Thinking Out Loud with Alan Shlemon Alan Shlemon

Use Proper Terminology

Your message on June 11th was very eye opening and informative. I learned a lot. The only problem I had (and like a lot of others), is the terminology you used to describe men who love other men instead of a woman. I listen to a lot of semons from men of God both today and in the early 20th century. One of them is Dr. James Dobson, whom we all respect. Many of these men of God, when they deliver a message use the word "Gay" to denote someone who is happy (as explained in the original Webster's dictionary),. In fact Dr. Dobson last year devoted an entire broadcast to educate us all on how society and the "new" culture are taking words from the dictionary and redining them to meet their agenda. Case in point. Gay is happy, not a term to describe a homesexual. Homesexual is a term to describe a man who loves other men sexually. Dr. Doson goes on to say that society has been reconditioned to reword our language to accomodate the minority. Many people today are so afraid to offend anyone and therfore water down God's Word. We can be kind to everyon but don't compromise God's Word. Romans 1:16 Your conversation with Alan Shlemon was excellent except for the compromising on the verbage of Gay vs Homosexual. Not sure yet whether I'll contunue to listen to this podcast in the future. Thank you.