The slope gets slipperier...
Ok, I get that we're nowhere near where the Romans and Greeks were on the debauchery meter. I also feel that we should learn something from our past. But where I've seen gay & lesbian rights travel in my lifetime is amazing.
First a disclaimer. I am never mean to anyone...and I'm serious, no one. My goal is to, through my behavior, treat everyone with the love of Christ, so that I might be salt and light to a lost world. And at times, this causes me internal angst or conflict...'cause inside I'm thinking hmmm...and on the outside I'm trying to show love.
So my Harvard Business Review came yesterday. It's a wonderful monthly magazing, that I happily pay $400/year for the subscription, to stay current with the latest business trends. Two of my favorite sections (which are both regular monthlies) are A Different Voice and HBR Case Study.
A Different Voice will interview someone who is not necessarily in business that can teach business principles. For example, my favorites of memory was Bill Parcell being interviewed about conducting turnarounds, and the Harvard University Chaplain discussing corporate responsibility and ethics.
The HBR Case Study takes an issue that businesses are dealing with and lays out in narrative the challenge, then usually asks four experts to weigh in with their opinion on how to handle the issue.
All of this narative sets up my point for today. The Case Study for December is about how businesses are dealing with Transgender employees. Fundamentally I'm perplexed from several fronts...
- The issue only called on three experts this time, and one of them a transexual that works for Boeing as an engineer.
- The three experts made references to generic "state laws" that protect gender/transgender discrimination issues...we were never made aware of which states and how many even have such laws on the books.
- The transgender "expert" mentioned that statistically, a company that employs 30,000 employees can expect 1 - 2 transgender shifts to take place each year...AND at Boeing its much greater than that because they've been so open to gender diversity.
- Virtually every case starts with a psychologist working with someone who hates being male or female and wants the other...I'd love to hear how "happy" (relatively) they are 5 year or 10 years later, before we call on society to change to meet the needs of 0.003 %.
Now, a brief moment for me to vent. Understand, this is a thought, it would rarely make it to my lips, and if it did, only with my closest of friends, who would know the thought was there anyway...
At what point did we quit calling these people "crazy"? The cynic in me truly believes that the psychologist, the hormone drug makers and peddlers, the plastic surgeons, and the remaining business, etc. to cater to roughly 9,000 Americans - all of whom are convinced by an even smaller select few that by completing these steps, they will no longer be sad, and they should not by any means feel "crazy" about wanting to be a different gender.
So now that that's out...what are your thoughts?
posted by Hollywood at 4:35 AM
3 Comments:
1 Corinthians 6:9 (New American Standard Bible)
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals…
Homosexuality and other such stuff:
Well, the Bible is clear that the effeminate and homosexual (among other types of sinners) will not inherit the kingdom of God. It doesn’t matter if the whole world passes laws that homosexual marriage is acceptable. God is clear and He didn’t stutter. Homosexuality is sinful – a violation of divine moral conduct which is punishable by eternal separation from God where the sinner(s) will be cast into outer darkness and they will continually experience weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth where the fire is not quenched and the worm won’t die.
Outer darkness, loneliness and habitual pain – eternal flames and torment – you don’t want to go there.
5:55 PM
OK, I’m taking a little liberty (thanks Hollywood) to address this from a different angle. Some folks think that God will allow homosexuals (or anyone) into heaven. These folks often state that those who believe that Jesus is the only way to get into heaven are too narrow minded. These same people often believe that all roads lead to heaven, but they are hypocrites.
How many keys do these folks have to get into their homes…probably one. How many keys do they have to get into their cars…probably one. Sounds just as narrow minded to me. God has a whole Kingdom to protect and He will not allow just anyone in by any method of entry.
God’s prescribed method of entry into heaven is by the blood of Christ…we must trust that Jesus died for our sins and rose again.
God requires that we live like we trust in Christ. Homosexuals are not allowed in heaven, unless they repent.
6:29 PM
it's called the modern day gay movement and it is has been a long time coming. I know this may be taken as "mean" or "intolerant" but the issues of which you speak are just a few of the results of a liberal legislation, liberal judges who do not interpret, but create law as they go along. Unaccountable judiciary--this is only the beginning of more insanity.
7:50 AM
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