![n particular, gay people are clobbered with 5 passages from the Old Testaments [3] and 6 passages from the New Testaments [4] that are conventionally interpreted as God’s words in condemnation of gays and gay’s behaviour/relationship.](https://mygayglobalcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/gay-lifestyle-being-religious-and-gay-blog-00.png?w=980&h=400&crop=1)
“God is a concept by which we measure our pain” – one man’s struggle to reconcile his faith and his sexuality
It is ironic that for someone who is not a fan of the Beatles should quote John Lennon as the title of such a serious topic but it is no more ironic than associating God with pain whereas God is supposed to be about love.
When I first saw that line, (of all places, on the wall of a public toilet), my heart ached in resonance. How it epitomized the guilt I felt over the dark years when I realized that I was at once both a Catholic and a man attracted to other men.
