Thanks, Laura! :) Glad I did not offend you. :)

Oh, I know I'm being ILLOGICAL about it (Aids). It's not really a logical thing... it's a highly improbably, worst-case scenario thing.

Like, I chew on the inside of my lower lip... but sometimes I also chew directly on my lips. So if someone with Aids had recently brushed their teeth, and caused their gums to bleed, and spat, and it made it through the air and got to my lip where I'd been chewing... yeah.

I know, I know: highly improbably. Pretty stupid. But, OCD, OCD, OCD, LOL!

I believe the Bible was divinely inspired. But I don't believe that, just because it says "don't do this", that automatically means God hates people who "do this". He hates the sin, but tries to redeem the sinner with Jesus.

But I do have problems understanding exactly why being gay is a sin.

And here's the funny part. In the old testament, it says that men should not lay with men the way men lay with women or some such. It doesn't mention women + women, to my knowledge. [Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.]

So, does that mean homosexuality is only bad between men, but is ok between women? Or perhaps, at the time, it was more of a "problem" occurring between men, and since it wasn't happening so much with women, it was left out?

I figure it makes sense to extrapolate, because I can't understand why the rule would be against men+men, but not also against women+women. But then again, as long as both adults are having relations consensually, I don't understand what the problem is. Guess I need help from God on that one.

When Lot was in Sodom, (or was it Gomorrah?), I felt like the biggest problem was that the crowd of guys outside the house wanted to RAPE the 2 Angels that came to visit Lot. Yikes. Not very nice. :P And the whole thing with not letting your guests get hurt was such a big deal in the Hebrew culture that Lot was wiling to offer up one (or both?) of his daughters instead.

Anyway, it's a subject I'm still kinda confused about. :)

And I TOTALLY understand what you mean, dealing with messy people. Although I've mostly been lucky in that respect. Just not lucky in dealing with people who don't wash well enough.

Had a roommate in college. My OCD was really bad back then. Beds become couches in dorm rooms. The idea of someone sitting on my bed, even with the bedspread covering everything, drove me batty. I made sure my bed was the one in the "over the furniture" configuration, so no-one would be able to sit on it, LOL! [The beds could be configured to be bunk beds, or to be placed over your desk and dresser.]

Life IS way easier until other people get involved, LOL!!!

You allow germs?? Amazing. I can't stand 'em.

One of my pet peeves: When people lick their fingers before counting money.


Blechhhhhhh it's so gross......

Well I forgot one thing she does that I know would have to drive you nuts if you were me. If she trys to wash my sons bottles she leaves all kinds of nasty formula in them I have to scrub the hell out of them. But thats acually in all reality. It could realy get him sick! My house isn't the model of so clean it shines I do procrastinate. I think it's also the fact she lives her so her icky germs are in my house, lol. I am trying to talk my husband into when its tax refund time maybe she can move into her own place again. she mainly moved in with us to lightin up the bills and save money. but its more of a head ache than anything.