In a message dated 1/12/01 7:28:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< As for beliefs being a choice. They are. It isn't an opinion it is a fact.
>>
1. i'm not antagonized. i love you and you know that.
2. i want to see the facts that determine that my faith expression is belief
and my sexuality is not. i'd like to see that explained.
my whole premise on this issue is that you or anyone else can not know the
secrets of my heart. and i'm so surprised about this. you tell me that your
sexuality is the way you are and how you are born. and i believe you.
totally. don't question it. admire you for your self understanding and your
honesty.
but i tell you that my faith is the way i am and how i was born, and you tell
me it's not. it's belief. it's ....whatever.
and i see a huge inconsistancy in that. you don't know my world. you don't
know what goes on when i see the moon in the early hours or when i feel the
salt breeze come across the marsh when the sky is black and the trees lurk in
the shadows of life. or when i see the broken heart of a human. or someone
frightend or lost. or the smile of child.
these things lead me to worship. to call to the creator and say life is
good. and that is my faith. when my heart speaks back to the one who knows
me. and that happens all by itself. it just does it. i can't stop it. and
it's always been that way. and it always will. it is who i am. it's how i
was born.
why must you tell me it's anything less. especially when i don't do the same
to you.
patrick
np. fishpump
