural attraction to sin? Absolutely not; I love sin. Which is precisely why God has to intervene in my life -- because I'll be slowly destroying myself and others if I don't reign in some of my natural impulses, like becoming rich through the shortest physical route. I'm poor, but I could use my brains to obtain millions of dollars illegally from evil corporations who can afford the loss, and get away with it. I'm wickedly crafty.
The only thing holding me back is morality. God's morality. Left to my nature, I'm Satan's child. (And the Bible concurs on that. Since Satan runs and presides over this world, going along with the ways of the world is serving Satan.)
Sedaka wrote:
and i have heard that god made sex pleasurable for a reason... (yes yes within marriage of course.......) so why should a foced-conversion gay-to-straight person have to suffer unpleasurable sex??????
I know you're going to slap me if I ask you to calm down one more time...
But, God doesn't ask anyone to have sex. God is not a god of rape, as anyone familiar with the likes of Ovid would read about the ancient Greek gods -- there was nothing Zeus and friends liked better than to soar down and rape human females. A girl named Europa got it on with a bull (Zeus, transformed), and conceived the European nation, if you believe those stories.
Sedaka wrote:
cause clearly.... bad sex is one of the worst things in the world!
Well, there are worse things, true, but if you examine world history, you'll be AMAZED at what catastrophic downfalls moments of sexual looseness has produced. Sex seems so innocuous -- especially to Aspies like me -- it just seems like a harmless little physical act that two people who love each other could come to no harm from. But remember, when you're horny is when you're
particularly vulnerable to blindness of surroundings and consequences. You tunnel-vision you're way to the orgasm -- all other awareness is set aside, and THAT'S where trouble can strike, including emotional baggage, to name the very least of unfortunate consequences.
But, there is some truth in what you say: Being a Christian is not about being gay, or straight, or celibate -- it's about loving and serving God, who, in turn, tells us to serve others with our love for Him.
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