My thoughts on homosexuality and what religion says vs. what we think?

Question

Let me just get a few points here before I ask my question/express my thoughts.
-I am not a homosexual,
-and my religion does condemn it.

Now, I ask those who believe homosexuality is wrong, sinful, shouldn't even exist ETC. Let's say you think it's wrong, your religion does, and so on. My question is, even if YOU think it's wrong, YOU don't support it, why stop others from being it? My question is why people don't take care of themselves. People being homosexual does not effect you. If they get married and you see them holding hands, so what? Are your eyes going to be burned by God? No, and you'll be fine too. What you should care about is your stance on life, how you are religious, etc. Why does someone else being gay/lesbian hurt you?

Let me get this straight...I don't think homosexuality is right OR wrong, because I don't feel we have received enough scientific evidence to prove one cannot help from being a homosexual.

Please let me know what you think about this.

Answer 1

Sin is sin.... lying, cheating, stealing, adultery, etc. It's all sin... as is homosexuality.

With that said, one sin is not worse than another. I don't treat homosexuality as any worse. I've known gay people and hug them when I see them like I would hug anyone else. Because I know that it's not about the sin, but about a relationship with Christ, I don't even bring the subject up. If they bring it up and/or ask what I think, I tell them the truth: it's a sin before God and God loves them and wants them to turn to Him and away from the sin. God wants a personal relationship with them and has grace for all sin.

What else needs to be said? I have sin in my own life; that just doesn't happen to be my personal type of sin.

There are also socio-economic problems with homosexuality that affect all of society, but I won't get into that in this discussion. Everything is resolved when one accepts the Word of God and begins a true relationship with Christ. Everything else is superfluous.

God Bless,

Sue

Answer 2

I personally look at homosexual people in the way that I would a person with idk...schizophrenia. What i mean by this is that I do think that it is natural...sort of like a mental disorder, and they can't help it. Today though, the majority in my eyes seem to be just deciding they are gay out of nowhere. Being gay/bisexual has become a fad...and it's ridiculous. I am a senior in high school and about 20 people in the last year have just up and decided they are gay. That doesn't happen. Not unless something tragic happened to you or something to drive you away from the opposite sex...which would be sort of like a phobia(mental disorder.) I do not agree with gay marriage anymore because of this. I mean eventually more and more people are going to start "becoming" gay and wanting to be in relationships with the same sex. I don't agree with that if you are what I call a "fake gay." These people need to stop trying to get attention, go have some babies with someone of the opposite sex, and keep the world going round.
P.S.: I know my ideas on this issue may sound a little far fetched to you, but this is just my opinion. Sorry if anyone was offended by this...not that I really care.Oh and in case you think my disagreement with gay marriage has anything to do with religion, it doesn't.I'm not in the least bit religous.

Answer 3

First, a point of clarification; what people think (opinion), what religion says, and what is in the Bible are not necessarily the same thing.

There is no text in the Bible that states God hates homosexuals.

The Bible does, however, identify the sexual interaction of two members of the same sex as an abomination.

The act is an abomination not the actor. In essence what we are facing in society today is a plea for the acceptance of an act which God calls an abomination.

If a person believes that the Bible is the word of God and that God is the Creator, His words in the Bible identifying the sexual act as an abomination are accepted as true.

According to God, human beings were created by Him with their sexual orientation pre-programmed by HIm. Therefore, the sexual preference for another person of the same sex is a matter of choice. God condemns the choice and the act, (not the person) as sinful.

If we accept the Bible as the book of principles for the development of character preparatory to entering heaven, then we know that everyone's actions and words have an influence upon others.

Wrong principles = wrong influence. Right principles = right influence.

Homosexuality and every sin for that matter has an influence on someone's thoughts and feelings. The misunderstanding that many have concerning this is precisely at this point.

Sin does not take place in a vacuum. Nor is it a static force. Our views of life and how we conduct ourselves does have an impact on ourselves and others.

Does homosexuality promote the general health, moral excellence and noble purposes of those involved in it ?

On the contrary, there is a general lowering of the standard of morality to accomodate the acts and lessen opposition to it. .

The current worldly view is that homosexuality or lesbianism is a genetic inheritance and the person can't help his or herself because he or she was born that way. So it comes down to every individual's decision to either believe what God is saying or what some in modern society are saying.

Each of us is free to choose who or what we are going to believe and accept the consequences that follow.

Show N Tell

Answer 4

There was a twin boy (true story) when he was born they went to cercumsize him, and apparently the laser surgery was fairly new and they basically burned his penis off. Instead of fixing the problem they gave him a sex change and named him Brenda. Keep in mind he had a twin brother. they gave him hormones to make him develope as a female and he never knew himself to be anything other than Brenda. he was picked on for most of his childhood because the kids picked on him for being gay. not a gay male (I'm pretty sure he still looked like a boy)but a gay female. He went to psychiatrist that tried to force being a female into him. If gay was something you could implant into someone I'm pretty sure they would have been able to convince brandon he was Brenda after about 15 years but they weren't. He knew he was a boy no matter what the Dr.s did or his parents told him.

This is my question. If it is possible to have people born with both sexes why it is so hard to believe that men could look like men and feel like a woman. I actually know a guy that had a sex change and has a girlfriend. it is kinda freaky because the girlfriend is gay. Point being he didn't want to be with a man he just knew in his heart he was a woman. why is it so hard to believe that gay people may just have more of one gene than another and if "god made them like that" would it not then be wrong for you to judge gay people because they are "gods creation and he doesn't create anything bad"?

I agree with you. Oh and by the way my friends Stepfather is a Baptist pastor. you know about the new judgement made by the national Baptist association not communicating with other churches that have gay members? He has refused to kick out his gay members. So there is hope for some Christian's. Some of them are doing what they feel in their hearts god would want them to do as opposed to what society want's them to do

Answer 5

I have a problem with people who try to say what is in the constitution and the amendments with out researching the actual document. People think that the constitution actually says that there should be a separation between church and state. Actually it doesn't. Politicians and lawyers are the only ones who says that it is so. They presume this is what was meant. Read it and the background to find the true meaning. As for me God said that when a man sleeps with a man as a woman, that it is an abomination. That is good enough for me. I don't hate people for their actions, I hate the actions. I don't hate the sinner, but the sin. I you will read the bible you will find that the disciple Paul wrote about eunuchs. Do research and you can find out what a eunuch is.

Answer 6

Excellent. I agree with you. Whether a person is homosexual or heterosexual neither picks my pocket nor breaks my legs, therefore I have no right to treat it as harmful. That would be immoral.

People talk about "giving gay people the right to marry" as though we're talking about forcing everyone to marry someone of the same sex. Of course, that's not so. No one is being forced to be gay or pretend to be gay or marry someone against their will. No one has the right to force another to be what he is not. Gay people just want their equal share of what the rest of us accept as our right. It's a simple matter of equity.

Answer 7

People think they're entitled to spread, legislate and enforce their religious doctrine. Apparently those people, at least those people who want to make homosexuality and same sex marriage illegal based solely on morality and their religious dogma, don't care about the separation of church and state.

Forcing people to accept some particular idea or adhere to behavioral standards from someone else’s religion means that their religious freedom is being infringed upon.

By the way, figuring out if people could "help" being homosexual would lead you to make a moral judgment on homosexuality? It's morality is contingent upon whether it is inborn or learned?

Well... I've got news for you... the psychological community has been telling us for the better part of 4 decades and in no uncertain terms that homosexuality is natural, healthy, and UNCHANGEABLE.

Answer 8

to bad many christians dont see that. they think god put them in charge of controlling everyone. but they also believe god gave them free will. so in reality they think god gave everyone free will, but gave his followers the right to take that gift away from everyone else.

regardless to how you view homosexuality (be it a sin). hypocricy is a sin, lying is a sin, gluttony is a sin, pride is a sin, murder is a sin, greedy is a sin. being alcoholic is a sin... ive seen far more hypocrits among christians, ive seen far more prideful people among christians. why do christians pinpoint this one sin to make a fuss over,

the bible says dont pick at the sawdust in your neighboors eye when their is a plank in your own.

perhaps instead of complaining about homosexuals the church should weed out hypocrits??

Answer 9

Most of my friends are conservative Christians and are disgustingly anti-gay. I've always wondered why it's so important, why it's such a priority, especially since Jesus himself never mentioned it.

Those of my friends who are capable of having a rational discussion with me about our disagreements, explain it to me in these terms...and let me make it clear I don't agree with them, I'm just telling you what they've told me.

The main excuse they use is a "protect the children" theme. Despite evidence to the contrary, many people still believe that gay men are the majority group molesting children. They also point to sometimes decades-old cultural stereotypes to suggest that the majority of gay men are extremely promiscuous, that they are out to recruit children and teens to be gay, and that they love immorality in general.

Other Christians see themselves as guardians or protectors of a moral society, and for some reason see homosexuals as a threat to morality in general. I've heard "statistics" (source unknown) that gay people deal drugs more than heterosexuals, participate in child porn more, cheat on their taxes more, commit violent crimes more, etc. Gay people threaten their sense of a moral society.

This is one of the things that confuses me so much about the gay marriage debate, by the way - if your issue with gay people is their promiscuity, wouldn't it be in your best interests to allow them to commit to and marry one partner, so they wouldn't be trolling the streets for your children? But my interpretation is this: as much as they fear the alleged immorality of gay people, they also want gay people to stay in that darkness and not to join, even marginally, their mainstream society. The majority of Christians I know do not want gay people to "get better" or "act right"...they want gay people to "go away," or stay in a dark corner where they can be watched and judged.

Not all Christians think these things about gay people. Not all Christians judge gay people. Jesus didn't.

Answer 10

I agree 100%. If they are not coming to my church or asking for my input....absolutely...I have no reason (nor do I) ever talk of the spiritual ramifications of homosexual practice. I have many friends who are homosexuals who are not part of my tradition and we remain friends. I go to their houses. They come to mine.

But - the minute they want spiritual advice...the minute they want to come and be a part of my parish family...I am honor and duty bound by solemn oaths that I took when I was ordained to tell them the truth.

The truth is, it's a sin. I can't change that with a wave of my magic wand.

I also know dozens of EX-homosexuals who have decided to stop the practice.