Yeah, I gave in, and I'm back on Myspace. Feel free to friend me. I won't be one of those people who gives a personal philosophy or "advice to you" in my About Me section. Geez.
Anyhow, I'm in crappy mood today, so I thought I'd go on THIS MORALITY QUEST.
Starting tonight's show is
Exodus International, which is now really called
Exodus Global Alliance but they don't seem to have updated their other site since the 90s.
Exodus Global Alliance is an international (duh) organisation who are; well, according to their website;
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...a nonprofit, interdenominational Christian organization promoting the message of Freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus Christ."
Now, that's okay. A few years ago, I found out about them and IMMEDIATELY sent a VERY ANGRY email to them. But now I think about it, they're giving people who can't deal with their identity a way to find comfort. I'm sorta on the fence about all this, as it is quite a heady topic.
Here, taken from their "Thinking of Leaving Homosexuality?" page (btw, that's just LOL. It's not quite as they describe it, but still)
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Are you struggling with unwanted same-sex attractions? Maybe you have lived as a homosexual for a long time, but now are looking for a way out."
See, I don't think you can change your sexuality, but I do think that they're helping people who can't cope to deal. It's not the right way, ultimately, all you can do is try to come to terms with it, but still.
Now this is where I take issue:
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The bottom line - you don't have to be gay! You can lead a life of fulfillment and holiness as God intended, a life far better than what you have experienced so far."
Firstly, I'm just gonna point out that on the actual site, on the word "gay" there's a little pop-up dictionary-style thing that defines gay as "homosexual", for those of you who didn't understand.
Now, I don't like either side of the second sentence. I don't think God (if there is a god of any kind) would intend for heterosexuality anymore than homosexuality, and I don't think heterosexuals necessarily have far better lives than homosexuals. After all, the Church basically says that we should all get married and that leads to a nagging wife, something I'm sure I'll have to go through upon marriage. (I kid.)
And though I'm not sure these people should be allowed to have any contact with youth at all, for fear of teaching them anti-homosexual ideals, I must admit their
youth site has some other good things on it. Actually, I take back that slag from just now, because they don't specifically say its wrong, they just imply there are better ways to life. I suppose that's okay, each to his own.
And then I read the testimonials. Everytime there's something to bring these people back to "they're okay", there's something else to go "psychos". I think I might just leave them, now.
Actually, just first, from the aforementioned youth page,
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It’s true that homophobia is alive and well today; groups like the Westborough Baptist church aren’t making the load easier for anybody. They totally just slammed another organisation like themselves.
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That Westboro Baptist Church, though, I had to look them up. Their site is
www.godhatesfags.com, which should be an indication of how accepting they are right from the start. Exodus doesn't even compare.
This church claims to be a Primitive Baptist church, though the Primitive Baptist Church denies this, renouncing the WBC and it's founder Fred Phelps. He's a piece of work, apparently famous for his statements like "Thank God for Dead Soldiers", "God Hates Fags", "Priests Rape Boys" and "America is Doomed". (As a sidebar, America IS doomed, but so is everywhere else.) (As another sidebar,
www.priestsrapeboys.com and
www.americaisdoomed.com both exist, as well as a few others).
I don't really want to get started on this lot, but they are just irreverant. On top of this homophobic rubbish, they also have a site that accuses the Catholic Church of many horrors, another that accuses Obama of being the Anti-Christ, and another that points out that the Jews killed Jesus (which we all know, that's why he's holy), and claims they are despised by the world. I can't even begin to point out how horrible they are. On their wikipedia article, though, there's a picture where a bunch of gay and lesbian college students turned up at their protests and started kissing in front of them. LOL.
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That's all for now. But I just felt angry when I saw the Westboro Baptist Church. Exodus seems misguided at worst.
