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2007-05-26 16:23:27 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why would anyone *choose* to be gay, especially in areas of the country where people still brutalize and murder people because of their sexuality?
If people chose to be gay, that means that someone could come along and persuade to choose to participate in sexual activities with someone of your sex. I don't know about you, but I can't just "decide" to be sexual with someone to whom I'm not attracted. As a strait guy, I can't just "decide" to be attracted to Johnny Depp. And gay guys can't just "decide" not to be attracted to men anymore and then all of a sudden be attracted to Beyonce.
Don't believe me? Try it yourself. If you're straight, try to "decide" to be attracted to someone of the same sex. You can't. Or try to "decide" not to love someone - boyfriend, sibling, parent. Love isn't "decided". Your parents didn't decide to love you.
If we could decide who to love and not love, broken hearts would not exist. After break up, we would just decide not to love that person anymore and not be in pain. We would never fall in love with someone who doesn't love us back. If we could decide who we loved, wouldn't we fall in love with almost everyone we decided to date? Wouldn't we just decide to love those who are available to us rather than waiting for that "one true love"?
2007-05-26 16:40:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
They ONLY people that know are homosexuals. No one else could POSSIBLY know, so no one else is in a position to give an "opinion" on the subject. You might "feel" that it's man's own creation, but unless you're homosexual, then you don't know.
2007-05-27 00:09:36 · answer #2 · answered by Jess H 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sexuality is biologically based and has nothing to do with signing up with a new lifestyle as many other people would like others to believe in. Try picturing someone of the same gender and force yourself to lust after him/her, you would find that your efforts would lead you to nothing.
Most biologists from San Francisco State to Stanford to Yale all agree that homosexuality is indeed influenced by a genetic trait. There are published reports in scientific journals that reflect this finding. Genetics determines one's physiological composition, shape a person's behavior and sexuality. There is no doubt in my mind that sexuality is pre-programmed for us. You can disagree with this fact, but it's still going to be a fact. Homosexuality is a genetic trait.
For those who say its a "choice" can you prove it to the LGBT community? Or are you just going to say that Lynn Cheney is in denial that she made a choice to be a gay Republican? I find some of the comments very amusing because I know alot of gay Christians who want to be straight but can't. There's alot of ignorance from fundamentalists when it comes to sexuality.
2007-05-26 23:30:15 · answer #3 · answered by ibid 3 · 8⤊ 0⤋
I am Bisexual and a Christian. I think that it is sin born. Where do Christians get the idea that we are supposed to be so perfect? We have sin living in us and some people are born with physical problems. So why not sexual problems? Or psychological problems?
Who told Christians that God made everybody 'perfect'? It's not in my Bible. Because in my Bible I read that Adam fell into sin. And sin changed Adam so that he would die. He wasn't made to die, he fell into dying. So we all are dying because sin is in us.
So why pick on homosexuals? Where did Christians find out that they were the unsinning ones who should judge even the nonbelievers? And when was it supposed to be that the sinners who weren't saved supposed to be picked on?
When did the Christians begin to dispose the Gospel message for the message of condemnation? There happens to be a Gospel message where Christians are supposed to tell about Jesus Christ who saves those who trust Him. What happened to that?
No matter where homosexuality comes from, born or not, it is nothing compared to the grace that God provides through Jesus Christ.
2007-05-26 23:37:58 · answer #4 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Why does homosexuality especially concern you?
Sexual orientation of whichever variety is going to be a result of the same processes...whether you are straight, bisexual, gay or transsexual.
Giving in to low IQ is a bad choice, just as giving in to tallness is a bad choice also.
The act of low IQ should never be committed and the act of tallness is unforgivable.
2007-05-26 23:29:01 · answer #5 · answered by CHEESUS GROYST 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I think it means that you can't possibly be homosexual or you would know better.
If it is a choice, then you'd remember the moment you chose to become heterosexual.
When in question, I usually go to the experts and ask them. So I checked with my nephew. He said he was made that way. I believe him. I also read articles posted by scientists. Currently they agree that something happens to kids before they are born. So I believe them, too.
2007-05-26 23:26:40 · answer #6 · answered by Tina Goody-Two-Shoes 4 · 5⤊ 3⤋
depp i am homosexual it is ok you feel it is man´s creation...i KNOW it is inborn...but anyway i dont think it really matters...
2007-05-26 23:30:59 · answer #7 · answered by alberto k 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Some posters bring up anger.
I was not born angry. I was angry when my birth picture was taken.
When I was 8 years old, I chose to throw a rock which injured a little boy. I was not angry at the time but I chose to throw the rock and suffer the consequences.
When I was 16 years old, I was angry and placed my head through a pane window at my place of work. I did not have any other outlet for the anger but I made a choice to put my head through a window. I had to reimburse the store owner $10 for repairs.
When I was 21 years old, I trashed my office out of manic anger and locked myself out of my office. The manic anger subsided and I was left humbled.
When I was 31 years old, I made a sudden 3 point turn out of anger and was arrested by the police. Three months prior to this incident, I was angry and chose to throw my wife out of the house we had purchased 3 days earlier. I was out of control angry but I still acted on those emotions....
Same is true for homosexuality - especially among those who have been sexually abused. The anger is so strong that the only outlet, sadly, is homosexual relations. However, there are other emotions besides anger which draws people to homosexual relationships. My cousin is still in the closet and has a homosexual partner because she can relate to this individual better than her mother (plus, she went to all-female private school where she concluded that she liked women better than men).
Homosexuality is a choice - plan and simple. There is no inborn tendency towards homosexuality and let's say even if there was - that instinct isn't there for natural purposes.
Before modern medical technology, homosexual couples could not become parents - thanks to IVF and sperm donors, the fantasies of homosexual couples have come true. They have made choices and the children of such couples are faced with many questions about their "unique" standing in life.
{EDIT} Adam and Eve sinned because they made a choice to eat the apple. Jesus Christ does not save by grace alone BUT he saved Adam and Eve by bringing them out of Hades because Adam and Eve repented to Christ, who was The Tree of Life. Homosexuals have the same choice BUT if they repent, they too can be saved. It is very simple, not agnostic, not athiestic and I realize this is not a popular answer....
2007-05-26 23:37:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 7⤋
If you believe it is a choice, answer this honestly:
Did *you* choose your sexual orientation?
In other words, is there a time in your life when you were attracted to boys and girls equally, but *chose* to be attracted to the opposite sex? Could you now even concieve of *changing* your sexuality ... could you "force" yourself to be attracted to people of your own sex?
If not, then there's your answer. If it was not a choice for you, never was, never could be ... then it is pure hypocrisy to just *declare* that it is a choice for other people ... that everyone is born straight but some people just "chose" at some point to subject themselves to a lifetime of condemnation and ridicule.
2007-05-26 23:27:12 · answer #9 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 9⤊ 3⤋
Just because YOU find it hard to believe doesn't mean that it isn't so.
To kait - Right.... Because the Bible says so, you expect us to believe it. Sure.
To wisdom – You’re sure living up to your screen name. God calls homosexuality a sin so of course it CAN’T be possible that people are born gay. Why didn’t I think of that in the first place?!?!? Thanks for your incredible wisdom.
Ex Head – Thanks! I will be sure to “raed” Romans Chapter 1.
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2007-05-26 23:27:27 · answer #10 · answered by Weird Darryl 6 · 6⤊ 3⤋