"I don't think anyone would willingly put themselves through it."
Sure they would. People do many very odd things. For instance, Matthew Shepard wants his pseudo-religious identity validated and it is based on victimization. So he goes from bar to bar looking for bigots who also believe in the gay identity with the Victim status. Then, they victimize him.
So he becomes some sort of martyr for the gay religion. I.e., religious hedonism where you self define by your own desires and that sort of thing. Where you "come out" to proselytize this pseudo-religious identity and say things about "living a lie" vs. living a life of truth and love.
It seems that to a religous hedonist their own sexual desires define what is true and define whether their life is true or a lie.
All feelings, all the time....it is fairly irrational.
Sure they would. People do many very odd things. For instance, Matthew Shepard wants his pseudo-religious identity validated and it is based on victimization. So he goes from bar to bar looking for bigots who also believe in the gay identity with the Victim status. Then, they victimize him.
So he becomes some sort of martyr for the gay religion. I.e., religious hedonism where you self define by your own desires and that sort of thing. Where you "come out" to proselytize this pseudo-religious identity and say things about "living a lie" vs. living a life of truth and love.
It seems that to a religous hedonist their own sexual desires define what is true and define whether their life is true or a lie.
All feelings, all the time....it is fairly irrational.