But if there is a god who created the world and everything in it, then "he" created a world where homosexuality exists. And then turns around and judges it as a bad thing.
You are not really reading my posts. You are superficially reading it.
I already pointed out why God may judge us for being gay in this thread.
If you are sent to a jail for stealing or something - you have to follow what is asked while you are in the prison. You cannot go to bathroom after midnight (for example), you cannot read a book with a candle after lights are turned off (for example) etc. It may seem harmless to you but there is a bigger picture behind it.
To follow directive or not follow the directives of the jail authority - is an inmate's business but if he/she gets caught then they should be prepared to pay some kind of reparation.
I already pointed out that I believe - this world is our second chance at redemption. We are not here by choice! We have to follow rules. We have to stay away from drugs (for example) etc.
So, we could be asked to stay away from certain things even though they are here! Your defense of God created it - is moot! Because God warned against it as well!
God directed via prophets and doctrines what to do and what not to do. Certain things may seem harmless to you but in a wide scale could be harmful and could be against God's plan.
Certain rules are made in a generalization fashion. I can elaborate it a bit more with some examples...
Can you buy alcohol when you are 20 years old and consume it? If you do - you are breaking a law. But you can do it when you are 21 years old. Correct?
Why?
A 20 years old can prove himself very stable and responsible, even more so than many 40 years old. But law still won't budge.
Why?
Because you can't have one law for a 20 year old John who is responsible and another law for a 20 year old Jack who is not responsible. A 20 year David cannot have a 3rd law just for him either!
Laws are written based on generalization and by considering overall effects! Similarly, Homosexuality may not seem bad to you when you are looking at seemingly harmless examples. It may not be comprehensible when you are comparing to a couple of very responsible adult of the same sex. A couple of decent intelligent guys - who contributes to the society and who lead very discreet lifestyle - may not show the specific reason why God asked us to refrain from it. But other examples could! Other examples out there could be counter productive towards God's plan - when looked upon in a wider scale - it could be damaging! So, maybe God had to make rules in general to stop those examples and the seemingly innocent ones are also effected by that ruling! Our job is to read the doctrines and decide to follow or not follow. But we have to be prepared to take the consequences.
God made all the different poisons in the world - it doesn't mean you have to eat them. They are there for other reasons that you may not comprehend because the data regarding them and why they are there in the first place - is not known to you yet. In many religions - you are given directives what to eat and what to stay away from. Our job is to follow the guideline as best as we can!
So, once again - if you believe in a creator - then that creator has a right to make laws and rules and guidelines. Not knowing the guideline is not a defense. Just like not knowing a law before breaking it - is not a defense! God's reason may not be very apparent to you because your data is limited. These laws that the creator provided - cannot be applied differently from person to person. Then you will need angles to come to each person and say - individually who is allowed and who is not allowed.
However I agree God has the option to forgive anyone!
Some people could be easily following God's guidelines and others may not be responsible enough to follow. Some people may easily get influenced by others' examples and head on a path that God had forbidden. Maybe the a few examples are not that harmful but the overall result is. So, the guideline is there to help build a society that IMO God intended. IMO.
To follow God's directive or not follow - is your business but if you get caught then God may forgive or may not. It is his prerogative.
Honestly, I have no idea what you're talking about.
Go back and read my earlier posts if you like - you will see what you have been doing.
If I give an example of anything - you are too quick to assume I am talking about gay people - when I was only giving an example. I gave example about healthy and unhealthy people to show it is difficult to gather data for a certain condition and you decided I am talking about gays being unhealthy! I don't have time to point out sentence by sentence.
If I say anything about a fraction of gay people - you assume I am talking about entire gay population.
I never said anything that applies to all gay population. I know a gay priest doesn't represent entire population of gay people but when I pointed out their negative contribution (side effect) - your first defense is - the priest is not even gay and then you strongly insinuate that I am bashing all gay people and calling them pedophile. This trick is not unique!
It's not easy to provide data for these claims, because there isn't any data. Just empty claims.
Information is scattered among multiple religion. Search or don't!
This is a bizarre question. I don't know that they don't. Or do.
Why is it bizarre? Find one hetero who regrets been a hetero. You won't find any hetero regretting to be hetero because it is pure natural! It aligns with God's long term plans.
Then why are you going on and on about healthy/unhealthy people in this discussion about homosexuality?
I already pointed out in this post and earlier post that I gave you examples. It was just to show data collection is not easy for different scenarios. Your scenario it is easier. That doesn't mean I was talking about homosexuality with my example!
