My Train Wreck Conversion

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74. LARED referenced an article by a woman who found the life that was right for her. Nowhere

is it stated that such a life is right for everyone. Belief in Jesus is not about molding everyone into a "Jesusbot" where every one is identical in every respect. In fact, "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" - meaning that there is not a single perfect person among us. People come to Jesus just as they are and they are to be accepted as such. That is the ideal. Unfortunately, not all churches hold to such acceptance, but if they were being honest, then in addition to rejecting all gays, they would also have to reject all divorced people, all people who marry a divorced person, anyone who has ever lied, anyone who has a food addiction, all gamblers, all dishonest politicians, all smokers, and on and on and on.

The result, of course, is that there would be a bunch of empty churches without anyone in them because everyone has been rejected. So then, what is the value of religion and of accepting Jesus?

James 1:27 states that, "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

I think that Christianity is about being as honest as one can be about themselves. The article does not say that all people like Rosaria are changed. Perhaps, though she found the lifestyle that was right for her, and that is what I took away from the article. It does not condemn all gay people, and perhaps there are many among the gay community who really are not gay but are merely trying to fit in?

We do know, as fact, that some are born gay, as is very evident from both an observation of other species, and from the study of other cultures in which gays are fully accepted for who they are - not fad, but fact.

I am not trying to tell others why they should accept Jesus, nor why it takes a religion to get people to do what they can do for themselves without religion or belief in Jesus. That is not my point here. I am merely surmising that the woman found her true self, without insisting that her change was right for everyone else. It's all about being as honest with oneself as possible, and not whether one is gay or straight.

In fact, the qualities of being gay or straight, rich or poor, intellectual or simple-minded, black or white, conservative or liberal, Republican, Democrat, Communist or Socialist,etc., are all secondary to accepting Jesus. There is no perfect person. No one is right all the time. But, Rosaria was finally being honest about who she was, and that is what I took away from the story.