How is homosexuality unnatural if it exists in many other animal species?

Question

And I mean MANY!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_animals

Wow, some of you are defensive! The question is about whether it's natural or not...an important distiction, since Christians are notorious for calling it unnatural. That's all. It can still be a sin, according to your ancient rule book.

Answer 1

Since when did wikipedia become something we can trust. I guess if you're grasping for straws you can trust it.

Answer 2

I don't believe it is the norm with animals either. Sex to animals is an instinct. The female has to be in heat. You don't see them having sex every night, only in mating season. I'm sure there are things or scents that may cause an animal to be aroused, ..why does a dog hump someones leg? There must be a scent on the leg that caused them to be aroused. I know my female dogs have on occasion (twice) hump another female dog, this is a show of dominance. Nothing sexual about it, as they were not in heat. Does that mean they are Lesbians? No!

Man was made in God's image. With the ability to think and reason and to know right and wrong. How can it be natural? If everyone was gay, the human race would become extinct.

Answer 3

Just as a point of information-- asking this question makes a lot of sense. For over 800 years the #1 argument against homosexuality was put forward by the Catholic Church based on what they call "Natural Law". This concept was based on the belief that God demonstrates in nature the appropriate and "good" ordering of things. We perceive this through observation and the use of reason. The Church still argues that homosexuality is not natural in this sense.

Of course, the Church learned long ago to stay out of the business of commenting on what is appropriately the realm of science (remember Galileo and Copernicus). Nature is not an indicator of morality. It is an indicator of survival strategies for species in various localities. In the contemporary scientific understanding of nature, homosexuality is perfectly natural. It has even been argued by some evolutionary biologists (in my opinion poorly) that it serves as a kind of population control. It is more likely that it is a natural result of the complexity of the higher mammalian hormonal and neuronal control of what we simplistically lump under the word "sexuality"...

Answer 4

there's a logical subject with your declare: in simple terms because of fact something's everywhere would not make it maximum suitable. although, for the reason that human beings in simple terms take from the Bible what they want why do not you do it too? in simple terms bypass away out the 'no gay stuff' area and stay a ethical existence. it is going to be adequate! edit- in simple terms stating the fallacy of your reasoning, inspite of your purpose. Do you declare to comprehend what a house fly is questioning? easily an animal or any organism might have limited tiers of freedom, yet they might nonetheless think of and act! yet shall we bypass alongside with your concept; if houseflies do not fall into sin and are in simple terms fillers for the panorama- then it would not make it maximum suitable for human beings to persist with greater healthful, does it? edit2- i'm not generalising in any respect, in case you have confidence in a strictly axiomatic ideas-set to sin (i.e- what the Bible decrees), then it is not significant if there is not any genuine clarification for something to be a sin, does it? as long as its in there and its called a sin- it incredibly is a sin! yet returned that's not my very own theory, i'm in simple terms attempting to tutor that your argument would not artwork!

Answer 5

It isn't, the Church sought for so many years to control the people (which means controlling the birth rate) that its taboos became part of the collective psyche. The bloody Puritans brought their wacked-out ideas of chastity with them to America and now we are saddled with truly unhealthy views of sexuality. Best not to worry about what the people repressed by their religion think, it'll just drive you crazy.

Answer 6

I guess even animals can have a "screw loose" sometimes in their thinking and behavoir. They are animals for God's sake. Some animals kill their own young, does that make it right for humans to do. I do not put myself in the same catagory as an animal.

Answer 7

That's so made up!!! Someone is falsifying Wiki.

Humans are the ONLY mammals who have sex for pleasure. The rest of the animals have sex only for creation. Females will only have sex when they are in heat. So they don't have sex young, or post menopause ... they only have sex when ovulating.

In fact sex for pleasure is proof of humans being more divine than animals ... humanity is the quest to advance beyond animals and strive for divinity. Homosexuality is a path that is distinct from animals but God still says, 'You can do better' to be more divine.

Answer 8

I don't know, but if the best argument one can come up with for homosexuality is "animals do it" I think I'd keep it to myself.

Answer 9

ive seen my dog eat its poop. and i know that animals that have deformed offspring eat them.

not that i think being homosexual is wrong... i just dont think the "because it happens in nature thing" is the best argument.

Answer 10

Are you of that animal species?

I think not. You are a human, all on here (hopefully) are human as well.

Morality is a character of the human species, not animals.