Does your religion accept homosexuality?

[Aupmanyav]

There are also the hijra (hijara?) who are very low in society and are transgender/transvestites/...

Yes, Hinjara or Hijara. They have their own world. They have their 'essential' position in society, and mostly are doing fine. Their leaders own Mercs. They have their own religious order (Kinnar Akhara - Wikipedia, their leader is a qualified Electrical engineer from one of the best Engineering Colleges in India, Banaras Hindu University). They have equality in law with all others. They are in politics and government jobs. A Delhi High Court judge is gay, there are others in various positions. They are given special privileges, like cost of sex-change surgeries.
Socially, a blessing by LGBTQ is traditional and considered good, at the time of marriage, child-birth, starting new business, house-warming, etc; and they are paid for it, willingly or unwillingly. We have our own way of things.
There is a LGBTQ/Hinjara Mother Goddess temple at a short distance from our apartment. No, I have never visited it, but there are other superstitious people who go.
kinner akhara - Google Search

 

[Polymath257]

They are broken and evil for rebelling and acting innocent and dragging us all to their immoral sexual deviations trying to make us accept their deviations or else we are labeled as haters or oppressors.

But again, my standards for evil, is all those who don't submit to God's guidance are evil.

I don't consider sex to be immoral. What is immoral is breaking vows and lying to others. Sex has no more moral dimension than tennis, in my opinion.

 

[Polymath257]

To me, God's light and guidance has to be preferred and everyone has to strive for that. A society that succumbs to Iblis and his dark magic, and I witness it and have a right to believe and speak about it, will bring much evil to the world. Bisexuality and homosexuality is done only when people are intoxicated in Iblis' control and his dark magic.

There is no beauty or purpose in bisexuality or homosexuality, it's foreign, and you have to be twisted in the mind to accept it as beautiful and not ugly.

I strongly disagree. Love is a good thing, whether it is between men and women, or two (or ore) people of the same gender. Just because it isn't for *you*, doesn't mean it isn't good for *others*. Sex can be one way of showing that love and caring.

As for "God's light", I will judge the morality of any set of beliefs, including those promoted by believers. If I find them to be wanting, whether bigoted, or promoting harm, or whatever, I will criticize those beliefs. if I find them to be good, I will compliment them.

I find any set of beliefs that holds bisexuality or homosexuality as immoral to be an immoral set of beliefs.

However, my standards are high in this regard, that people who don't see position of Ali (a) in Quran due to dark magic on their hearts, are heading to hell as well.

To me, we have to connect to those who are God's light and even recognize the light's humans names and forms among us. A person who succumbs to low desires, won't find their way to God nor be help for truth nor for justice.

Sex, I believe, is not a 'low desire'. It is one way to express love and caring between people. As such, it is wonderful and beautiful. Those that condemn others simply for having consensual sex with another adult are, in my view, the immoral ones.

 

[Link]

Three things

(1) Sex is not simply a pleasure. If It was we would allow kids to do it since they are three or four, and we would have no problem. There's some rules of engagement with it. If it was just a pleasure, rape would be akin to being forced to eat a certain food, which would be no big deal.

(2) The rules are related to it being done in honorable fashion, which is why we don't allow kids to do it when they are five or six for example. It's a very sacred and important act.

(3) To me, it's not simply a pleasure, but something related to what it means to be an honorable human. You can go about a disgraceful way or honorable way. If it was just a pleasure with no moral issue, then cheating would not be big deal either. Have you considered why cheating hurts the spouse cheated on in the first place?

 

[Fallen Prophet]

Does your religion accept homosexuality?

If so why, and if not why not?

And I mean accept, as opposed to just tolerate

And I don't mean saying "hate the sin but love the sinner"

Or "judge not lest ye be judged"

I mean actual acceptance - of homosexuality being morally equal to heterosexuality

Such as having LGBT ministers and performing same-sex weddings

My church does

My Church teaches and believes that homosexual acts are sinful and should be avoided. And I agree with this.

If my Church were to ever have LGBT leaders or perform same-sex marriages - I would leave it - for I would know that it has fallen astray.

 

[Viker]

It does and I do. We perform same sex ceremonies even when our state does not accept the legal validity of such unions.

I can't conceive of a reason to not accept.

 

[Veyl]

My Church teaches and believes that homosexual acts are sinful and should be avoided. And I agree with this.

If my Church were to ever have LGBT leaders or perform same-sex marriages - I would leave it - for I would know that it has fallen astray.

Does your church tolerate heterosexual activity and marriage in general?

 

[1-Brother James]

The difference between Truth and what some believe is true, is a person's MIND [or I-MIND], which can cause a person to believe whatever it wants one to believe.
Peace

what is your religion?

 

[1-Brother James]

The difference between Truth and what some believe is true, is a person's MIND [or I-MIND], which can cause a person to believe whatever it wants one to believe.
Peace

specifically ---what is there in the above that indicates that I am speaking to anyone's religion? I am talking about the MIND of Man, and how it operates... which is a fact, not an opinion.
Peace, 1 Brother James

 

[1-Brother James]

what is your religion?

This is not, if you will check... my post. It is "Eddi, post: 7600240.
Peace, 1 Brother James

 

[1-Brother James]

I think i was a little kid.

Chances are... a part of you realizes that all Souls are parts of God, and thus, we are all "them". Peace

 

[VoidCat]

Chances are... a part of you realizes that all Souls are parts of God, and thus, we are all "them". Peace

Hmm? I dont understand what that has to do with the post I made about a tv show.

 

[Bill Starr]

Do you have to tell everyone your sins before entering a church and be rejected if they think their bad enough - they are sinners and the church is for sinners not the righteous - how are they ever to find Jesus if you bar them your to spread the Gospel not stop people from hearing it - this isn't a private club for certain sinner its for all sinners.

It sound more like your standing between them and Jesus because you have judged them for their sins. You should get out of the way.

 

[1-Brother James]

Hmm? I dont understand what that has to do with the post I made about a tv show.

"they and them" just reminded me of what I posted. Sorry..

 

[VoidCat]

"they and them" just reminded me of what I posted. Sorry..

Oh ok. That's a nice thing to say regarding my preferred pronouns. A lot of people tend to mock me using they/them as my preferred pronouns

 

[KW]

Does your religion accept homosexuality?

If so why, and if not why not?

And I mean accept, as opposed to just tolerate

And I don't mean saying "hate the sin but love the sinner"

Or "judge not lest ye be judged"

I mean actual acceptance - of homosexuality being morally equal to heterosexuality

Such as having LGBT ministers and performing same-sex weddings

My church does

No. The Catholic Church teaches that homosexual acts are sinful. However, the Church welcomes those who deal with same sex attractions and tries to help them control these urges just as we all must control our sinful impulses.

 

[KW]

YES.
Why? Because it EXISTS.

So does rape, incest, pedophilia, and murder.

That’s not a valid reason.

 

[stanberger]

Does your religion accept homosexuality?

If so why, and if not why not?

And I mean accept, as opposed to just tolerate

And I don't mean saying "hate the sin but love the sinner"

Or "judge not lest ye be judged"

I mean actual acceptance - of homosexuality being morally equal to heterosexuality

Such as having LGBT ministers and performing same-sex weddings

My church does

 

[stanberger]

No. The Catholic Church teaches that homosexual acts are sinful. However, the Church welcomes those who deal with same sex attractions and tries to help them control these urges just as we all must control our sinful impulses.

 

[stanberger]

all religions reject it as a sin. bible calls for those gays to be stoned to death but quran says to just avoid it as its an abomination. even nonreligious folks condemned it and placed those doing it in insane asylums