Posted by:
ducky333
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Date: February 11, 2013 09:32PM
blue orchid, my man, I'm hot from that little steamy scenario, and I know it was aimed at another man. But hey, sensual is sensual, and you always nail it--ooh, unintended pun. It's the steaminess. Ahhhh, apples!!!!
But you're right. What WILL happen when Josh experiences something just like that, and Lolly is left with children, bitterness, and the feeling that she failed "The Lord's mandate." And now she's alone in her grief, guilt, or hatred for having been humiliated.
Or, when he's been with her for so long--feeling nothing for her compared to what he could feel so deeply for another man--but has been made to feel like the poster boy for "I think, therefore I am" heterosexuality, he not only feels like he's lived a fraudulent life, but he aches for what could have been--for himself and for Lolly. She could also have been with a man who loved her the way she deserves to be loved--as a sensual woman and not, just like Josh, as part of a science experience.
They may also one day feel they've been made fools of, for nothing more than a church trying to play king of the junglegym. Oh, the emotional storms that will be unleashed then! What happens to their children who feel that their entire family life has been nothing but lies--religion, marriage, sexuality, integrity, modeling honest behavior for them to decide on THEIR sexuality? It's very sad that their futures look so bleak, and it's really, really unnecessary in the post-modern age. The thinking is so OT. Instead of the old Abraham and Isaac myth, Josh and Lolly are playing the "obedience" to God game. And what's the consolation prize for that?
I feel for both of them--for all of their family. If you cannot be true to the spark within you, wherever that leads, then you'll never live a happy, authentic life.
Speaking of Abraham and Isaac, I love the skit on Family Guy when the A & I of them are walking back down the hill, & Isaac turns to his father and says, "Wanna explain what the $^%& THAT was?!"
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/11/2013 09:35PM by ducky333.