2000 Years Does Not Wash Away Their Sins

I find it ironical that the Roman Catholic Church would fault any institution for using conversion therapy of any kind. Pot / Kettle comes to mind. Conversion Therapy has been been the bread and butter of the the Church since its inception almost 2000 years ago. Their early methods often included brutality and violence we can only imagine today.

The LBGTQ+ community is only one group of a multitude of groups who have suffered under the harsh use of "Conversion Therapy". There are still many, many heathens out there in need of converting. At least now, the Church seems to have retired their more zealous methods of "Conversion". But when they get on their Holier Than Thou high horse, all I can think of is the death and destruction they either abetted or were directly responsible for over the last two milleniums.

The Catholic Church will have to do more than issue a report to wash away their many sins and disguise their hipocrisy. The Roman Catholic Church is a business. Everything they do is for the Church first and the faithful second. They were my first example of why I hate organized religion. They were the model upon which the big religions of today also built their empires. They have a lot to answer for.

I have been criticized for my harsh opinion of organized religion, especially my disdain for the Catholic Church. The defenders claim stuff like The Church was a mirror of the times they were living through. Okay, but does that forgive the institution for the many blind eyes they turned away from the ugly brutal times they existed in. They are supposed to be the protector of our moral codes.The church is supposed to look over us. They are supposed to be our guides, not our exploiters.

LBGTQA+

The whole Gay thing started with a word chosen by the homosexual world to give them a designation that was positive, not degrading like Fag, Puffboy, blah, blah, blah. The word "Gay" kept it simple and I understood it. 

Since Gayness was of no real interest to me, I moved on with my life, having found a satisfactory moniker for the predilection. What happens? Today, the Gay community has blossomed, or maybe ballooned is a better word to describe how big the Gay tent has become.

The next time I noticed gays had changed their preferred designation, was when Gay splintered into LBG. Okay, that was fine, they wanted to give each deviation of Gay their place on the marquee. Before I could catch my breath, it became LBGTQ. I had to ask my daughter what the T and the Q were for. She explained the differences to me in very simple easy to understand words, though I am sure she wanted to use the big words tha are always on the tip of her big brain.

Once I got my head around what the new mini-group's letter stood for, they went ahead and added a plus sign. ......... WTF? So this morning when I looked up what the + was all about, I noticed there is also a new letter tacked on, giving us ..... LBGTQA+.

They added the plus sign(+) initially to cover all the residual groups who fall outside the social norrms of today. The Plus sign should have covered it. But no. the Asexuals wanted their letter on the marquee also.

I dunno. It seems like more trouble than it is worth and at the same time causes confusion among all the dumasses of the straight world who won't be bothered to try to understand the nuances of the non straight world.

I have a solution. Can we just go back a few years , like maybe 50 years back . I remember the polite way to designate sexual identity was heterosexuals were called "Straight" and gays were called "Not Straight". Ambivalent, Innocuous, and mostly non confrontational perfection.

The marginalized of this country want a home and the LBTGQA+ community is open for business. What makes me sad is that any group feels marginalized. What makes me sad is the waste of time, energy, and resources spent on hating each other. Damn humans can be so fucking stupid.

Later gators ........................................

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How do I come up with a tune that ties in with the Catholic Church and the LBGTQA+ world? Worrying about either is a waste of time and energy. I'll pick the first song I like and be done with it.

Well, I got into the weeds again. I found a group, a trio of women to be exact, who perform Neo Rock Christian. Their sound is more of a Neo Metal Christian sound, but what do I know? Anyway, combine some AI trickery and visuals and what we have is a Christian Metalhead's wet dream. 3 hot women sportin football black under their eyes, cowboy boots and braided hair. They go by the name, Shunned at a Funeral.

There is no doubtng their righteousness. "Lay the Hammer Down" is all about driving the nails into Jesus' body parts and pressing down his crown of thorns. Here's a fragmented taste:

I was the Hammer, I was the Thorn

He Took It Tattered and Torn

But now I Temble, Grace Won't Let Go

He Wore My Death So I Could Know

Nailed Again, I Drove it in

But He Turned Rath Into a Win

The Blood I Spilled Has Made Me Whole

The Cross I Cursed Now Claims My Soul

There's quite a bit to unpack in this song. If I had one word to describe it, that word would be "creepy". First of all, Heavy Metal is not a musical genre I associate with Religion. But then with the Christian Nationalists frothing at the bit to remake America in their image, I could see how this song would work for them.

It's metal, play it loud.