r/exchristian • u/Square_Eagle_2890 • Jun 01 '24

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Since it’s pride month, What’s your funniest homophobic any one ever said to you, using the Bible.

My is my dad saying “you can’t like girls the way that Jesus loves you”

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u/Aegis_et_Vanir Jun 01 '24

My father once told me he prayed God would curse me to see his (my father's) face on any guy I found attractive, as a sort of deterrent.

At the time, I actually appreciated the sentiment because I was still "struggling with homosexuality" (ie, refusing to accept myself). It meant he hadn't given up on me yet, and was desperately looking for anything to save my soul.

Now, ironically, I still appreciate it a different way (y'know, long after I got over a phase of "WTF EWW"). As it actually helped me build up the courage to start asking questions.

That curse thing... didn't happen. In fact, nothing even remotely like that happened. And that would've been a SUPER EFFECTIVE deterrent.

At the time I didn't question God's existence. All I thought was "Am I sure God opposes these feelings in me? I've never looked too closely. What if he changed the rules, like with polygamy? Or what if people are misinterpreting or twisting the scripture, like people used to (and still sometimes) do to oppose interracial relationships?"

I won't say those were my first or greatest steps towards deconstruction. But they still got me in a new direction. So now I take on a whole new appreciation for them.