What to say to religious relatives who think homosexuality is a 'choice.'

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74. The only "choice" involved here is that Christianists CHOOSE to remain ignorant.

Seriously, why would an allegedly "loving" Sky Daddy deliberately give “faults” or disabilities to what Christianists term “innocent life”? Supposedly, in a genuinely fucked-up theology, god then gets to test them to see if they can make it without dying young or committing suicide. That’s an incredibly sadistic and heartless belief, the kind that leads to self-destructive behaviors, aggression and internal conflict.

Claiming that one’s own offspring is going to hell (if not “sharing in the Kingdom of Heaven,” then where else?) is a monstrous thing to do.

Real or concocted, Jesus was a radical revolutionary force, breaking up corruption and defying the Roman-occupation rules and constraints. Did he hang out with the pious and holy? Hell no, he hung out with prostitutes, thieves, tax collectors, the poor, the sick and dying— misfits all. Those were his kind of people, the marginals and castoffs.

The “real” Jesus is portrayed as an all-for-one, one-for-all” fellow. Some selected scripture that Republicans and Trumpists CHOOSE to disregard:

“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you”

And from the beatitudes, which the evangelicals **rarely** cite (too much love, not enough Old Testament vengeance):
-Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth.
-Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
-Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God.