tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116872098567617510.post2518243545405037297..comments2023-10-22T08:40:56.091-04:00Comments on The Opened Path: Being HonestSeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16629678782997797603noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116872098567617510.post-4113769848819412792008-05-11T04:15:00.000-04:002008-05-11T04:15:00.000-04:00"Hmm my institute instructor believes that homosex..."Hmm my institute instructor believes that homosexuality had to be a result in some form of how you were raised."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Who are these people??? What is their education? These "instructors" are dangerous in their "beliefs".roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321061879065438857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116872098567617510.post-80799436643649681432008-05-08T15:34:00.000-04:002008-05-08T15:34:00.000-04:00I would define him as pretty darn amazing.I would define him as pretty darn amazing.MY VIEWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358888281800202218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116872098567617510.post-90389715229521009582008-05-07T23:21:00.000-04:002008-05-07T23:21:00.000-04:00Sean, I am grateful for you and for what you have ...Sean, I am grateful for you and for what you have written. You are absolutely correct. To define yourself as anything less than the wonderful human being and son of God that you are would be tantamount to robbing you of all your raw spiritual beauty. You and I and many other have been given these feelings to live with. To pretend they are not there or to hate one part of oneself will not result in any lasting peace, just as defining oneself by such feelings and focusing on them as the core matrix of the soul is to deny all else that you are. You are wonderful, never let go of that.Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395027479634074345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116872098567617510.post-64977550521991463592008-05-07T23:18:00.000-04:002008-05-07T23:18:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395027479634074345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116872098567617510.post-60124228959048320732008-05-06T16:39:00.000-04:002008-05-06T16:39:00.000-04:00God gave me attractions to men for a reason and if...<I>God gave me attractions to men for a reason and if I hate and struggle with these attractions, I hate and struggle with God. </I><BR/>Hmm my institute instructor believes that homosexuality had to be a result in some form of how you were raised. He will not believe that it is possible people would be born this way. Because that would me God is "giving" people an attraction that insures the denial of... well Celestial glory. God himself would be denying His child one of the cornerstones of "His" own church.<BR/><BR/>About SSA i still say it makes it sound so sterile. Like a sickness: HIV, ADHD. I just think hmmm I hope they are looking into a cure. It isnt a sickness it is queerness. :) I hope everything is going swell for you.Chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11498402779628519776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116872098567617510.post-18328409136398873022008-05-06T11:37:00.000-04:002008-05-06T11:37:00.000-04:00Sean the last paragraph says all you need to say. ...Sean the last paragraph says all you need to say. Kudos. <BR/><BR/>As for the difference between struggles and who we are. You know sometimes they can be one in the same. I mean hay I admit I'm fat!<BR/><BR/>LOL! I know its who I am, well perhaps its a condition or state, but I can control it to an extent and choose to exercise and diet, which I do. But some of it is genetics. But I hope people don't see me and my size as who I am. I know that a lot of people do. In some ways I think its the same.<BR/><BR/>Its not fair. No. But I can let it effect my personally. I can let it control the way I act and what I do. But I don't. At least I hope I don't.<BR/><BR/>So I do my best. I think you are doing your best to. I do think you are a good example of this.MY VIEWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358888281800202218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116872098567617510.post-90783435017909271502008-05-06T11:08:00.000-04:002008-05-06T11:08:00.000-04:00I LOVE IT!!! I LOVE IT!!! I LOVE IT!!! First, I st...I LOVE IT!!! I LOVE IT!!! I LOVE IT!!! First, I struggle with "terms" that define people. My "kids" are not gay, or SSA, or homosexual...they are beautiful humans who want to find humans to couple with and share their lives with. They just happen to be physically, emotionally and psychologically attracted to the same sex. Second, You can't even know what admiration I have for you. I get it, I KNOW what it is to be Mormon and also be "other". And what a struggle it is to reveal who you are to that crowd we are surrounded by in Utah...family, friends, other Mormons. <BR/><BR/>Sean, you are awesome. It's people like you that inspire me, that make me feel I need to hurry and finish school so that I can be a therapist for gay (LGBTQ) mormon youth. Lots of Mormon therapists, lots of therapists for gay youth, not a lot out there who are willing to encourage kids to be open and honest about orientation while trying to stay nuetral (me being nuetral on the religion while they decide for themselves) on the religious thing. I want to be that. <BR/><BR/>Kudos! Oh, and I love that you are a swimmer...me too! 100 Breast, 200 IM, 4X100 Relay, and occasionally 100 Butterfly (I hated that one though)Molly Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01098923536891977564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116872098567617510.post-3133671713314260802008-05-05T16:12:00.000-04:002008-05-05T16:12:00.000-04:00If the definitions don't consume you, people will ...If the definitions don't consume you, people will try to force you into the box, too, and they can't think of you without the connotation of the definition you've set around yourself. That sux, too.Kengo Biddleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12083962910965544925noreply@blogger.com