As someone newly born again,  I wonder if you could tell why homosexuality is evil?
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A great quote...\n\n"I use the word "breeder" to insult people who wrap\nthemselves in the cloak of heterosexuality in order to show\noff the supremacy of their "life style" over mine or use it\nas a protection against AIDS.  The breeders of this world\nhave seen fit to produce offspring, but deny them them a\nchance to develop a positive self-image by erasing the lives\nof my sisters and brothers from textbooks, school education\nin general, media and so on.  So many brothers and sisters\ndie in vain because the breeders are against safer sex\neducation, which would "promote promiscuity." I say we\nshould be promiscuous, we should enjoy sex and stop\nbreeding.  If our planet is to survive, we need to stop\nprocreating." -- Jari Junikka
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it's not for us to figure out why someone has the sexual orientation that they do. i do know this, we are called to love one another and not to judge. let God right the wrongs of the world, if in fact they are wrongs.
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That, is the question that has no real answer.  The Bible speaks about sodomy, but always as a forced act or as part of a purely hedonistic culture.  Does this mean that God hates sodomy, or that he hates hedonism and rape?\n\nTo further question the teachings, one would begin to wonder, if God is all powerfull, and all-knowing (as in, he knows everything that was, everything that is, and everything that will be) and created everyone, why would he create some people knowing that they would do evil?\n\nFurther, why would God create these people, knowing that they would perform evil acts, and that he would have to punish them for all eternity in a torment beyond all possable comprehension?  If God loves us, why would he do this to us?\n\nWhat kind of God would tell us that he loves us, and then create us, with complete knowledge that our ultimate goal would be eternity in unimaginable horror?\n\nIf we start with the assumption that we have a Good and loving God, for no other kind of God is worth worship, then we must also assume that the Bible passages that tell of him punishing and tormenting us for our actions are flawed, either by misinterpretation of God's word, or to fullfill the purposes of whoever wrote those passages.\n\nThis will leave us with only one possable conclusion: that God does not truely hate or intend to punish people for things that they have no control over, or things that they are naturally predisposed to.  For, whether homosexuality is a choice or a fact of an individual's nature, it cannot be argued that the individual's personality is predisposed to homosexuality, for any choice comes from a natural inclination to make that particular choice.\n\nThis would leave most of our actions in God's hands, for God, as all knowing, knew every act we would perform in our entire lives before we are even born.  But a person must be held accountable for his actions, and some actions, such as murder, are clearly wrong.\n\nWhich brings us around to the possability that God is not all knowing and is as much in the dark about our actions as we are.  This would also open the door for homosexuality being a despised sin that God did not forsee occuring in an individual.\n\nPerhaps it's simply not possable to understand all the reasons and thoughts of God, or to truely get a grasp upon which of the Bible teachings are accurate to God's word and which are not.\n\nMaybe we can only do the best we can do, being the best person that we can be and hoping that our actions make God happy.\n\nThe best person that we can possably be is ourselves, to be somebody else is impossable.  I think that is all God really expects of us.\n\nFollow your heart when deciding what is sin and what is not.  And never judge somebody for their actions.  Only those who have never sinned or thought of sinning are worthy to judge.  Maybe some of us are wrong, maybe all of us are wrong, but we simply aren't in the position to decide that.
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My advice to you is don't listen to the Christians. They use the "unnatural" and "abomination" arguments so much they've lost all meaning. Homosexuality is not a sin. I, like you, know good people who happen to be gay. And to address your confusion with the logic behind the persecution, there is no logic.
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With the exception of people who just like to have sex with anyone and do it for just the fun of it. Let's face it there is way more to it then just a choice. You are right because I know 100% that I enjoy the opposite sex. I have been and seen enough to know almost all homosexuals are born that way. These bible thumpers base everything on fear. Fear because they don't know 100% that when they die they don't just do nothing. They confuse faith and spirituality. With things written so so so long ago with no proof whatsoever other than what was told to them.
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It is not really a human question.  By whose standards are you living?  People will condemn you for everthing you do that is not the same as them.  If you are poor, fat, gay, stay at home mom, working mom, in private school, in public school...etc.  People are not what 'should' matter.  It is between you, and the person you get involved with.\n\nIf you beleive in God, then that is another matter and it is also completely your own business.  If you DO believe in God though....you'll have to be honest with yourself and take the matter to HIM alone in prayer.\n\nPeople need to mind their business about someone's private life - and if they are 'Chrisitians" they cannot judge you -they can only look at themselves - and improve or make their own changes within.  \n\nLegalization would really depend on the religious influence of the country.  You cannot expect basic bible principles to change for your convenience. No need to be bitter - religion is not necessarily a bad thing, it is just not that convenient - for anybody who devoutly tries to follow it.  \n\nNot just gays. Nobody wants to feel discriminated against. It is not a good thing to have to live with. However gays have gained a lot - perhaps some feel that it has been at 'their' expense.  We all want things we cannot necessarily have.
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Well, I don't understand how a man could be attracted to another man, since I am a heterosexual male (you probably already figured that one out).  But, realizing that the Bible says it is an abomination for a man to lay with another man, and at the same time all sins are equal (a murder = a lie = homosexuality...sins are equal), I tend to have a different view than your average evangelical.  We are all sinners.  We're born into sin, thanks to Grandpa Adam and Granny Eve. So, basically, I say let 'em be.  \n\nCheck out the link I provided.  It may disprove the belief that homosexuality is a choice.  Now, for some people, it is (the "curious" college student willing to try anything because they are drunk), but for others, they are born this way.  Think about the little boy on "Who's The Boss".  He was like 10 years old when the show first came on, and was the most effeminate boy I had ever seen.  You can't "choose" to be  homosexual when you don't even understand what sex is.  He's grown now, and out of the closet.
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Gays are going to Hell better turn from your evil ways pal! God doesnt like homosexuality If he wanted that he would have made Adam and Steve not Adam and Eve!! Not shoving religion down your throat just telling the truth. I know your gonna get pissed when you read this and that your going to keep on doing what your doing.
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This is a very valid question but one which is better addressed to the LGBT community than to those who for whatever reason can not or will not ever understand.\n\nHomosexuality is indeed inborn but it is not a disorder. A question to ask yourself is why nature has created the phenomenon of homosexuality in the first place and why does she seem to like it enough to allow it to continue from generation to generation. Nature seem to want to keep the ratio of gays to straights in humans at a relatively constant 1 to 10, this despite the undeniable reality that many gays and lesbians do not breed. The fount of the gay world is and always has been the straight world. And homosexuality most definitely occurs in many animals.\n\nAnyone who believes in evolution I think would agree that only traits that serve a purpose and benefit the species persist for any length of time. Harmful mutations are not preserved by nature. The individuals that are born with truly dangerous genetic makeups usually die before adulthood and do not contribute to the gene pool of the species. \n\nFrom this perspective it would seem that homosexuality must benefit the species in some as yet undefined way. Nature not only permits but actually promotes homosexuality. Why? Perhaps it is partly because homosexuals contribute so much to various fields of human endeavor (arts, sciences, literature, music, even athletics) that they help propel the human race forward exponentially in its cultural development. Worth considering anyway, wouldn't you say?\n\nBut to address the main question here:\nFace it, there will always be people who try to validate their own choices by questioning you for making different choices. Some you can talk to, some it's best to just ignore because try as you may you will not rescue them from their mental blocks nor squeeze from their mental prisons an ounce of true humanity.
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sure,it's OK. i mean,what does his sexual orientation have to do with anything? he is a person like everyone else,he has feelings and no matter he is gay,he is still a child of God. people are selfish and they don't see that being gay is not that bad.Christians often think that being gay is a big sin,but so what?God won't send him to hell if his only sin is that he's gay.He will send to hell sooner those people who hate him because he's gay! So what's my point,there's nothing wrong with having a gay priest as long as he's a good person and as long as he does his job with pleasure and faith.
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people are programmed to accept what is told to them as "normal". most of the religions denounce homosexuality as sinful, or even unnatural. thus the conditioning of the larger chunk of the society. it will be ages before we could fully understand the underlying "causes" of homosexuality. till then, there will always be those who fail to understand the fact that gay people are people too. and those that say gay people need not crow about their sexuality - would they be willing to listen if we kept a little quieter and submissive about our rights? chiefly the right to not be made fun of for what we are?
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Some people place an inordinate focus on a handful of passages from the Bible (which, as far as literature goes, is terribly overrated) that condemn homosexual behavior as an "abomination."\n\nBecause the Bible is full of contradictory nonsense, what people often do is they pick and choose which parts they will listen to. Like the part about stoning one's children to death if they talk back to you - no one really pays attention to that, or to the passage about how eating shrimp and lobster is an abomination. That would just be too inconvenient.\n\nSo when people already don't like gay people - which is what they pick up from this wonderfully homophobic culture of ours - all they have to do is flip open the Bible and find the passage in Leviticus that agrees with them, and then they can feel perfectly justified in their bigotry. Indeed, they often begin to force this hatred upon others, such as with that awful Fred Phelps and his grotesque little cult in Kansas.\n\nHere's the thing, though: if people do not choose to be gay, but in fact are born that way, what would that say about God? And what would that say about the Bible?\n\nReligious people will either plug their ears or run fleeing from anything that threatens their dearly-head beliefs. It's how they organize their entire thought process about the world and the other people in it, after all. So there is no way they could ever acknowledge that the Bible is mistaken, because God doesn't make mistakes. And if being gay is a mistake, then it must be because people choose to be that way.\n\nBut I look at it like this: those who take the Bible as the inerrant and literal word of God are choosing to be ignorant. Which is also why they continue to think the Earth is only 6,000 years old, was created in six days, and Adam rode a pterodactyl to work.\n\nGive me gay over stupid any day. Cheers!
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Well I am Christian and also bisexual, I dont hate gays straights bis or whatever. I do believe the Bible shows homosexuality as a sin but I also realise there are 613 other sins and no one can live sinlessly. So, I just get on day by day, dont let either ruin my life or the lives of others.
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It makes immature people uncomfortable, because all they think about are the "acts" of a gay person. Then some decide to hide behind scripture as a defense for there intolerance. For the record, if you believe the same god powerful enough to create the entire universe cares what two adults do in the privacy of there own bedroom as long as there not hurting anyone else, you need to reevaluate your spiritual priorities.
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ok in relation to your stupid ADAM AND STEVE post in our gay section  read these QandA's\n\n\n\nThe condition of homosexuality:\nNowhere in Scripture is reference made to the condition of homosexuality, only to homosexual acts. \n\n"Aren't you trying to wriggle out of what the Bible clearly says about homosexuality?":\nWhat the Bible says about anything is selective, contradictory and liable to change in interpretation. People do not believe in " what the Bible says". People believe in traditions about what the Bible says. Judeo-Christian tradition certainly is homophobic but whether the words of Jesus are homophobic is another matter. The various Christian theological traditions are so different from one another that they cannot be identical with the words of Jesus. The believer must decide whether the words of Jesus are more important than Christian traditions. Arguing out of Christian traditions is circular. \n\nThe story of Sodom (Genesis 19):\nThe story about the destruction of Sodom is not about homosexuality. It is about the sin of breaching sacred hospitality. \n\nThe Old Testament prohibitions:\nThe Old Testament prohibitions against homosexuality in the Books of Leviticus (chapter 18, v.22; chapter 20 v.13) and Deuteronomy are essentially provisions of the Jewish Law. Those Christians who base their disapproval of homosexuality on them must be prepared to state whether or not they are prepared to keep the other provisions of the Jewish Law. \n\nRuth and Naomi, David and Jonathan, Jesus and the "Beloved Disciple":\nThese friendships, as described in Scripture, are not gay relationships. The first two friendships are about the righteousness of choosing those who are elected by God, namely, the Hebrew nation in the case of Ruth, and David in the case of Jonathan. The friendship between Jesus and the "Beloved Disciple" is a symbol of true faith and discipleship. \n\nThe Centurion's Servant:\nThis is one story in which a gay relationship may be mentioned. This is because the word used in Greek in the account given by Luke can mean "boyfriend"', we know that centurions and their personal servants often had sexual relations and it is stated that the centurion was very fond of the servant. If this story does mention a gay relationship, then it confirms that Jesus was less interested in what people did rather than in their faith and love. \n\nPaul's condemnations of Decadence of the Pagan World in his Letter to the Romans, (chapter 1 v. 26-27):\nThis is the one passage in Scripture that mentions lesbianism. The passage condemns the pagan world for failing to observe the will of God as revealed in creation. It depends, however, on whether you accept Paul's argument that this is what the pagans are doing in the behaviour he describes. If you do not, it adds nothing to Paul's remarks on homosexual behaviour. \n\nPaul's other condemnations of Homosexuality (1 Corinthians 6 v 9):\nNo-one is sure what the words used in these passages refer to. They could refer to some types of homosexual behavior but it is not certain.
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Wow. That is a loaded question. I would say it started way back in the beginning of the history of men and was part of the physical temptations Satan and his fallen angels used to try to persuade people to stop following God's commandments. I have read that it was also part of the reason the world was destroyed by flood, and Noah and his family (his sons had one wife each) had to start over on re-populating the earth. That's all I will say about this subject, because I don't want to get a lot of angry messages from people who think differently. I'm not a "homophobe," I just see things for what they are, and everyone is a child of God. Have a happy day.
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the attack on gays  has to do with wanting someone to demonize to attack because they are different. However anyone that attacks gays which is OT stuff should not have sideburns, should not eat ANY shellfish and follow ALL the OT laws. the same goes for those that love to demonize witches. the bible implies both karma and reincarnation but people whould rather not pay attention to any symbolic or deeper meanings instead make up thier own definition of it i.e. born again is now a sect of christianity and not a term for reincarnation.\n\nkarma is in the bible TWICE as you reap what you sow and an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth.\n\nreincarnation is also in the bible as you must be born agian and I knew you before you were born. the thing is most christians whould rather excuse it to mean some brand of fundamentalist christianity.\n\nchristians that attack gays are either\n1) insecure with themselves\n2)having marital problems and want someone to blame\n3) too intellecually lazy to think about what they are doing\n4) have been bullied in the past and want an outlet to vent