Is Your Chuch Loving Enough?
Did you know that approximately 5,627,000 Americans are intersex? This would be a biological feature that an individual is born with. That cannot be helped. Sometimes it is not discovered until late in life. Maybe never. But it might account for someone you know being attracted to the same sex. A female might naturally produce testosterone unknowingly. A boy might produce more estrogen, causing him to have more feminine features.
But since the science conflicts with religious law, and an uncomfortable conversation when "chosen" to not take the time to understand, we find a way to shame them for being naturally wired? They are already embarrassed. They are already confused and scared of assumptions and judgments. Christians really need to be on the forefront of that lifelong battle they will face? You're keeping them from peace and joy when you openly judge this community (in His name... who commanded us to love our brother, sister, neighbors, and even enemies. Oh and we will defund the research, too. Taking away the funding that would help us understand the effects and psychology of it. I find it interesting that this is a natural biological part of creation, and Christians have found a way to justify it, again making people feel small for things out of their control. And if we are judging another individual, as Christians, for something within their biological makeup as an individual that was beautifully and wonderfully made…
My father was tricked into not believing me. My godfather didn’t protect me. The minister didn’t save or believe me (but allowed others to be hurt as I was). The youth pastor didn’t protect me. Eventually, my husband wouldn’t protect me. Each and every “man” in my life didn’t do the one thing they could have done for their daughter, member of a church family, or wife… protect. So… please tell me why I would feel safe with any man? Or safe in any church building? This is what makes me ungodly? This my fault? I've already heard that one. Men shamed me to the point of not being able to function. Men shamed me through and by the word of God. At 9, it was my fault. At 15, the church made me out to be a liar to my family when all I was trying to do was protect other children. At 22, I was told, “It’s a job, isn’t it?” So, if you can’t understand why some people can’t find love in the sex that helped destroy their life (that only God could and DOES put back together - since He knew I couldn’t trust ‘man’) you’re probably someone who uses fear and shame as a control tactic.
Just remember, 5,6200,000 out of 365,000,000… can’t help it, and the others shouldn’t “have to” either. Because really, you would never know who that person was, & really it's none of your business. It's between them and God. God gave us freedom of choice - man shouldn't take that freedom away. There are many other scenarios that Christians don’t want to address because they threaten “man’s” control, not God's.
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