Gay 'Cure' Study was Flawed!

An eminent doctor, Robert Spitzer, thought of as the father of modern psychiatry, published a study in 2003 that seemed to indicate that homosexuals could be "cured" and restored through reparative therapy to a "normal" heterosexual status. This study was latched onto by the anti-gay movement which they used to support their contention that being gay was a disease, a sin, and that anyone wishing to change could do so.

 

Recently, Dr. Spitzer has been in the news indicating the study was flawed and regretted putting it out there where it ended up doing so much harm to so many struggling with their sexual identity. My advice to the anti-gay conservative Christian movement, let God decide the eternal destiny of individual souls. I know there are anti-gay verses in the Bible, but if we as believers today had to be held to the dictates of individual verses, no matter what historical era they belonged to we'd still be offering God blood sacrifices and stoning to death anyone committing adultery.

God's Plan for us has been evolving through time, and at this critical juncture in spiritual history it is far more important to God that we find the solid common ground that unites us instead of finding excuses to divide us.

Donna Summer Dies . . .

Donna Summer passed yesterday, much too soon, in her early 60s, after a bout with cancer. She was raised in a strict religious family and  got her start singing in church before becoming the Queen of Disco. During the replay of an earlier interview on public radio's Fresh Air, interviewer extraordinaire, Terry Gross, asked Donna what it was like to be living in Germany in her teens, away from her parents, while she was part of the cast of the musical Hair. Her answer surprised me!



Donna described the relief and sense of freedom she felt to be out from under her parents rigid oversight. She admitted to experimenting with her boundaries, but said ultimately it was important for her to find faith-based guidelines that were right for her . . . not a set of rules that were dictated to her or a set of expectations that were practiced by the group of Christians she was a part of.

I was surprised to hear her admit to something I've believed in my heart for a long time. I wrote Maitreya in recognition of the need that each soul has to establish an authentic faith free from the dogmatic indoctrination of any faith system within which one is raised. Maitreya will help the reader tear down those walls than prevent your faith from taking flight to the brave new spiritual world in which your conscience becomes your Guide instead of your accuser.

Following the news, you've probably heard that President Obama came out in support of same-sex marriage, saying his evolving position on the subject finally came in line with his strong belief that sanctioning gay marriage is, " . . . a logical extension of how America is supposed to be."



Two aspects of what he did are significant. He honestly described his beliefs on the subject as "evolving." I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that God is open to the same process of  "evolving" with respect to God's spiritual goals for us. Want proof, didn't his "chosen people" used to have to offer blood sacrifices to be in good spiritual standing? Can't we interpret God sending Jesus to be the final blood sacrifice as evidence of an evolving position with respect to God's relationship with mankind?

Most of the groups and individuals opposed to gay marriage believe that the issue is clear in the Bible, citing verses going back to the Old Testament. I believe God's "evolving" feelings on particular issues are reflected in our global society's collective consciousness. In the past 100 years our collective conscience has pushed mankind toward greater freedom, rights, and equality as reflected in the right of women to vote, civil rights for African Americans, and now greater equality and recognition for the 15% or so of society who are born with an attraction to members of the same sex.

We are on the verge of the next great dispensation or age during which God will reveal an "evolving" plan for our further spiritual development. What will be written in the next Testament, the Kingdom Age Testament? I'm almost sure homosexuals can count on being welcomed into the global family of believers during the Kingdom Age that's coming.

I'm addressed this issue through the focusing and projecting lens of fiction in my book, Maitreya, and in the sequel I'm now working on, Hereafter.