here's a thought
Submitted by Nathan on January 13 2001 03:42:01
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It occurred to me tonight that maybe (I don't necessarily believe this but maybe) we're all being prepared for something here. I have a pet theory that the majority of human suffering is tied up with our culture's absolute paranoia about boylove: fear of molestation = fear of loving adult touch fear of homosexuality = fear of loving male+male touch fear of adult/male touch = isolation and abandonment of little boys abandoned little boys = angry & bitter grown men angry men = abusive men abusive men = fear of abusive men fear of abusive men = fear of molestation So the result is this nightmarish whirlwind of torment between a burning need for love on the one hand and a burning hatred on the other. And it just feeds on itself. But are we really ready for legalization? What if all the sudden it were OK for us to have sex with kids? Are we ready for that kind of responsibility? Sure, maybe we won't all go out and rape them (thank God) but I don't trust myself not to seduce, just a little. And I'm pretty good at controlling myself. Seduction of a nonvirgin is one thing- even if he's still quite young. Or seduction of an adult virgin. They can handle it; at any rate they've already been exposed to lust. But a preadolescent boy should never be exposed to even the thought of lust- that's how it transmits itself. They are too delicate to comprehend how they're being hurt until it's too late. Maybe God is training us in patience and training the world in acceptance so that a day will come when I can lie naked with a boy-- even sexually, if that's what he wants-- and see it the way he sees it, instead of the way an adult sees it. (Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.) And maybe when that time comes there will finally come the generation that Jeremiah prophesied about: ...I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God and they shall be my people. No longer shall they teach one another, saying, "Know the Lord, for they shall all know me, from the least to the greatest, says the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more. (Jeremiah 31:33-34). I know it's a little arrogant but it helps me to live when I think that I have the chance to be one of the 21st century's first generation of saints. (Even if it means being martyred.) I'm not looking to be crucified but if I am oppressed it only brings me closer to God. Perhaps we were brought together so that we can give each other the strength we need to get rid of this problem once and for all. That means being absolutely self-assured in our righteousness before God and before the world. And THAT means being both holy and outspoken. Just a thought. Good night. |
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