On Tolerance and Freedom From Guilt

I have about had my fill of people claiming that we must tolerate their behavior, lifestyle, or whatever and we have no right to tell them that it is wrong. It’s about time we get some things straight.

Saying It Doesn’t Make it True
Homosexuals are accusing Christians of being intolerant. That is absolutely not true. Just because you call something one thing does not make it true or mean you are right. For example, the “Fairness Doctrine” being touted in our legislature is not about fairness, but censorship. Or calling the President or some politician a liar, murderer or crook does not make it true until the evidence has gone to a court of law to prove the charges. Calling a car “junk” doesn’t prove that it is actually a piece of “junk.”

Tolerance or Censorship
Likewise, “tolerance” is not about tolerating, but about censorship, restricting the beliefs of one so another can push their views on people who object to their behavior. That is not “tolerance” in any way, shape or form. The homosexuals cannot prove, and are hard pressed to even provide any viable evidence that Christians, as a whole, are intolerant of them. They may find some individuals, but this kind of behavior is not the way of the Church.

The homosexual community has had tolerance for the life of the United States. Citizens of the United States, especially Christians have been very tolerant of others. Even though we were established as and have always been a Christians tolerate other religious groups to live and worship freely in our nation. Christians have tolerated various immoral individuals to exist without being in fear of their lives. In contrast, I will offer countries where Islam is the religion. They don’t tolerate homosexuals, they kill them. They don’t tolerate Christians or Jews either. They kill them. Only in the United States do we exhibit tolerance for people whose beliefs are different than those of main stream Christianity.

Tolerance is a Two-Way Street
Here’s another thing of relevance to this discussion. It appears that the homosexuals and anyone else demanding “tolerance” have forgotten that tolerance goes both ways. I haven’t seen anything of the homosexuals “tolerating” Christians. Instead, they are working hard to silence our freedom of speech and freedom of worship. They are trying to tell us what we can and cannot believe and advocate. They don’t want tolerance. They are demanding censorship and domination over anyone who objects to their immoral behavior.

Freedom from Guilt and Shame
What the homosexual community is seeking in the name of “tolerance” is freedom from the guilt and shame that they have because of their behavior. They think that if they can get the government to legalize their behavior and suppress any discussion or belief contrary to theirs that they will not have any more guilt or shame.
However, just like passing laws to legalize abortion did not free the women who have had abortions from the guilt and shame of murdering their unborn babies, getting the government to “legalize” same-sex “marriage” or censor Christians from speaking out against the sexual immorality of homosexuality will not bring any relief from the sin and shame of engaging in homosexual behavior.

Scientific Evidence and Choices
The claim that one was born a homosexual defies all science and logic. Even if they could “discover” a gene that predisposes homosexual tendencies, it would die with them because homosexuals can’t reproduce. That takes a man and a woman, i.e. heterosexuality.
Any sexual behavior is a choice as much as I choose when and how often to have sexual relations with my wife. By the same power to choose, I could choose another woman, man, child, animal, etc. That doesn’t make it right. Homosexuals are not born such, but are fooled into it by pedophiles, single parent homes where there is lack of a male role model or other deviant influences. It is not natural. There are too many who have left the homosexual lifestyle for it to be something that you were born with and can’t change.

Freedom from the Guilt and Shame
The only freedom from the guilt and shame of any kind of sexual immorality is to ask Jesus Christ to forgive you of your sins and help you to become the kind of person God created you to be. God did not create anyone to be immoral. That is absolute contradiction to His power and nature. He allows you the freedom to choose your behavior in hopes that you will choose to believe in Jesus.