'Homosexuality is a sin, just like adultery'

Dear Editor,

I wanted to send you all a message that hopefully you will print in the next edition of your newspaper. This is in response to the front page story written by Chris Robertson on the negative flyer protest.

I couldn't help but be angry at what the protesting students percieved from the flyer. They said that it upset them because it sent out a very negative message towards gays and lesbians.

They were angry because they felt that David Davis would only do more harm to their efforts to become more accepted in society since it would only help to feed the "homophobia" of the society around us.

What did they expect?! Did they completely miss out on the whole concept of what David was trying to say?!

David came to tell us that there is hope for homosexuals because much of our society is mislead in the fact that to be homosexual is nearly an unpardonable sin!

Did they really think that David was coming to support them and their sexuality? Or give them Biblical reasons to justify their sins?

He was coming to show them that there is indeed a way to live pure wholesome, and satisfying life with Jesus Christ as our Savior. As you might have guessed by now, I am a Christian and I believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that he can take away the ugliness inside us and make us new again.

I am not homophobic. One thing that I felt was wrong of David to do in his talk with his audience, was to give opinions. Quoting from the article, he said that in his personal opinion "homosexuality that is active is against the will of God." There are NO PERSONAL OPINIONS!! The only opinion that matters is God's opinion and in truth, that is not even an opinion. It is His law.

The Bible says that homosexuality IS a sin...no ifs, ands, or buts about it. It just is.

Another thing that I found misleading about that statement was that David specified ACTIVE homosexuality went against the will of God.

He is right, however, homosexuality or any sin for that matter, that is inactive and only in the thoughts of human beings are just as much a sin to God as actually doing it. Thinking about murdering your parents is just as wrong to God as actually committing that crime.

God told us to keep our thoughts pure and holy because he knew that all wrong doings, all sins, all crimes start with the thought of them.

Now some might say that I don't know what they are going through or feeling because I, myself, am obviously not a homosexual... and they are right, but they need to stop thinking of homosexuality as something that can't be controlled and start looking at it as a sin.

Homosexuality is a sin just like adultery is a sin and fornication is a sin, and other sexual sins as it is for those who have to struggle with homosexuality.

They are no more special because they have homosexual tendancies and the rest of us seemingly don't understand their struggle.

We all have struggles and through Jesus Christ we can conquer those overpowering conflicts within ourselves and their IS HOPE!!! Not just for homosexuals, but for all of us.

Jeanne Hartman

The protest that Jeanne speaks of was by some Radford students against the David Davis program sponsored by the Eagles Nest organization. David Davis is a former homosexual who renounced his past life and married and had children. Jeanne incorrectly states above that the students protesting were angry that the program would hurt their chances to be accepted. Actually, most of the students protesting were not even gay. They were concerned students who were upset because someone reported (actually, several people did) that before the program, some members of the Eagles Nest prayed about 'the demons' that were present in the room and they were praying to save the souls of the audience members who were being inspired by Satan to be gay. That was the real reason that the students were protesting. Sure, some protestors were gay, and were concerned that the program would hurt their efforts. Most of the curious students, most of whom were heterosexual, actually came out of the program upset at the program, and most did not approve of the Eagles Nest actions prior to the program. Whether the incident before the program occurred or not, I do not know. All I know is it sparked a heated debate on campus about the whole issue that went on for months.

Now as for Jeanne saying that she is not homophobic, and that some may say she doesn't know what they are going through, well she is right. She doesn't know. I would like her to tell that to the little boy who is seven years old and wondering why he is feeling strange feelings, and always has since he was first able to realize it. I would like her to tell that child that he is going to Hell if he does not literally "straighten up". Comparing adultery to homosexuality is like comparing apples to bananas. There is no comparison. Adultery is not seen in half the negative light that homosexuality is. And those who are adulterers don't usually have to deal with this type of thing from an early age like most homosexuals do. The homosexual doubts himself, and may end up hating himself because of the condemning messages the rest of the world is sending him. He may see it in his family, in his friends, in the media, in the church, in every social institution he comes into contact with. An adulterer does not start out this young. And the young homosexual is being torn apart every day with this secret which is so hated by society. Very rarely does an adulterer have to live with this type of unbearable pain. They may feel deeply hurt and in conflict inside, but its NOWHERE near the inner conflict that a gay person feels. It is a mockery to even suggest such a thing. It is absurd.

The fact of the matter is, we as a human race always tend to be so self-centered and self-absorbed that we cannot see through other people's eyes, and therefore we are not able to see much further than our own experiences, and what we have been told by our families. The homosexual community is like this as well, we all are - black, white, religious, atheist, young, old, whatever... the point is that we are too egocentric, and anything that we do not see as right must be wrong. For instance, all religions in the world make truth claims - that they are the only true religion, the only true way to God. If this is the case, then most religions are wrong, because there can only be one true religion if this is your thinking. We also tend to look down upon the Third World nations and see them as somehow too primitive to understand anything (it was this train of thought that led to slavery) and that we as members of the industrialized world would make it our mission to "show them the ways". It is my belief that a lot of the Third World nations are more intelligent than us, because they have not been saturated with the half-truths espoused on them by various feuding factions like science and religion. We need to come together as a human race, without judgement or truth claims, and try to understand that we are all one people, and that by striving to understand one another, and not trying to prove that the other person is going to go to Hell, only then can we progress as a society and as a race. By doing so, we can bury the hate and rage that divide us.

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