It was almost 4 AM, a couple of friends and I were still up, talking about both trivial and substantial things, about topics that encompassed life and whatever else that lay beyond it. Naturally, we got to the talk about choice and morality, God and man.
"You know what I don't understand?" He asked.
"What?" I replied.
"Coincidences. And gays."
"I don't follow..."
"Look, the Church believes that we have choices, well, what if we really don't? What if it was part of God's plan for us that we choose the choices we're presented with? What if... what if Adam and Eve's disobedience were part of His plan?"
"This is a sensitive topic, one which, had it been conducted with other people, I would have trouble speaking up."
"But think about it. What if our choices weren't really choices? He must've presented us with two different opportunities, but He had one plan in mind."
My other friend chirped in, "But what does this have something to do with what you said earlier, about the gays?"
He looked at us apprehensively for a minute or so, until realization finally dawned on me.
"I get it!" I said. "So, with this you mean why are gays looked down upon by the Church when there is a possibility no matter how small or how we're unsure of, that these gays didn't just make choices... this was God's plan for them?"
"Exactly."
"Fascinating."
"Too bad we will never be able to know."
"We will. In His time."
1 comment:
Very sensitive topic, and a very interesting way to look at it. I love those kinds of opinions, because they're very open-minded. And yet, we won't know the answer. It's all up to God. ♥
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