Fight Bible with Bible

It has been months since I've last updated this blog (due to my exams and laziness and what not).
Ever since I've came out to my friends, everything seemed so trivial but then I realized that I have gained even more knowledge than before and it is a must for me to share.

I've always tried arguing with people on homosexuality with facts in life, theories and what not.
But then when you think about it, those "reasoning" seem to never work.
Even if it is proven that homosexuality is due to the genes, some people will still be against it.
Especially when you focus on "who's the opposer?" and "who's the suppressor?"



Now, I have no problem with religion at all,
but when someone blindly follows anything people say I can come to disrespect that person.
The bible was originally written in Hebrew and it was interpreted by mortal beings.
Now when it comes to translation, it will never be perfect.

And even if it is able to be translated,
it will not hold the exact same meaning at all.
I'm not sure if religious people are aware of this
but I'm sure there will be people screaming against me.

Now in leviticus 18-20, it is mentioned that
"Do not lie with a man as with a woman, it is an abomination".

Firstly, I would love to ask why is homosexuality an abomination?
How does it harm the person itself or the human population?
What is the limiting factor that comes to the growing population?
Isn't the world being too overpopulated today?

If a person is trying to fully follow everything in the bible today,
it would be impossible based on leviticus.

I bet they are asking each other what those signs mean.

Eating pork, shellfish, lobster, eating meat 3 days old, trimming beards, etc is just as much an "abomination".
But you'll never see people being "anti-pork" or "anti-shellfish" and even "anti-trimming"(?)



Yet, people are being hypocrites about this and claim that everyone has to follow everything the bible say. Yet they don't do it.
Not to mention that if all sins are equal,
The above mentioned, wearing 2 fabrics on the same clothing would also have been wrong.

I will have to mention this and I know A LOT of people will begin to hate me,
but I must.

The POPE (hate me)  has been attacking the gay community for quite a long time now during the last year.
I've never seen him criticizing people for eating pork,
criticizing people for trimming and etc.
And yet he stands up to criticizing the gay community, saying it's an abomination.

If they are Pro-Life, why did't HE criticize on the acts of the government on Uganda?
Passing the law on prosecuting gays?
People get angry at others because they are merely asking questions,
spreading the truth.



But whenever it comes to sharing the truth of the church or the government that they are supporting and what not,
they get absolutely furious.
I don't see the point in that
especially since this did happen.

Now based on the Hebrew text,
the word "abomination" originated from the word "toevah"

and it did not usually signify something intrinsically evil, 
but something ritually unclean for Jews.

And what is known as homosexuality today used to be 

male sacred prostitution.

The word "homosexuality" never existed in the world even when the old testament arrived

since "homosexuality" only started to surface around 1892
Despite all that, even if the bible does not mention anything about homosexuality, it does not mean that it is a sin.

It's just the same as technology,
our computers, televisions and what not.
It was not mentioned in the bible that we can use such equipments
and yet we do.
And previously it was even mentioned that it was wrong.

I'll continue the post next time as this can get pretty long.

Few articles on the Pope: 
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3

MoralStudiesClass -Lecturer who hates Gays.

It's been quite a while since I've updated this blog but since there are lots of things going around in my mind right now, I can't help but to pour it all out.

In Malaysia, it is compulsory for students to take Moral Studies as one of the subjects in their courses. Moral studies is the study of morals, philosophy and what not. At first, during the first week of moral studies, we got to choose our presentation topic and surprisingly there were two topics that caught my eye - Homosexuality (if we are for or against) and Gay Marriage (if we are for or against). Immediately  we picked "Homosexuality"

The few weeks before our presentation, I was stressed up and worried if the presentation will be a success or not. The lecturer kept on saying that "Homosexuality is wrong" even though he did not want to touch the topic in the first place!

Here is a picture just in case if you're bored. 

Later on, during one of his classes, the air-conditioner broke down and it just so happen that I walked out of his class. During that period of time, my friends told me that he told the whole class that gays should be thrown onto an island. My friend defended for the gays and claimed that they are born that way but the lecturer made the most insulting remark ever, "So if I'm transsexual, I can be gay then~" with his perverted old voice while "acting" feminine (it's idiotic, not feminine the least since it offences women as well in my opinion).

I was outraged and it made me want to perfect my presentation even more! I have to thank a lot to my friend for helping me in my presentation as she made it successful, however, after our presentation was done... Our lecturer kept on defying us! He mentioned that "If you believe in God, you'll say that homosexuality is wrong! For no reason at all, he started to make hypothesis about the future of mankind if homosexuality was al-right!

During the presentation, I finally thought I voiced out to some people and caught their attention but because of his remarks, it just made things worse! Isn't a lecturer supposed to keep his ideas to himself at times like this? ESPECIALLY when it mentions "if we are for or against"?! His face was full of anger and stress during our presentation as well. I seriously don't care if he voiced his opinion but he's raising a generation of young minds here! 

Not to mention that it did not only made our presentation seem horrible and wrong but he implemented some other ideas into everyone's minds -everyone might be gay in the future if we allow this culture! But the issue is, they say that gays can influence other people to become gay as well, but why can't straight people influence gays to become straight?! For all I know, I was raised in a heterosexual family, I have heterosexual friends, I'm practically surrounded by heterosexuals but I'm homosexual! I don't see his idea as a support for his statement at all!

Another picture just in case you're bored. 

A few weeks later during class,my friend came up with a question to hit the lecturer, "So what if a killer asked you where your child was and he wanted to kill your child?" The lecturer replied, "Then just tell him where your child is and pray for his safety." At first I thought he was joking but oh no, he was so damned serious, his face showed it all. While this happened in our class, in another class taught by another lecturer, she did not make any remark at all when the students agreed that homosexuality is al-right!

Anyways, this is what went on in our class for Moral Studies Class. It's a really stressful class for me, especially since I'm living in a country that believes that "non-religious people are immoral". I'm an atheist and I don't kill people, nor do I try to harm other people.

To conclude, I want to move out of this country asap as this has kept me awake for a lot of  nights now. P.S for some reason he likes to use homosexuals as an example, not bullying, nor genocide, nothing else.

Feminism and transgenders

Men should be strong,

Men should be masculine,

Men should work,

Men should be brave.

Women should be elegant,

Women should wear dresses,

Women should be gentle,

Women should know their manners.

These are the statements that pressurizes people 

and make them uncomfortable with their own skin.
They are taunted each and every single day by people
who are not comfortable with their own skin as well

Every single person is born with a different personality,

what identifies them is their cover, their appearance,

and yet our parents pressurize us to dress up according to our gender,

even though it's not as significant as we view it.

Is a man, a man if he wears dresses?

Is a woman, a woman if she has bulging muscles? 

Who are we to judge others by their appearances?

Isn't what we were taught since we were children that matters the most?

Never to judge a book by its cover,

because a burnt cover might be concealing a fantasy world that you never imagined.

Why do you call other men who aren't masculine as "girly"?

Why do you call other men who aren't masculine as "gay"?

Why do you call other men who aren't masculine as "sissy"? 

Do you feel better after making others feel terrible about themselves?

Even though the words itself should not be harmful at all!

Yet you meant it as if being a girl, a gay or a  feminine man is a crime!

Meanwhile, don't feel proud of yourselves girls,

because SOME of you do the same to men as well.

I understand that some women wish for a fairy tale ending,

they wish for a PERFECT prince that will love them eternally.

And once that dream is broken by one man, 

they start to blame every single man in the world.

If you wish to be treated equally among your peers,

start by exhibiting it yourself and voice up. 

I understand how hard it is to be alienated and looked down upon,

I'm in the same position as you are, 

but that part of us is just a small part of us,

it should not determine us entirely.

Our society is too fixated on the norms and they start to annihilate the different,

what about the people who were born with two different organs?

do you understand how THEY feel?!

Imagine living through a life being pressured to choose one gender over the other!

Or even people who do not identify themselves as their gender,

people who were born of one gender,

and have a "soul" of the other?!

How do they feel when they're being called a boy's name when they really wish to be called out as a girl?!

Before I end this, please take note,

stop making people feel horrible by calling them names

that aren't even supposed to be harmful or are actually harmful,

because you're doing yourself more harm than others!

Read/Watch the below links to gain more knowledge (lol) 

Why Men Needs Feminism? 

"Hir" Poem about trangsgendered youth

What if it was God's plan?

Several months ago, an argument rose between me and my friends about gay marriage, I was told that it is useless to try to convince a religious person that gay marriage is alright. However, if the people in the past did not even try, how did the society reach its equality between men and women, people of different statuses and different ethnics? Hopefully, by the end of this, you will think thoroughly about what is mentioned here.

Firstly, I have a question for you, what if my being gay was God's plan all along? What if Gay marriage was God's plan as well? What if a person who underwent a sex change is God's plan? And What if God wanted the person to learn to be able to embrace him/her true-self?
If you think that I'm being stupid to speak in God's behalf, then how about you? If you're the kind of person to speak about people's wrongdoing, when you're also sinning yourself, then you have no right at all, especially when this involves love and not bloodshed.

It's easily believed that passing your test or even failing is God's plan, so does death and natural disasters. However, when it comes to something that they themselves cannot experience or are told by a priest that it's a wrongdoing, then they won't think of it as a God's plan, rather a wrongdoing and it's against God.

Now, are you one to say that people who are in love are sinful when you're spreading hatred? If that is what you get out from a HOLY book, then I guess religion itself should be removed thoroughly. I am saying this, not because I am anti-religion or anything, but to show the negative interpretations people received from the bible.

Lastly, the passages and the teachings from each church/temple are different. In life, we get to learn that we cannot base our beliefs on one source of information alone, we have to gather all sources of information from different books, encyclopedia, articles and etc. A person should be able to visit each church/temple and see the differences in the teachings, not just that one church/temple where you can agree with every single thing the priest says. As human beings, we should see things from different perspectives, and not just the black and white.

Will you marry me...?

While in deep thoughts about marriage
and people's thoughts on gay marriage,
I thought of writing this,
so that people will understand more about marriage itself.

Long ago, I had a discussion about gay marriage with someone online.
Her thoughts were that gays should not be exiled from the society,
but they should NOT be allowed to get married
because it is not allowed in any religion at all.

People often say that marriage is between a man and a woman,
and if it is altered to between a man and a man or a woman and a woman,
then it will ruin the institution of marriage,
but let's see how much have we ruined the institution of marriage.

Well, we have allowed the marriage between people of different statuses.
We HAVE allowed interracial marriage.
Surprisingly, polyandry has been receiving a lot of criticism,
and child marriage is banned in most of the countries in the world.

Oh dear,
the institution of marriage is ruined!

 

 

Shouldn't marriage be about love despite who you marry?
Shouldn't marriage be about the commitment between two adults?
Even if you were to judge,
the person's values and morals are the ones to be judged,
not the person's skin colour, gender, wealth and what not!

It's really unfair to oppose marriage between two lovers just because of their body,
especially since everyone has different beliefs all over the world
And they have to be tied down just because of YOUR beliefs,
and lack of discovery over the holy book.

Now let's get back to the "institution of marriage".
Usually what is supported for this idea of marriage between a man and a woman,
is "Adam and Eve, NOT Adam and Steve",,
quite funny, actually, but ridiculous as well.

So now I am left to wonder,
how does Gay marriage ruin the institution of marriage
if the ones married are couples who are deep in love,
and not the ones who marry just for 72 days?

From my personal belief,
based on the history of the legalizing of marriage between different statuses,
and interracial marriage,
it IS possible for gay marriage to be legalized in the future.

 

 

People just need to have more knowledge about each others' differences. 

I "smoked"

Recently, since I've went into a new environment - university,
I've been joking to my old friends that I started smoking. (why not?)
Now of course, no one will be happy when they hear that,
but I've never expected to hear of the following replies.

"I don't want to talk to you anymore"
or "I can't be close with you anymore".
Now, I'm left wondering for a few days now,
are these the thoughts projected from their parents?

I would've thought the first reply would have been "why?"
or warning me that it is bad for my health,
but to be disowned by close friends because of smoking,
without even the little knowledge of how people fall into it, that could have made matters worse for a smoker.

The person could have had peer pressure,
or he was made to smoke by bullies.
His parents might have been the source of the influence
or even because of depression.

Of course, I'm not saying that smoking is the right thing to do,
but disowning a friend is equivalent to disowning a family member.
Not to mention that to get over smoking really takes strong will,
they have to go through withdrawal phase and what not.

Now, seriously, when a friend opens up to you,
and tells you these things,
it's usually the case that they trust that you will be by their sides,
even though they have issues and they might want you to help them in stopping themselves from smoking as well.

To make matters worse,
once you've rejected their honesty in opening up,
it's as if you're telling them not be honest at all,
and that might make them walk down into the pathway of destruction.

I'm not a fan of being a second-hand smoker, well, who is?
And I don't really like it when people smoke in front of me,
since it causes me to feel like choking and scream for help for bystanders,
but I'm not really one to judge others for their actions.

It's their life, it's not like they are forcing me to smoke along with them.
As long as my expression of feeling choked gets through,
I'm totally fine with it.
Or of course, IF it is possible, I could just leave the room and move to a non-smoking area.

Hey, I'm given a brain to control my actions,
the least I could do is to use it at times of needs.
Unlike SOME people who complain
and are too lazy to move their buttocks.

An additional information about me is that
contrary to the headline,
I've never smoked
and never will.

Coming Out

Tears of joy rolled down my cheeks,
as my friends tried to calm me down.
"It's Okay," they said,
looking at my most vulnerable state.

It's as though a heavy weight has just been lifted.
and the word "freedom" is starting to exist in my world.
That "hope" I've always had deep in me,
is starting to glow brighter and brighter
.

That time, we were discussing about the subliminal messages behind Disney cartoons,
A friend of mine, Vivi, later on suggested that Disney should make a movie with gay/lesbian characters.
A while later, the British girl, Helen who I caught a glimpse of back then, looked into space and said,
"you know what, I've never had a gay friend."

At that instant, I took my chance and mustered all my courage to tell them.
I looked right into her eyes, hoping that I won't entangle my tongue and said,
"I'm Gay."
Her reaction was really funny, actually, she nearly shouted it out in surprise,
not knowing that the boy who sat right beside her was actually Gay. 

The last time I came out to my Arab friends
was one amazing night.
because,
I came out to my close friends officially.

I have always tried to hint my friends that I like guys,
but I have never actually came out to them.
They were Muslims, and so,
that seemed a little impossible for them to accept me.

I love my friends,
they are like treasure and are very precious to me.
To lose any one of them
is the last thing I'll ever want.  

That night, while looking through pictures of a celebrity who announced that he is gay,
my friend "cried" "Nooooooo, well, you can have him now" or something similar to that.
I looked at her, straight into her eyes, shocked and speechless.
In my mind, I have always thought that they believed I was joking.

I questioned her again,
and they seemed totally fine with it.

The supporting words I heard from them moved my heart
and made me cry.
I was so happy, so happy...
I can't even explain those feeling in words.

"You don't have to care about other people's opinions,",
"I really respect you for being brave and being yourself",
"That's who you are"
"We don't judge people"

These people, who I call friends,
are finally a part of my life entirely.
Friends?
I guess it's more like family now.

The words "I really respect you for being brave and being yourself", still echoes in my mind <3
and days later, they actually stood up for me when I was being targeted for being Gay
even though it was just a joke. I finally feel secure and happy.