If being gay is a sin, in the Christian religion, then why would God let that be a possibility?

Question

I mean, being gay isn't even a choice, unlike robbery and murder...it just doesn't make sense.

How can you CHOOSE to be gay? It doesn't make sense at all! It is in your own interests, which you are BORN with or are influenced into. It can not be a choice. I just don't see it happening.

@arily666; What does being cripple have to do with being gay? And in the Bible it definitely does not say you can go to Hell if crippled, but in the Bible it says that being gay is a sin, so I am questioning that because it is stated in the Bible...

@oodles; Okay for one, why in the world are you taking this so seriously? It's just a question. Stop acting like I've committed the ultimate crime. I'm just curious about what YOU all think. Let's act a little bit more grown up, alright? :) Oh, and stop treating me as if you have some sort of higher position. Because you obviously don't.

Answer 1

uhhhh the thoughts and lust may not be a choice but the dwelling on it and acting on the temptations are!! There is a choice!!

Answer 2

I've really been wrestling with this question recently.

First, let me say that I have never believed that it's wrong for people of the same sex to love each other, or live together, or raise children together. The only activity the Bible ever refers to as sinful is sodomy.

In addition, I've had the privilege of knowing some gay couples whose relationships were at least as stable and mutually supportive as many straight couples I know, which I suppose is why I started thinking about the issue so much.

Where I'm headed right now on this (and I'm anything but committed) is that being gay is neither genetic nor a choice, but somewhere in between. God doesn't "make" people gay, but people are "made" gay by things that are well outside their control. Maybe it's something that happens during gestation--I understand some studies have looked into this. Maybe it's a nurture issue. And if this is the case, then God "lets" it happen because it's a product of free will.

The bottom line is that, while we have self-determination, much of our behavior is pre-programmed one way or another and is a real struggle for us to alter. If someone's behavior is pre-programmed in a way that we disagree with, but they've found a way to be honestly happy, I'm not clear on how anyone gains from condemning them for it.

Answer 3

You can have gay tendencies, just like a guy would have desires for a woman or vice versa. There's nothing wrong with that.
The wrong comes with how you act on those desires.
If a man desires to have sex with a beautiful woman he sees on the street should he stalk her and rape her?
If a person desires to molest a child, should they act on that desire or should they refrain?
The same goes for homosexual tendencies. Barring religious teaching, homosexual behavior is detrimental to the physical survival of the human race. On this basis alone we can say homosexual behavior is no good.
Now to answer your question.
God gives everyone challenges. They are many and different.
God expects us to face these challenges and to ask for his help in dealing with these challenges.
We are to grow and improve as God's children from these challenges and homosexual tendencies are a challenge for some people. Committing homosexual acts are the sin.
Having the tendency is not the sin.
"Being gay" is a way of saying that's how it is and I should just give in and live the lifestyle of a gay person. If that were the case should those with child molesting tendencies be allowed to molest children simply because that is the way God made them?
Sexual relations are only to happen between one man and one woman, legally and lawfully wedded.
This is the way God made mankind from the first man, Adam and the first woman, Eve. This has never changed no matter what people think is the "right thing" to do.
This is THE foundation of any human society. All societies that have attempted other ways of what they may call a family have invariably failed.
Our societies world wide is failing because of the breakdown of marriage and the family.
Rome fell because of the breakdown of the family.
"Homosexuality" is an enemy to the traditional family and always will be. There can never be a middle ground or an accommodation one way or the other.
Those who practice homosexuality will always fight against the traditional family and those institutions that uphold it and these institutions(religion) those that uphold the traditional family will always reject the practice of homosexuality.

Answer 4

I think that if someone took the time to tease out the truth from the scriptures you might find something that made a distinction between those who were willful in their activities - in the way an adulterer/adultress is rather than those who take no great pleasure from their sexual orientation.

There is this guy I used to work with, who as basically absolutely miserable about his sexuality (being gay) , and if there was a pill that "made" him straight - he would definitely have taken it.

This gets right to the whole nature/nurture thing and with respect to those who are genetically or psychosocially predisposed - there is probably no offense.

Those who are doing it for kicks or just to get off or whatever - that's another matter - getting to "know" your neighbor in the biblical sense does not ring well, and in EVERY specific instance cited , it was an instance of predatory behavior rather than two mutually attracted characters.

Now before I'm accused of demeaning flamboyant gays, I simply mean to suggest that , flamboyant behavior- period, was NOT ever condoned on the part of any gender orientation , I believe that the ideal of modesty would be the word in play.

Answer 5

Just because God gave you and everyone else the power to choose what they will....that is no excuse to throw it up and say that 'It wasn't by choice that I am gay'. THAT is such a shucking of responsibility.
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G IS A FREAKIN' CHOICE.
Do you think that if you are going down a road and come to a fork in the road that there are no choices for you to take?
Of course there are the obvious ones...but you can still make the choices that are not so clearly seen. Who needs a road to direct them to where they are going? Think.
There are so many out there that just want to blame what they are on anything but themselves.
Now.....if they were something that the 'norm' of society would be proud of you would be bending over backwards to show everyone out there that it was YOU that did it. But it's not that way, huh? Because it is something that is not the preponderance of the norm....you blame it on something else. Certainly not yourself.
Be responsible for what you are protruding into this world that is desperately seeking people that are more of a 'unit' to a happy 'let's get-along' existence. Instead of one that you are so confused with that you need to seek answers from here.
Hang in there.......keep trying.....and do not give up.

Answer 6

This one reminds me of the "why does bad things happen to good people" question. Why does everyone think it's their god given right to have sex? God gave us sex as an act between a husband and his wife. So guess what, this means if you have no wife you have no sex. Does this make you gasp? God does indeed make gay people and he loves them just as much as he does me.Just because God made a person gay does not mean that they have to act upon their desires. People tend to twist the word around to fit their needs. Now a days the thought of not having sex is laughable , yet our bible tells us to refrain until you're married. What don't you understand?

Answer 7

Christianity is not a religion to begin with but a relationship with the creator of the universe. He's the one that makes the laws. All people everywhere are actually sinful human beings yet dearly loved by God. You should check out who Jesus is and not look at his weak, sinful, broken followers for answers to this one.

Answer 8

I think gay is a mental aberration a weakness of mind not a sin . If you were crippled would you go to hell beause you couldn't walk ? gain some humane knowledge . Why is that so called relgious people always want to kick a person when they are down . what is good about that ?

Answer 9

Sorry i need to stop you here "Being Gay is a choice" its still scientifically unproved that being Gay has something to do with the genes

Answer 10

Naw..... come on.... It is a perversion....It is a sin and an abomination to God.....Good news thought..God still Loves you and all you have to do is stop the perverted ways and come to Jesus

By the way...God had nothing to do with it , that is a decision you have made through free will...