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Originally Posted by Fiver
Is that really what it sounded like? I don't feel that way at all. I don't believe I have a right to 'hold my nose up' at anything. 
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I think it's one thing to tell someone that smoking is bad for you or that playing loud music in your headphones will make you go deaf. But here you are talking about a trait that is
intrinsic to ones identity, not unlike skin color, gender, height, etc., as being tantamount to being a one-way ticket to hell. Since you consider homosexual acts an "abomination," what do you propose as the non-abominational alternative for your uncle? Should he live a lonely, loveless, unfulfilled life? Should he enter a loveless, unfulfilled marriage with a woman who is emotionally and physically neglected? Can he pray the gay away? How can your uncle become redeemed so that he is no longer an abomination in your eyes?
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And we don't pass judgement. I said I believe it's a sin...
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Sounds like passing judgment to me!
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Hope that clears things up. I certainly don't have all the answers, but I don't think I am causing anyone, my uncle especially, pain or misery, and it's not my intent to.
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I'm not saying that you are intentionally trying to inflict pain. What I am saying is that you apparently seem to be insensitive to the hurt caused by statements like that- whether expressed in jest privately or broadcast via the internet. How would you feel if your entire family expressed disappointment because you were born female when they were hoping for a son? What would that do to your self esteem and your relationships with your family members?