Slaying the Giant and Five Smooooth Stones

What a strange title for an article about homosexuality and transgenderism. I think the Biblical story of David and Goliath perfectly parallels the current public narrative about homosexuality and how the churches are handling this. Read the story if you can squeeze fifteen minutes of time somewhere in between (first pun) your social media and Netflix binges.

Churches, for the most part, have been tolerant of this lingering giant for a few decades now. It is so very sick. Why does it continue to be the constant elephant in our churches that not many are talking about, some are not acknowledging it’s presence at all? Or when the subject is finally addressed, the methods used are archaic, worldly and ineffective. This is much like the armor and arsenal Saul tried to dress onto David before he approached Goliath. Useless tokens.

David shrugged the armor off and reached for his “go-to”. He picked up five smooth stones from the brook to slay this giant. It only took one of the five stones to kill the tormenting giant that had propped itself up against the armies of Israel for forty days. David never used the other four stones that day. Tradition says the reason he picked up five stones, is because there were four other brothers just like Goliath. Perhaps, we will slay more than one giant this day?

“Excuse me, while I whip this out” circa Cleavon Little 1974. That’s me pulling the first stone, pun intentional, from my pouch. There’s four more in my arsenal, stones: NOT puns.

The first stone is a kill-shot. Let us call it what it is. Homosexuality is a mental disorder. Transgenderism is a mental disorder. The Bible, which is God’s Word to humanity, backs this up.

Let’s read it together friends, Romans 1:22-28

“For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.”

“Futile thinking, exchanging natural for unnatural, depraved mind”, those sound like elements for a bone-a-fied (stinking puns surfacing everywhere) disorder to me?. Homosexuality and transgenderism are mental disorders that go against nature and the laws of common sense. A mental disorder is truly a disorder when it does not follow the pattern of nature and science, which both exponentially declare that there are repetitive combinations of male and female in every aspect of life. Male and female is the only combination of elements that can initiate reproduction in any realm, such as: plants, animals, energy, microbiology and so forth.

Let us talk about mental disorders in general, since we are categorizing homosexuality and transgenderism as such.

Allow me to list some commonly known mental disorders by name:

Bipolar disorder – I know this disorder first hand.
Alcoholism and drug addiction – I’m well acquainted with these mental disorders also.
Post traumatic stress disorder
Anxiety disorders.
Eating disorders.
Shoplifting disorders.
Gambling disorders.
Family disorders.

A disorder can be just about anything that attempts to defy the natural laws of order. Homosexuality is a mental disorder that that goes against the order of nature…duh!

Because you attempt to categorize homosexuality for something different than what it really is, confusion abounds. Homosexuality and transgenderism are mental disorders. They are NOT preferences, NOT lifestyle decisions, not any genderisms. It’s a sickness, an illness, that is what it is. ANYTHING that contradicts the pattern of nature is sick and ill, it’s obvious. Homosexuality disorder is not an exception to the laws of nature. Trandsgenderism is not an exception to the laws of nature.

So how is this information helpful Craig? It is helpful to all of us collectively as a society and culture that are being confronted with this debate and conversation about homosexuality on a daily basis, merely to produce more confusion. This refreshed idea should bring clarity to the current narrative in our workplaces, schools, shopping centers, churches, and even bathrooms. You will now witness what can be easily accomplished once you turn the lights on, versus solving an issue in the dark.

What is a mental disorder? According to Wikipedia, a mental disorder is a behavioral or mental PATTERN that causes significant distress, (there are some puns that I could interject here without rebuttal, butt I will save that for another article) or impairment of personal functioning. There is no dispute, homosexuality and transgenderism fits this description of a disorder, like tongue and cheek.

So I have been diagnosed, by several doctors, as having bipolar disorder. I have also dwindled a huge chunk of my life in the battle against substance addiction, which is also a mental disorder. Do I want to put these disorders on public display for the sake of special privileges? No. Do I need special arrangements to be made and for people to embrace and accept my disorders? No. Does nature comply with my disorders by making exceptions for me? No! Do I do my best to keep these disorders under control so they don’t affect my life, my family, and my friendships? Of course I do! It’s a constant struggle, but I face it every day.

Are there times when I am embarrassed and even ashamed of my behaviors that stem from those disorders of bipolar and drug addiction? Many! I have many more victories than defeats in this arena, the past few years especially, but allow me to explain why and how.

Being diagnosed as bipolar, along with the substance addiction tag, introduced me to a plethora of medications, methods and ideologies, in which none of them were effective by any means at treating or curing my disorders. Merely bandaids on bullet holes. 

No, I had to transform my mind, by putting new ideas, new light, a different perspective, a higher perspective through PATTERNS of repetitive affirmation into this mind, constantly until it changed my physiology, my body chemistry, and the flow of my neurotransmitters. This effect was produced, not by human generated medications, but by words and thoughts in a constant repetitive method for a season. That is how I bridled my personal mental disorders and it has worked for me very effectively up to this day.

If you have homosexuality disorder or transgenderism disorder you can apply similar methods that I used to cure and bridle my mental disorders. First, you need to change your mind and your constant thinking processes. Reprogram yourself with the truth. Don’t do it half~heartedly, give your all to this, if you're serious. It’s the only way. If you commit yourself to the process, it should result in a liberating experience, no more confusion. Realign yourself with what is natural, and things will be better for you, healthier for you.  Even your feelings, emotions and tendencies will change as a result of this process. That is what you want, right? To be healthy?

Every individual comes to this earth packaged with a disorder or illness of some sort. No one is exempt. So it is nothing to be ashamed of. That’s how life is in its current status. Here is some good news, many mental disorders can be managed without medication or even counseling. They are managed and exposed to new ideas through words spoken and heard, ideas, and reprogramming. Disorders are fixable things, not a permanent life sentence. Homosexuality and transgenderisms are fixable mental disorders. That is good news.

I will now address how this giant becomes even more confusing when you place it in a spiritual setting, especially within the churches of America:

Is bipolar disorder a sin? No. Can it easily lead to sin? Oh, yes my friends, I could tell you many stories. Can bipolar disorder be managed to the point where I don’t sin and function within societal norms? Yes, most definitely! Is my substance addiction disorder a sin? No. Does my substance addiction disorder initiate and fuel sin? Most definitely! Can it be controlled to where I do not sin? Yes.

Is your homosexuality disorder a sin? No. Does your homosexuality disorder lead you to sin? Most definitely. Can your homosexuality disorder be managed to where you do not sin? Of course!

Now, to the churchianity hypocrites,
Do I love those with bipolar disorder? Of course!
Do I love those with eating disorders? Of course, I do.
Do I love those with homosexuality disorders? Of course I do.
Do I love those with transgenderism disorder? Certainly so.
Do I love the alcoholic, the junkie, and the prostitute in spite of their disorders? Of course.
Do I love the mother who chooses to discard her unborn baby like trash (this is also a mental disorder that goes against the grain of nature)? Yes, most definitely.
Do I love the mentally ill doctor who helped that woman achieve such a thing? Yes, I love him, he needs some mental help, that is all.
Do I love Winona Ryder with her kleptomaniacal disorder at a time when she had enough money to buy anything she wanted? Of course I do, we all do, still to this day.
And so are all of us, each with our own disorders.

Embrace those with homosexual disorders. Wish them good health.
Embrace those with bipolar disorders. Wish them good health.
Embrace those with eating disorders, both skinny and fat.
Embrace those with disorders of any kind, this includes all of us.

Does my bipolar disorder require any special accommodations or treatment that goes beyond the cultural norm? I think not. Does your transgenderism disorder require any special accommodations or unique social treatment that goes beyond the cultural norms? If you say yes, I beg to differ and here is why:

You are a man who is confused about your sexual identity. This confusion qualifies you as a candidate for the mental disorder classification. Should we as a society be demanded to cater to your mental disorder using the extremes that we see popping up through every realm of society? We don’t do it for other disorders, why should we do it for you? You are ill, you need to get some help, not more privileges. We are not going to restructure every bathroom in America to accommodate your mental disorder. That is ridiculous to even think of. Listen, you are a man with a mental disorder therefore you should use the men's bathroom always! There is nothing confusing about the matter. You are a man with a mental disorder. Now piss in the urinal like all of us other men with our own mental disorders. None of us should be confused about any of this.

Listen churches! Can you as individuals in the church have a disorder that is not sin? Yes. So goes the homosexual. The sin is in the act, not the temptation, stop being hypocritical about this.

Homosexuals! You are not sin. Sin is in the thoughts you embrace and the actions you take, but you are not sin. You are God’s creation. You have within you the ability to change your feelings, your emotions, and ultimately your body chemistry and desires. It is possible and has been done by many with their disorders, yours is no different.

Now let’s say you sin in the fashion of homosexuality through your actions, words, or thoughts, does that mean you have a homosexuality disorder? No. Do the users of drugs and alcohol at any party become those with drug addicted mental disorders? No, but they could easily develop it if they continued in that pattern of behavior. Experimentation and curiosity breeds sin, but it does not necessarily mean you have the mental disorder. Homosexuality is no different from that.

Another reason confusion abounds in this matter, is because relationship and love is involved with homosexuality. This is not the case with many other mental disorders. Many disorders affect the subject and there are some rippled shockwaves that go out to friends, family, and coworkers. When two men, or two women are involved in a romantic, sexual, loving relationship, this becomes cherished and it roots itself deep into the psyche and soul of of both individuals. This is a very difficult thing to untangle once the bond has formed. When the bond becomes threatened or disrupted by outward opinion or law, the immediate response is usually defensive and protective.

“How dare you suggest that this relationship is wrong?”… My offended friend, they don’t even have to say it’s wrong. Nature already declares it. Physiology already declares it. Science already declares it. Common sense declares it. Don’t be upset with people for agreeing with what is already declared. Humbly admit that you are wrong in your thinking so that you may be healed of this disorder.

Allow me to address pronouns for a moment. Who would have ever thought that we would be addressing and manipulating things such as basic pronouns that were a no-brainer in preschool and kindergarten. But here we are, it is the times we live in.

Asking or demanding me to call you “her” instead of using the obvious pronoun “him” is asking me to lie. You have no right to put me in that situation. So, I will continue to call you “him, he, man, male” because that is what you are – a man with a sick mental disorder. Even if you go so far, or not very far at all, as to cut your penis off, I will still call you a man. However, I do feel bad for you if you are a man without a penis. Really, I’m saddened by it. You have been robbed and deprived by your own thinking, deprived of something wonderful. 

Alright, let us cut off from this portion of the conversation to explore the use of these other stones in David’s arsenal. Way too many puns. I think there are some other giants still standing.

Second stone
I see the coronavirus. Shame on you pastors for closing the doors of your churches and cancelling your events, out of the fear of COVID-19. Have you ignored the mandate of the Bible, which is still God’s Word to humanity, that says the sick people among you should call for the elders of the church to lay hands, gloveless hands, on them so that they may be healed, and their sins will also be forgiven them. How is this even possible with your compromised, contactless, virtual church services? The very thing that these coronavirus victims need is prayer to be healed, and you are depriving them of that?

Have you not read or heard multiple times of the story how God Supreme brought several million people on a journey without hand sanitizers, masks, outhouses, cars, etc. through a dessert and not even one of them was sick among them? Think of Coachela times ten and traveling. He would have never cancelled that event because of a virus. I’m sure there were plenty of germs around at the time. “Not a feeble or sickly one among them!”

What about Psalms 91? Is that still in the Bible? It was last time I checked, a thousand will fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, none of this or any plague shall come near your dwelling. Shame on you for your unbelief. Perhaps the Almighty is not your shelter? Perhaps you don’t even live under the shadow of the Almighty. If this is the case, you should quarantine yourself because you are doomed to get the coronavirus. The unbelieving children of Israel did better than you while crossing the Red Sea under pursuit of the Egyptian chariots and armies. Yet, they had no diseases, not even one among the millions was feeble! It’s pathetic to see the pastors who don’t believe the very words they preach from their pulpits. Shame to you!

Third stone
Puns everywhere. As I am writing this article, over the past twelve hours, I have consumed about six grams of high grade medicinal marijuana and maybe even downed some hallucinogens as a chaser. What are the churches and pastors going to do with the previous content I just gave them, now that you have this new tidbit of background story? I suppose that many would discard this article immediately at this point. Bye, bye, you fools. Yet I will proceed to expel truth from my intentionally structured Cheech and Chong environment.

Take this quiz you foolish Christians!
Q. Who made weed? A. Jesus (John 1:3)
Q. Who made magic mushrooms? A. Jesus (John 1:3)
Q. Who created ayahauska? A. Also Jesus (John 1:3)
Q. Who created peyote and mescaline? A. Yup, Jesus (John 1:3)

You fools! You have forbidden and even criminalized these things to a point of religious confusion that is very difficult to untangle (that is unless you are also using these substances – then it is easily untangled). You have withheld these things from the people that most need them. Meanwhile you are taking your man-made, doctor approved, zolofts, ativans, prozacs, wellbutrins, etc. to unsuccessfully manage your own disorders, with many side effects that complicate and confuse your lives and preaching to people that weed and hallucinogens are evil and destructive. You are so, so, backwards in your thinking. May you be healed of this ignorance. Have you even researched the matter? Or are you trusting what a man with degrees and pharmaceutical-backed commission checks is telling you? Telling you what you are, and what you need to take? This is what class-A hypocrisy looks like in the churches of 2020 America. And you are pushing these unnecessary drugs and experiments onto your young children. Shame on you! Repent. I think the Pharisees of A.D. 0033 will have it easier on judgement day than the multitudes of the churchgoers  today. Seek the truth! Who made this stuff and why? Until you can answer that? Keep your personal prerogatives to yourselves please. I personally have won many more people to Jesus staring down the barrel of a blunt, than I have gotten them saved walking them down the aisles of your cold, impartial churches. Nuff said ‘bout that friends.

Fourth stone
Whenever, I write an article or begin a creative project that the Lord puts into my queue, I always begin with the soundtrack. I create a playlist of songs, albums, and artists, then I put on the headphones and create. Allow me to give you a peek at the music that set the background for this very article:

The Battle of Los Angeles – Entire album ~ Rage Against the Machine.
Fair Warning – Entire album ~ Van Halen
In the Arms of God – Entire album ~ Corrosion of Conformity (Best thrash metal album ever made to this point)
White Iverson and Rockstar – songs only ~ Post Malone
A.I.R. – song only ~ Anthrax

How is it, while listening to this music, smoking some strong weed, and maybe ingesting some hallucinogens, that I am able to pen an article with clarity and morality straight from the Bible? The churches (most of them) don’t know how to handle or receive such a teaching. Your traditions (not His traditions) make the Word of the Living God powerless within YOUR churches and YOUR church culture.

I am saying all of the above to get to this point: Jesus said to go into all of the world and share the good news. You churches and pastors have this all backwards! You should be in the culture, in the continual flowing narrative, and in the current conversation. Shame! Get your priorities straight!

You fools! You are isolating and excluding the very people our Lord and Master has commanded you to reach! Foolish and counterproductive to the Kingdom of Heaven you are, unless your goal is truly to maintain your own puny kingdoms, I suppose you are a little productive in doing that to no avail, hmmm? Repent, you idiots trying to harvest these lush beautiful fields from the comfort of your barns! It can’t be done! Go INTO all the world!

Fifth stone
James said it so profoundly already, as did our Lord in the Book of Revelation, as did Peter in his books, all of them have a similar message and theme.

James 5:1-6 (from The Message Bible ~ Yeah it’s still legit)
And a final word to you arrogant rich: Take some lessons in lament. You’ll need buckets for the tears when the crash comes upon you. Your money is corrupt and your fine clothes stink. Your greedy luxuries are a cancer in your gut, destroying your life from within. You thought you were piling up wealth. What you’ve piled up is judgment.

All the workers you’ve exploited and cheated cry out for judgment. The groans of the workers you used and abused are a roar in the ears of the Master Avenger. You’ve looted the earth and lived it up. But all you’ll have to show for it is a fatter than usual corpse. In fact, what you’ve done is condemn and murder perfectly good persons, who stand there and take it.

This already so eloquently defines many of these 2020 Fox News brandishing, often grossly obese, self-righteous, comfort seeking, egomaniacs that proclaim to represent our Lord Jesus on the earth. You are nothing like Him, you greedy self absorbed wretches. You resemble the Master in no way, shape (gluttony pun) or form! In fact, you appear as quite the opposite. Repent, humble yourselves, and just maybe you will see a glimpse of Jesus for who He really IS,and not the figure you so pathetically and currently portray Him to be! This is shame. Go back to your first love, immediately!

I do believe I have put these stones (final pun) to good use? The conversation will continue, that is for sure! Peace.