I'm embarrassed of my Irish ancestry today ...

[tbombz]

Tbombz,

Only you know if you have sincerely owned your mistakes. Appearances would suggest otherwise, but what appears to be one thing can be wrongly assessed.

So then, are you saying you are still bisexual? It isn't clear what you mean here. I know from personal experience that a person can be bisexual and not act on it. This doesn't change who they are.

The article you linked, "The Bully Pulpit: When Gay Teens Commit Suicide, Are Preachers to Blame?" speaks to a completely different subject then what I was referring to. I could not get through all the mumbo jumbo from the fellow in the video long enough to get to where he talks about suicide, if he ever does.

What I am speaking about is the affect of conversion therapy on gay and bisexual people. Here is a link to a good article about conversion therapy, http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/the-lies-and-dangers-of-reparative-therapy   This sentence really struck me as getting to heart of this situation and its ill effect on folks; "Minors are especially vulnerable, and conversion therapy can lead to depression, anxiety, drug use, homelessness, and suicide." This sentence addresses how seriously people take conversion therapy as being harmful to folks; "California, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia have passed laws to prevent licensed providers from offering conversion therapy to minors, and at least 18 states have introduced similar legislation this year (AZ, CO, CT, FL, IL, IA, MA, MN, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TX, VT, VA, WA)."

So many people say "I love you" these days, one wonders if they actually realize what it means.

For me, Love means Jesus Christ.

Jesus says that homosexuality is a very serious sin.

So, for me, I would rather tell people the truth.. even if they don't like it.. rather than let them live a lie and end up going to Hell.

You know, on a side note, there actually some pretty interesting theories about the causes of homosexuality. For example, here is a study which showed that homosexuals are more likely to be narcissists with low self esteem.

 "The homosexual students score higher in both measures of narcissism and lower on the self-esteem measure, compared to their heterosexual counterparts."

 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924933812751064


And here is a paper which describes homosexuality as a form of a "reparative drive"

"Most men cannot live perpetually in the False Self of the "Good Little Boy" and "Nice Guy" roles which are so common to homosexually oriented men. These are repressive, inauthentic and inhibited presentations of self to the world. In an effort at reparation, they then choose the opposite: the rebellious, shocking, "naughty," offensive, "bad boy" and "sexual outlaw" roles. As a form of rebellion against the restrictive, false role of the "Nice Guy," homosexual enactment seems to promise liberation and rebellion. It feels transgressive, outrageous, "free.""

http://www.narth.org/docs/niconew.html

[Kim Jong Bob]

Tbombz,

I wish all these folks you've exampled the best in their struggle to become non-gay. I personally feel sorry for them because they have been encouraged to live a lie about something that just isn't that big of a deal. Being gay or being straight does not define whether a person is good or evil.

You apparently being a born again Christian, who previously made an absolute disaster of their life will without doubt disagree with me and likely you will quote the bible now in defense of your new found position.

I hope you realize that a lot of folks who submit or are forced to submit to conversion therapy become so miserable and confused that they commit suicide, which is also a sin in the eyes of God. I imagine some folks would say better dead then gay.

Let's get this straight, you were never so much gay as an opportunist who was willing to whore yourself to men, rather than actually do something meaningful with your life. You also were an exceptionally dumb whore who apparently enjoyed bareback sex regardless of the consequences. And now you get to live with your stupidity every day. It is no wonder you are looking for salvation before you die.

You may be born again, Tbombz, but you still have not taken responsibility for your mistakes, at least not on Getbig or your Facebook page. You can possibly fool yourself, but others see through this masquerade. Eventually you will  fall. In the meantime you are doing everything possible to alienate the very folks who might have helped you or at least sympathized with you.

excellent post prime.

[Automation]

Tbumz,

You do know that all this posting about NOT being gay, and having become a born again religious loon, just screams out that you are still totally gay, right?

[SuperTed]

Ireland will resemble all the other Western Europeon nations in the next 20 years - Liberal, secular and multicultural.

Whether that's a good or bad thing will depend on your own political views.