This morning I woke up, sat straight up in bed and began hovering in mid-air; my head spun completely around several times just before I projectile vomited pea soup onto the floor in front of me.  The pea soup vomit burned a hole in the floor which opened a gateway to hell – out popped Satan and demanded that henceforth I be his lover.  Other than the burn marks around my lips, the “being Satan’s lover” thing isn’t so terribly bad.  It comes with many perks.  With a little Aloe Vera cream, it’s actually very tolerable.

The inspiration for this issue of Stupid Things People Say About Gays:

God did not make gay people, that is a deception of Satan. Being gay is an oppression of the mind, will and emotions caused by a very strong demonic spirit. When the victim gives in to it’s compelling powers the battle’s almost won. He wins when the victim dies in this sin. Your argument is moot.

Homosexuality is no more a deception of the mind than Christianity.  The euphoria produced by prayer and “the feeling of God” is actually an increase in endorphins, just like the euphoria from sex – be it gay or straight sex.  The difference between the two is tangible, literally.

It is regrettable, that in human history, we have been told that Santa is a fiction, the Tooth Fairy doesn’t exist, and that there is no such thing as leprechauns or unicorns – yet somewhere in history someone forgot to say, “Oh, and Satan, he’s fake too.  Just like God.”  Take a look at ancient religions as an example, we are now taught Greek Mythology wherein, during the Greek times, they were taught it as religion and absolute truth.

In Richard Dawkins book, “The God Delusion”, Mr. Dawkins tells the story of being the speaker at a convention and when asked by a participant what his feelings toward the [then] recent molestations by Catholic Priests of children, he quipped, “I don’t think it is any worse than raising your children Catholic.”

His story goes on to advise that he later received a letter from a woman who stated: she was raised Catholic; that when she was six years old, two major events happened in her life (1) her best friend, a protestant, passed away, and (2) her priest molested her.  The woman goes on to explain that the church and her relatives claimed that because the best friend was not a Catholic, she would “burn in hell” for all eternity.  She further explains that because of the image of someone she loved deeply burning in hell, she had nightmares and required therapy in her adult life; however, the molestation by the priest required no adult therapy.  She proclaimed that being raised Catholic was worse than having been molested, a shocking revelation considering Mr. Dawkins was making a “joke.”

I don’t relay Mr. Dawkins story as a claim that raising your children with religious belief and principal is “bad” – After all, I was raised with “God” in my life and, although beaten, I remain undestroyed by it.  The story is relayed to caution religious zealots against doing harm by way of their purported beliefs, because, as the Proverb goes, “The road to hell is paved in good intentions.”

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