If "God" thinks homosexuality is wrong, why did he make some people gay?

Question

Do we really have a choice over our own sexualities? And if God doesn't lyk gayness why did he invent even the idea of it? I was attracted to boys before i knew nething about sex.etc so its not lyk i made a conscious choice as soon as i knew the difference. 1 more thing- in the grand scheme of things if God made evrything du think he'd really care?

Answer 1

THANK YOU! many of my freinds think homosexuallity is wrong just because they read it in the bible. If they want to think of it as blasphemy, I need to find some new freinds.
you're born that way. people can think otherwise, but it's obvious, God's stupid.

Answer 2

First, we are fallen creatures. God made everything "good" in the beginning. Because of sin, we have become defective.

Having gay impulses is not sinful. Acting upon those impulses is. We are not animals who can't control our heat. We have the capacity to choose. We often choose the path of least resistance and act upon our impulses.

Paul calls this for what it is: "For when you were slaves of sin, you were free as far as righteousness was concerned. What benefit did you get from doing those things you are now ashamed of? For those things resulted in death." (Romans 6:20-21)

Using the logic that your question uses, let's look at other behavior. If a person is born a kleptomaniac, should he be free from punishment if he steals? Of course not. You can also use any other behavior and ask the question. Should an alcoholic be excused? Or a pedophile?

See, when we change the issue, it becomes more apparent. We are told "...all have sinned and continue to fall short of God's glory." (Romans 3:23) And the solution is the same for all. Repent and receive Jesus as Lord, and you will be saved from the penalty of sin and death. It is not just a homosexual issue. It is a sin issue.

Answer 3

God didn't MAKE them gay. Homosexuality is a sin & God doesn't make or create sin. And yes we all have the choice over our sexual decisions.

Answer 4

Yes, God cares deeply about you. He sent his own son as a ransom for our sin because he loves us so much, no matter who we are. Here is an article that I think might help you to reason on the questions that you mentioned. It discusses genes and choice. Our environment effects us at times and also our sense of what is right and wrong. The bible gives us Jehovah's view point on all matters and it is up to us to reason on these things and bring our life in harmony. A bible study is the first step to getting understanding of these things and is the initial point in gathering information that will be able to help you to stand firm in your beliefs once accurate knowledge is aquired. It is possible to change your way of thinking, it would be cruel for God to tell us that we need to do this if we truly could not do them. Read what the bible says at,
1 Corinthians 6:9,10:

9 What! Do YOU not know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men, 10 nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God’s kingdom. 11 And yet that is what some of YOU were.

Saying that God made you that way would be in effect saying that he made certain people to be adulterers, thieves, or drunks. We can chose to live a clean life with Gods help and direction. You can go to the web site below and also contact someone at the site under "contacts" if you would like to start a study so you can redirect your life in a more spiritual way. Prayer will also help you if you sincerely want to change.

God truly will forgive in a large way and the fact that it makes him very happy for you to do so is stated at Luke 15:7,

7 I tell YOU that thus there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner that repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who have no need of repentance.



http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2002/6/1a/article_01.htm

Answer 5

God didn't make gay people. That's just something they like to say to help them come to grips with their own perverted, twisted lifestyle CHOICE. You know, makes 'em feel better, besides the fact that it shifts the blame to anyone or anything else but themselves. That is the corrupt and evil world we live in: Good is seen as evil and right is looked on as wrong.

Oh yeah, God cares. He made His view on what He calls an abomination abundantly clear.

Answer 6

We have a choice to control our own emotions and desires. Sometimes I feel like whacking someone, but I know is wrong so I don't. For whatever reason you felt attracted to boys, but you are not forced to follow that. If God did not care, he would not have said homosexuality is a sin. Remember we are all, who do not want to sin, fighting our tendencies and trying to follow God the best we can, it can be done, but is not easy nor absolute.

Answer 7

He cares about you. Don't blame God for something He didn't do. You've made a choice and you can change your choices. It's up to you! And when you decide to do that, God will help you live a "normal" life. Research the MANY people who have turned their lives around, turned to God and been healed of homosexuality. There is hope!

Answer 8

God did not invent the idea of being gay sick corrupted people invented the idea. It is listed as a sin in the bible their is no way around it. People choose that way of life just like you did. So if someone kills you for being gay would it be fair for them to say "oh God put the idea in my head for me to kill" do you think that that really makes sense.

Answer 9

I think mostly the Bible is a teaching guide for people. It sets an ideal way of life to strive for, even tho we know we are sinners and can never attain this ideal life. We can try.

Hermaphrodites and homosexuals who are born with this condition have a hard row to hoe. It's not easy being in a body that is male but has female feelings and vise-versa. Also in the case of hermaphrodites, they must live with having two genders. Then there are those born with no sex organs.

I think God must judge these people, because we can't presume to do this.

Answer 10

God did create people, but he did not create people to be homosexual. He also did not invent the idea of it. Like all other sins, that came from Satan. And yes, God does care.

In Genesis 19:1-29 the cities of Sodom and Gommorah were destroyed because the people were so wicked. The men of the city wanted to have sex with other men. So God's judgement on the city was to destroy it by raining down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah.

Leviticus 18:22 (speaking to men in Israel) "Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable."

Leviticus 20:13 "If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads."

Romans 1:26-27 "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion."

1 Corinthians 6:9 "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexual offenders...will inhereit the kingdom of God."

1 Corinthians 6:13 "The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body."

1 Timothy 1:8-10 "We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers."

Answer 11

YOUR argument is with God Himself. Don't feel left out yet.

YOU will get the chance to discuss this face too face.

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