How many homosexuals here are atheists or agnostics?

Question

i am a methodist christian who believes that homosexuality is NOT a sin. i have been put down for this and i have been told that i am not a true christian for this idea. i know that most (if not all) homosexual people have battled religion in some way or another. how many people changed their religion once they "became*" gay or lesbian.

*i say "because" because i think that you are born being homosexual and that it is not a choice.

a good site for anyone who struggle with the concept of being homosexual and religious should check out this site.

www.godmademegay.com

inresponse to χριστοφερως, i find it extremely hilarious how the bible condems a woman having her period. it is a natural occurance created by god! i will be laughing about this for a long long time.

what the heck?!!! i do not have multiple users!! this is ridiculous!!! please don't report me! i have never answered my own questions. besides, look at my history, the only reason for my questions getting deleted is because of accidental repeat postings! do some research!

Answer 1

My very dear young Lady, I think that you are actually more of what I would consider a "true" Christian because you don't hate your fellow creature for what he/she is. Thank you for that bright note in my evening. Blessings from a Happy Pagan person.

Answer 2

Around the same time I was discovering my sexuality, I was also in Catholic school learning all the multitude of things about hte church that I severely disagreed with. I don't think there's any contradiction in being gay and religious, but I found that once I didn't buy into Catholicism anymore, I realized there wasn't any reason to believe any one thing over any of the others. There's no better evidence for Christianity than there is for Islam, or Taoism, etc. So, I'm not atheist, it's more just that I'm not that worried about it. If there's a God, I think I"ll score more points for being a good person because I'm a good person than for doing good works and all that because I want to please the big man.

Answer 3

I have a degree in biblical history and i know you may or may not want to hear this but god does condemn homosexuality, if people do more research into all 20 versions of the English bible they will find out its not a sin, but hey i havent read the book since i was 16, I'm no longer a christian and will never be a slave to any religion ever again, i never switched or decided to stop worshiping based upon my sexual orientation. i stoped based upon my schooling and learning more about the religions of this world but most importantly just learning more and achieving my goals of getting my associates degree's,

Answer 4

You have some good ideas but keep in mind you tend to overuse the term, homosexual. There are a whole lot more people that are bisexual than homosexual, some are religious, I suspect most are not. The strictly gay or lesbian community has been far more militant, so they get more notice, but the bisexual community, though much larger, is more laid back, and not so hung up on such ideas as being gay or lesbian or religious

Answer 5

YAY!! Why aren't there more people like you?

Um... I think most of the gay people I know are anti-Christian because of how, like, 75% (at least) of the Church (apparently) views gay people, etc.

I am a HAPPY UNITING CHURCH Gay (not exactly OUT at Church, because the average age at my congregation is, like, 60). A lot of people think it's weird, because I'm also kind of a conservative gay (oxymoron or not?) (i.e. I don't believe some of the stuff that those all-embracing preachers pour out (e.g. "All good people go to heaven")) but I'm happy enough.

taff3 or whatever: Seriously, calm down. If you don't like gay people, don't hang around them. Remove yourself from the situation. If you continuously put yourself in volatile situations (not because the gay people are there, but because YOU are there with them) there's no telling what could happen. You could get in serious trouble and you DO NOT want to hurt a gay brother/sister. BAD MOVE.

Feel the love. xoxoxo

Answer 6

My Mom let me pick which side of the family I would go to church with. I tried Cristian Science for awhile, then I visited the Catholics complete with catechism! In my early '20s after being really into Christian Science, and trying to "cure" my homosexuality, I decided to throw it all away after 5 years of "sinning, repenting, and rebuking" when I realized that this gay stuff keeps trickling up, so it must be from God... Christian Science changed their view a few years later and now accepts Gays... that really pissed me off after all I went though. I dabbled in Religious Science, and Spiritualism. Now I dabble in Sylvia Browne's "religion" Novus Spiritus. I would say that I'm all religions, and none of them... I will never place a religious template over my life ever again. I'm very casually spiritual. I take what I need from any source and leave the rest. What I need to know comes to me when I need it.

Answer 7

I am neither an atheist nor an agnostic as I believe in God's existence. However, I do not currently attend a church because I do not believe that membership in an organized religion is required to have a personal relationship with God.

Answer 8

Well, I'm bisexual, and although my family was mildly religious (we had a stint at church, but got burned there), I've always been more attracted to nature religions like Wicca. But I'm non-practicing and probably more better aligned with atheism. I've never had much of a problem with religion because 1) I don't believe homosexuality is a sin (in any religion, regardless of what they say), and 2) Wicca is very accepting of any sexual orientation. So I haven't had to battle much, but I don't think I'd change my religion even if it was at odds with me.

Hope that helps!

Answer 9

I grew up going to church and Sunday school every week, and was taught that Christianity is about love and acceptance. I was also taught that God created and loves us all. while I don't regularly attend church, I still consider myself Christian, as do all my gay/lesbian friends, my straight friends and my family. those that "use" the Bible to justify bigotry, that pass judgment on others, preach intolerance and hate in the name of God...those are the sinners, not us. How can be a sinner for being the way God Himself created me?

Answer 10

I am gay and I am an atheist. I realized I didnt believe in god long before I knew I was gay. The concept of god just never made sense.