Why is being homosexual or transgendered immoral if it doesn't hurt anyone?

Question

If a man has sex with another man, or if a woman has sex with another woman, then no one is hurt as long as they are both consenting adults. And if someone chooses to transition from male to female or from female to male, the act itself doesn't hurt anyone (though when the person is in a relationship, the partner can be hurt by it, but that's a different story). So why is it a sin?

In case you're wondering why I'm asking this question, it's because I've heard so many religious people say it's a sin without being able to give a rational argument as to why it's wrong.

Answer 1

There is nothing wrong, or immoral about being bisexual, homosexual or transgender. What you have is a group of people that are programmed to be afraid of what they don't understand. They are told that way A is the only way that there is to be and if you are any way besides way A then you are wrong immoral and a sinner or an abomination.
It is amazing how many eyes I have opened by just being myself and educated people about my crossdressing. Not a one, after they learn about it and me have thought I needed to be shunned or saved.

So fear and stupidity is why we are considered immoral. And that is just B.S.

Answer 2

being transgender is immoral because it is by its very nature and action deceitful. Homosexuality however is fine, no harm done because they aren't lying to themselves and others what they actually are. Transgender individuals who act as their non biological sex are actively deceiving those around them as well as themselves. Lying is immoral, there for transsexualism is immoral. The surgeries don't change your gender, they just mutilate your genitals. If an individual feels this strongly they are the opposite gender, this should be considered a mental illness since they are unable to cope with the reality of their biological bodies.

Sexual attraction, straight or otherwise, is different because its what an individual finds attractive. Its opinion and preference based. No harm no fowl between two consenting adults. These individuals are not altering their bodies/appearances in order to look like something they are not.

When you say being trans is not immoral and doesn't harm anyone except for a potential partner or lover, that person is in fact a person, and you are harming them by deceiving them. Therefore due to the harm of this person you've so easily written off as "a different story" is still harmful to them and should not be so easily written off.

as far as any of this being a sin, this is a relative cultural norm assuming you are religious. Morality/ethics are not religion based. Right and wrong don't need to be pegged to religion to exist.

Answer 3

the short and simple answer is that it's not a sin to be homosexual or transgendered. Some people think that having the desire to be with someone of the same sex is not a sin BUT acting on those feelings is. Labelling homosexuals or those that are transgendered as sinners is an attempt by different religious institutions to keep tabs on different publics. How can it be a sin to truly express who you are?

Answer 4

Ever since humans first set foot on this planet we've been tuaght to hate what's different, hate what's weak and if it's different or weak it doesn't have a right to live. Homosexuals and transgenders are different and they aren't the first people who have been thought to be immoral and there are most likely other groups of people who will suffer the same way in the future. Humans just have a hard time excepting things but in the future we might learn from that and treat everyone as equals.

Answer 5

Religions are Old. Marriage is an old concept and it was rarely about love. Marriage was a union of families and a bond of blood. Strengthening the linage through the birth of children connected to you, the family, and the country by blood. Have the right blood and you are a king, a queen, worth unlimited amounts of wealth, prestige, and power. Without the connection of blood you have no legal claim on the fortunes or the names of those who came before you ... this is why homosexuality is a sin ... because legally you must be married to acquire each others assets and the honor of having a grandchild of your bloodline. Maybe some day people will no be so vane and base the right to marriage and to chose whoever or whatever one sleeps with on needs and wants of others besides the two sharing something special with one another. People have been gay sense the dawn of time but they still had husbands, wives, & children to pass on their bloodline, family names, & fortunes.

Answer 6

It's a sin, just because it says not to in the Bible. According to a Catholic friend of mine... masturbation, oral sex, and anal sex are all sins, since the Bible says a man shall not waste his seed. The only way sex is NOT a sin, is if a child can come from it. So therefore... sex with someone of the same sex is a sin. The only sex that isn't a sin is traditional intercourse, man and woman, without birth control.

I'm not Catholic and I think that's a load of bologna, but that's just me.

It's only immoral if it goes against YOUR PERSONAL morals.

Answer 7

not from now on so than heterosexual interest. would desire to this is immoral? if this is rape, sure. If this is cheating, sure. comparable as with heterosexuality. There are 3 standards for something to be immoral. one million) this is the omission or cost of an act. Morality is composed of acts - verbs. gay interest fills that requirement in basic terms as heterosexual interest does. 2) The omission/cost of the act is complete to fulfill a private (or egocentric) purpose. lower back, gay/heterosexual interest fulfills this requirement. 3) the guy omitting/committing this act is acquainted with or believes that the action will in some way harm yet another - it incredibly is complete at somebody else's cost. Heterosexual and gay interest would or won't fulfill this requirement, based of course upon the situations.

Answer 8

No clue -- well people set up the concept of sin and some morality a long time ago and while some of it is good, things that seemed "different" were considered wrong. Most of the current subscribers to the notion of sin have no clue that there are alternate moral systems

Answer 9

We still live with hangover religious beliefs from thousands of years back when people were mostly illiterate and uninformed, and were easily controlled by powerful people. Those people exercised their control to ridiculous extremes, like telling people who they could marry, what they should eat and how they should raise children.

Nowadays because we are more educated and informed we view things as being ethical or unethical.

Nobody thinks being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered is unethical. That would just sound ridiculous.

Answer 10

I am gay. Being gay or transgendered is a sin because it misses perfection.

We were origionally created to procreate, or have offspring.

However, there is not one man who walks among us who I know of (except Jesus) who is perfect. There is a difference between sin and evil.

Evil has more to do with anger, spite, or doing something out of malice or the desire to impede upon someone elses rights.

Evil is sin, but sin isn't always Evil.

Sin means missing perfection. The individual is gay not usually because of his or her own choosing, but because they were either born with it or developed it because of imperfections and or tragety in their life. Often a feeling of rejection from men or sexual assault of some kind (especially at a young age).

I think that people should stay out of other people's lives. Someone can aknowlege that being gay is a sin, or agree not to agree that it is a sin and still live in peace and harmony in eachother's life.

Someone who attacks someone for being gay out of anger is committing a sin as well.

Jesus said " Be anxious (angry/impacient) for nothing"