Two friends of mine agree that gay people receive a death penalty either by Gods hand or by mans, and I do not know how to process my feelings
Last night I was on call with some friend (three to be precise), two of them were using a truth or dare bot And it asked whats something you believe that most dont One said that gays go to heaven, and that spawned an hour and half conversation about weather gays go to heaven or hell A conclusion was not made But two of the friends in the call were in agreement that gays get the death sentence either by human hands or gods, they mainly referred to Leviticus 20:13 for their argument, they also said someone isnt gay unless they act upon their feelings, they havent tainted gods creation unless they act on their feelings, I did not participate as I am still in the closet and I cannot risk my parents finding out or overhearing, so I sat, the entire time, stuck listening because I couldn't just vanish as that might make it look suspicious, I couldn't risk it, I cant risk them suspecting, so I sat for that entire hour and half listening to them refer to "the gays" and "the sinners who dont repent" unable to speak out or argue as that could lead to bigger problems, so I had to just sit and act like everything was fine, Ive never wanted to cry more in my life then that conversation, the entire conversation was framed like there wasnt someone gay (or bisexual in my case) in the call, I dont think they meant to hurt me, they didn't know or atleast one didn't know and I think the other forgot, id like to believe they didnt mean to hurt me, but its a feeling, a unpleasant one to be stuck listening as peolpe you consider friends agree that you are going to burn in a pit of fire and ash for the rest of eternity, I personally dont believe in God anymore or in hell but the idea people would wish eternal suffering on me for something I dont control is a feeling, I dont know what to call it but it feels like someone reached into my insides and grabbed them tightly and gave em a good twist, knotting everything up, I dont like it, I dont want to feel this, I dont want to think about it, but its all ive been able to think since last night, I didnt get any sleep, I just sat, thinking, trying tk figure out how to process this feeling, Ive never experienced it before, usually im good at ignoring these types of things but usually the people who say them are just strangers on the internet or nutjobs in my church, not friends who I considered to be close ones, I dont know how to handle this, I dont know how to make this feeling go away
Posted May 4, 2025, 4:40 PM UTC