Why are Western cultures so focused on homosexuality?

Question

Why all this gay and lesbian obsession nowadays? It is clearly wrong in the eyes of God/Allah/Yahweh. Is there something wrong with people that would make them think that homosexuality is ok? I don't support violent attacks on homosexuals, but I don't support gay marriage or the acceptance of homosexuality either. It seems like it's ok to hate Moses, Christ, Mohammad, and the other great prophets and the religions that they represent, but saying anything bad about gays and lesbians is some horrible thing.

Answer 1

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law.
I have learned a great deal from you, and I try to share that knowledge
with as many people as I can.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other specific
Biblical laws and how to follow them.

a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a
pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors.
They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in
Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price
for her?

c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her
period of menstrual uncleanness (Lev.15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell?
I have tried asking, but most women take offense. If I come into contact with
a woman who is menstruating and she doesn't tell me until afterwards, must I
kill her immediately or can I just beat her?

d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female,
provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims
that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify?
Why can't I own Canadians?

e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2
clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill
him myself? Also, is Sabbath on Saturday as Seventh Day Adventists
(Christians, like us...or are they?) or is it on Sunday as Baptists and
some other faiths agree? I am beset by not knowing who to kill and when
to kill them...please clarify this for me.

f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination
(Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality (Lev. 18:22).
I don't agree. I'm also confused about how homosexuality can be an abomination
when Jonathan and David were married in the Bible (1 Samuel 18:1, 3 - 4).
Here, I'll quote it - "And it came to pass, when he had made an end of
speaking unto Saul that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David
and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Then Jonathan and David made a
covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself
of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even
to his sword and to his bow and to his girdle." and also Ruth's relationship
with Naomi is suspect, (Ruth 1:16-17) "And Ruth said to Naomi, Entreat me not
to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest,
I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people,
and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried:
the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part three and me.
" Can you settle this?

g) Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a
defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my
vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?

h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around
their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev.19:27 and even
though 1st Cor. 11:4-6 says that it is a shame upon a man to have long hair.
How should they die?

i) I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me
unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves? Also, since it is
strictly forbidden to "eat neither fat nor blood" in Lev. 3:17 & Lev. 19:26,
does that mean that I must be a vegetarian and must I smite those who choose
to eat meat?

j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different
crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two
different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse
and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of
getting the whole town together to stone them (Lev.24:10-16)? Couldn't we just
burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep
with their in-laws (Lev. 20:14)?

k) I know that it is an abomination for a man to wear a woman's clothes or a
woman to wear a man's (Deut. 22:5), so does that mean that since my wife
borrowed my boxers once, she's going to hell?

l) An unbeliever sent me an email telling me that God is an ABORTIONIST? It
says, "In Num. 5:11-31, God commands a husband to get an abortion for his wife
if he suspects she has been impregnated by another man. A priest is to make her
drink a potion and tell her, "If any man other than your husband has had
intercourse with you, may the LORD make an example of you . . . by bringing
upon you miscarriage and untimely birth." To deliberately cause a miscarriage
is to perform an abortion. And who brings about this miscarriage? Who performs
this abortion? It is the LORD who does so. God is an abortionist. In Ex. 21:22-25,
God tells us what to do if a man who is fighting knocks against a pregnant woman.
If the woman dies, the principle of "life for life" is invoked and the man
responsible for her death must be killed. If she lives but has a miscarriage,
then the death of the fetus is to be compensated for by the payment of a fine,
as demanded by the woman's husband. Thus, God has revealed the status of the
unborn fetus: it is not an independent, full-fledged human life, whose
destruction amounts to murder. It is a thing owned by the woman's husband, a
thing whose loss, like that of any other thing, may be compensated for with
money." How can this be true?

I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can
help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and
unchanging and also for the reassurance that the Bible is infallible.


haave a wonderfull day!

Answer 2

you see, you've made several mistakes in those assumptions. Is Thailand in the West?Were japanese samurais in a Western country?(dont make me explain this one, google it) And in ancient Greece, homosexuality was widely accepted (it's not nowadays)..

So you see, your question is totally biased by your own opinions.
When you say "it seems ok to hate moses, christ, etc", im sorry, no, it's not ok.
Don't justify your point of you by using a perspective which is not real.

Instead of viewing homossexuals as people fighting for wrong things, imagine you were one of them, and that you just want your right to feel defended and protected.

You are a woman, right?Now take your freedom to vote or to choose your own husband away, and tell me if you think it's fair. But you dont approve of women's rights, i suppose. That would be coherent.Actually, 100% of gay people supported women's rights. So fight against them, you must be right.

Answer 3

First of all, who are you or anyone to speak for God/Allah/Yahweh or any other deity? I wish folks would stop doin' that because it propetuates HATE! If you don't like us, that's okay. But we're here and you can either live and deal with it, or you can always go and live on a desert island. It is horrible to say negative things about anyone, no matter what race, creed, color, or sexual orientation. Say for example, you were told as a woman you couldn't work, go to school, speak only when spoken to, cover yourself from head to foot, and the only thing you can do is have a shitload of babies, and obey your husband(if not, you can be killed). Even worse, you were denied a job because of your gender(even though you were well qualified). Think what you want, but stop putting God in the middle of a hate-filled agenda to justify your "feelings". Baby, we've got enough nuts doing that!

Answer 4

It's because of their history.. the Greeks and Romans practiced homosexually openly and frequently. And since these are the foreparents of the Western culture it is only nature that they would be this way. On the other hand people have been programmed to accept it as being natural and therefore it's become accepted. It's because a lack of spirituality.. they are only dealing with the mundane...and not the eternal.

Answer 5

Because God/allah/mohammad are all figures of peoples imagination.. You dont know they exist for real, but a homosexual is real and they are a human being standing in front of you!
How can you deny the rights of a fellow human being? I dont agree with how you live your life but in no way would I EVER think or want to take away your rights.. What gives you the right to tell me how I should live my life? What gives anyone the right to say that I cant live my life with my partner as a married couple? No one has the right to, yet they do! Let me take away a part of your life and see how you like it!

Answer 6

In a broad general sense, the cultures of the Eastern hemisphere are focused on society, whereas Western culture focuses on the individual

so, homosexuality as a personal choice, there's more attention brought onto it here.

Answer 7

How many wars have been fought in the name of LGBT people? How many people have been murdered in support of LGBT causes? 'Nuff said. Your interpretation that it is "clearly wrong in the eyes of God/Allah/Yahweh" says it all.

Answer 8

by reading these responses I am really proud to be a gay man ( I am a proud gay man anyway) but to see us use our GOD given brains we can respond to these narrow minded people in a way that hopefully they can see we are much more that those stupid stereotypes that not only bring down our community but also any community. I accept tolerance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

its easy in Arab or Muslim countries, you have very few there because they are all hung to death in Islamic law. We don't kill our faeries so we have to deal with them as best as we can and there are lots of them so they make the news a lot. very simple.

Answer 10

were nor! in other countries and cultures they kill u for being gay!