Selfish God fear-ers

So I was reading an article the other day summarizing Rev R. Albert Mohler Jr's assertion that there may be a biological basis to sexual orientation. He goes on to talk about the possibility of altering a child's orientation while it is still in the womb. While this alone is disturbing, what is more disturbing is the statement that although it is likely a predetermination before birth, it is still a sin.
What kind of a loving being creates something with the ability to feel pain, both physical and emotional, and then condemns an inherent feature of this new being as immoral? The pain gay people go through in life trying to reconcile who they are with what everyone else expects of them is very emotionally traumatic. Some naysayers will contest that the temptation to kill is inherent as well. The difference is that killing clearly inflicts harm. The way one person loves another, never causes any harm. The only harm inflicted is caused by those who assert it is a sin. If you ask me, they are the sinners. Sin has to have a basis in something more tangible than “oh because I say so.” What is wrong with these people that they actually think they are being rational?
Now I know they will say that God dictates what is and isn't sinful and I shouldn't contest or try to define it with my mere, non-omniscient mortal mind that cannot understand God's purpose. What I don't understand is how they don't smell how fishy this all sounds. First, believe anything we tell you, err the Bible tells you about God. Second, God has clearly laid out sins that you must avoid regardless if they cause any problem or not because he is testing you. If you fail you burn in hell, if you succeed you go to heaven. Sounds like a great tool of manipulation if you ask me. These people actually ask you to buy all this and they don't even have to give you a money (life) back guarantee. Talk about the pinnacle advertising campaign. Forget all the Jesus loves you crap they throw out, it's just like a sale at the grocery store. Enough to get you in the door to look around and bait you into buying stuff you don't need.
The bottom line is that everyone's God seems fishy to me. The one I was raised to believe in and espouse to you is equally fishy. Some mystical being more complex than anything this world has seen just exists without his own creator. Bullshit, when will our society wake up and realize that going to hell is just a glorified version of Santa putting coal in your stocking.
We wonder why our country is so morally astray. I challenge it's not because of Godlessness, but rather because of Godfullness. Basing our morality on some book is putting the control of our lives in the hands of people who died thousands of years ago. Basing our morality on “because God says so” does nothing to actually allow us to come to a mutual understanding of what is right and wrong. It facilitates dispute, which is counter to what ethics and morality try to achieve. This does nothing to alleviate the conflict that exists and is therefore itself unethical. It is also very egotistical when you strip away the use of God and replace it with “I" and see that its just what everyone else wants you to do.
Every day we run across ludicrous ideas and we laugh at them, we think “how absurd!” When will we wake up, get some balls and realize that some hyped up version of Santa Claus is not going to define meaning in our existence? It's all to often easy to laugh at other people's definition of God, when will we apply the same logic to our own? How much time is wasted by these insensitive assholes who run around making everyone feel miserable? Time that could better be spent making people feel good about themselves.

"You pick, but if you ask me I'd rather complement someone for who they are than make them feel bad because I have some innate desire to get them to give in to my definition of God so they can confirm the false hopes I have of getting my selfish ass into Heaven while they burn in hell."

-Wes
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