tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post2733114757501840418..comments2023-12-25T01:24:48.957-05:00Comments on Republic of Gilead: So-Called "Ex-Gay" Speaker at Illinois Faith Leader GatheringAhabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-79978664653554895272013-02-05T01:45:29.087-05:002013-02-05T01:45:29.087-05:00Spot on, Donna! That's a great point. I also...Spot on, Donna! That's a great point. I also agree with you, Ahab, that the audience is unlikely to be applying critical thinking skills to her speech.<br /><br />While I think it is human nature to be less critical of ideas that we agree with, I think Evangelicals often enough live in epistemic bubbles that make doing that all too easy.Paul Sunstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462598852553696040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-8495039965120807402013-02-04T14:06:06.642-05:002013-02-04T14:06:06.642-05:00Donna -- Too true. She's using her own story a...Donna -- Too true. She's using her own story as the standard, oblivious to the many different experiences that LGBTQ people have in their lives. I doubt her audience scrutinized her speech too closely.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-65787828455463961912013-02-04T12:50:46.428-05:002013-02-04T12:50:46.428-05:00Oops! I think I just deleted my comment! Sorry if ...Oops! I think I just deleted my comment! Sorry if you get 2 of these, Ahab. Anyhow, I love how she treats her own experience as a universal one. She didn't experience discrimination, so that means no same-sex couples do; she abused alcohol, so that means all gays do. Pretty lame, but I imagine it's what her audience wanted to hear. (Copying this just to be safe this time!)Donna Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271377907141866718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-63399130263920352752013-02-04T10:18:18.766-05:002013-02-04T10:18:18.766-05:00Michelle -- As for why this would drive someone cr...Michelle -- As for why this would drive someone crazy, there's actually a discussion about this going on at Sunstone's cafe -- Paul was baffled and wrote a post. I could offer the usual theories -- fear of LGBTQs because their existence threatens heterosexism, repressed sexuality, the "ew" factor -- but none of these really explain it. I'm stumped.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-73601774460943475582013-02-03T20:29:09.492-05:002013-02-03T20:29:09.492-05:00Some "ex-gay" groups like Exodus are fin...Some "ex-gay" groups like Exodus are finally at least coming around to the idea that LGBTQ people shouldn't be encouraged to "turn straight." I wonder if Jernigan and the IFI understand that even within their category of fundamentalist believers, they are behind the times.<br /><br />It's so nutty to me that all of this hubbub is about a simple scenario--one person being attracted to, loving, and possibly wanting to build a life with another person. Why would this drive people (much less a deity) so crazy?Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09591981716535134038noreply@blogger.com