The breakdown of the United States begins with the collapse of the Mainline Protestant denominations which once formed our national moral consensus. A partial diagnosis and possible cure.
Very interesting and amusing, too! I enjoyed all of it.
I've always felt that the same energy source makes up both sexual and spiritual energy, as if they come from the same place. You can keep it somewhere even between the two, or you can push it one way to either end.
This would explain why many saints, priests, and other holy people are celibate. They use all of that energy for spiritual enlightenment.
As you stated, God gives us different debits and assets, gifts and challenges. He puts a high value on purity, and wants us to overcome the physical world and physical body by concentrating on the virtues and overcoming the deadly virtues of lust, greed, gluttony, etc...
Someone born gay can certainly marry and have sex, but it would have to be with a woman. If that is too much to overcome, then God has given them a challenge, which will be greatly rewarded if the challenge is met.
Very interesting and amusing, too! I enjoyed all of it.
I've always felt that the same energy source makes up both sexual and spiritual energy, as if they come from the same place. You can keep it somewhere even between the two, or you can push it one way to either end.
This would explain why many saints, priests, and other holy people are celibate. They use all of that energy for spiritual enlightenment.
As you stated, God gives us different debits and assets, gifts and challenges. He puts a high value on purity, and wants us to overcome the physical world and physical body by concentrating on the virtues and overcoming the deadly virtues of lust, greed, gluttony, etc...
Someone born gay can certainly marry and have sex, but it would have to be with a woman. If that is too much to overcome, then God has given them a challenge, which will be greatly rewarded if the challenge is met.
I do appreciate the discussion this brings to light.