Losing My Religion Over... My Religion

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jarrett-hill/losing-my-religion-over-my-religion_b_2412996.html

Jarrett HillWriter, graphic artist, part-time standup comic, and producing PA at 'The New Ricki Lake Show'

Posted: 01/08/2013 11:09 am

I just read an article here on The Huffington Post that simultaneously brought a smile to my face and a conflict in my heart. The article talked about a new chapter in the history of the Mormon church, which has stated a new view that homosexuality is neither a choice nor a sin (while acting on said affliction still is). On one hand, the smile was to say, "One more wall that stands before equality has been breached"; the conflict was the feeling of "wait, what changed?"

My consternation was not wrapped in the idea that someone else was accepting me, it was more about the idea that God seemingly had a change of heart. Was that really the case!? No. Couldn't be.

Well, to be fair, as we learn listening to the soundtrack to The Book of Mormon's hit song "I Believe," back in 1978 God had a change of heart about black people -- BLACK PEOPLE! -- so, sure, why not the gays that were once going straight to Hell?

Herein lies the problem that I face with church and religion.

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1. When you understand that god is finicky and flighty...

...it's easier to deal with.

--imm

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2. Or that "he" is totally dependent on the (mis)interpretation of humans.

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3. There is someone who has it right?

--imm

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4. No one that I have ever run into, as far as I know.

But I readily acknowledge that I know almost nothing of what is or can be known.

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5. Dammit!

Same here.

--imm