Why is homosexuality a sin

[Nanda]

Then they should put away their vibrators.

I'm confused.

 

[McBell]

Please provide this evidence that so many animals have gay sex.

Since you seemed to have missed it the first two times, I will quote post #173 of this thread for you:

Homosexuality among animals. Read before commenting.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_n735/ai_20164884

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0722_040722_gayanimal_2.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_animals

The same list also appears in post #183 of this thread.

And now in post #262

 

[Don Penguinoini]

I started all of this

 

[Don Penguinoini]

I started all of this , arguing, YAY!!

 

[sojourner]

Homosexuality is unatural!!!It's not right! Its as simple as that!

So is the internet ... yet you use it for your own pleasure...

 

[Callmepaul]

So is the internet ... yet you use it for your own pleasure...

:clap

 

[sojourner]

Because homosexuality is mealy "faulty wiring" in the brain.It doesn't require a big brain to be "wired " up wrong.

"Faulty?" In what way? Some are wired one way, some are sired another. I like blondes. Does that mean everyone who likes brunettes is wired "wrong?" In what way is it reasonable to label some human beings as "faulty?"

 

[sojourner]

If we're arguing Biblically, why is only male homosexuality a concern? Is lesbianism OK? Or could it be that the Biblical writers were far more concerned that males act with honor and not shame? In other words, a cultural concerna dn not a moral concern?

 

[MBones]

Of course everyone missed the topic here. What is the problem with gays? No problem, in the scientific realm, but in the religious realm yes. Most are uneducated, and ignorant of the subject.... and that is what makes them scared. Ignorance is the fall of this society....

 

[Azakel]

Of course everyone missed the topic here. What is the problem with gays? No problem, in the scientific realm, but in the religious realm yes. Most are uneducated, and ignorant of the subject.... and that is what makes them scared. Ignorance is the fall of this society....

No the topic was why is Homosexuality a sin, not what is wrong with gays. And I think we have all said what we think here. And then some.

 

[rasor]

"Faulty?" In what way? Some are wired one way, some are sired another. I like blondes. Does that mean everyone who likes brunettes is wired "wrong?" In what way is it reasonable to label some human beings as "faulty?"

In the way that evolution produced/designed sex for procreation of the species.Everything else regarding sex is subordinate to this goal.Homosexuality doesn't produce babies.If we were all homosexuals the human race would be extinct in one generation.This fact alone proves what sex is for.
Yes,it is reasonable to label some human beings as faulty.It may not be politically correct but that doesn't make it less true.The asylums are full of faulty human beings.That is not to say all faulty humans can be treated/cured. At least not with current technology.

 

[Ori]

Sex is life affirming, so I don't care if people see gays as wrong or not, as long as the people involved are happy, who cares?

 

[rasor]

Sex is life affirming, so I don't care if people see gays as wrong or not, as long as the people involved are happy, who cares?

Not me .Though I'm not quite sure what you mean by life affirming.

 

[Blindinglight]

Yes,it is reasonable to label some human beings as faulty.It may not be politically correct but that doesn't make it less true.The asylums are full of faulty human beings.That is not to say all faulty humans can be treated/cured. At least not with current technology.

I say you are faulty for saying ahomosexuals are faulty. It will be very difficult to find any liscensed psychologist with a PhD that will say you can "cure" homosexualality or transexuality.

If it's natures intention, then why do so many animals have gay sex?

 

[Autodidact]

If we're arguing Biblically, why is only male homosexuality a concern? Is lesbianism OK? Or could it be that the Biblical writers were far more concerned that males act with honor and not shame? In other words, a cultural concerna dn not a moral concern?

Certainly lesbianism is mentioned only once, in the NT only, (although not very positively), and nowhere prohibited. So for some reason (according to some translations and interpretations) male homosexuality is prohibited, and female not. Interesting religion ya got there, Christians.

 

[rasor]

I say you are faulty for saying ahomosexuals are faulty. It will be very difficult to find any liscensed psychologist with a PhD that will say you can "cure" homosexualality or transexuality.

If it's natures intention, then why do so many animals have gay sex?

Read the whole of my post blindinglight.

 

[longshanks]

Looking to religion for this kind of thing is pretty useless.
More and more religion and the made up/ dillusional concept of god are becoming an irrelevance.
We are less and less needing these charachters to tell us this that or the other.
Im not gay and i hope to father lots of children, if someone else is gay and wont have any then nature has created the balance right there.
Religions may try to judge you for it but that judgment carrys the weight and magnitude of a fart on a windy day.
Live your life how you want to lets face it if your not harming anybody its really not anybody elses business.
And anyway if the purpose of life is to procreate catholic priests have got a funny way of showing it.
They will regret that on there death beds.
note to all (be sure to wear a condom).

 

[spiritually inclined]

If we were all homosexuals the human race would be extinct in one generation.

True. But we are NOT all homosexuals. If everyone decided not to have children, we would all be dead, too, but that doesn't mean there is anything wrong with not producing children in an overpopulated world.

How are you so sure that homosexuality is faulty hardwiring? What about all of the other impulses we have, impulses to masturbate for instance? That certainly won't produce any children. Even heterosexuals engage in oral sex, anal sex, and non-procreative sex. Saying that sex is purely for procreation is simplistic. Even non-human animals engage in same-sex sex. Masturbation and non-procreative sex have positive benefits in themselves: relaxation, endorphins are released, lowering stress levels, etc.

James

 

[Autodidact]

Masturbation and non-procreative sex have positive benefits in themselves: relaxation, endorphins are released, lowering stress levels, etc.

James

...sharing and expressing love...

 

[rasor]

True. But we are NOT all homosexuals. If everyone decided not to have children, we would all be dead, too, but that doesn't mean there is anything wrong with not producing children in an overpopulated world.

How are you so sure that homosexuality is faulty hardwiring? What about all of the other impulses we have, impulses to masturbate for instance? That certainly won't produce any children. Even heterosexuals engage in oral sex, anal sex, and non-procreative sex. Saying that sex is purely for procreation is simplistic. Even non-human animals engage in same-sex sex. Masturbation and non-procreative sex have positive benefits in themselves: relaxation, endorphins are released, lowering stress levels, etc.

James

I stick by my premis that the prime reason for sex is procreation and everything else is subordinate to this.Therefor all your above examples may (or may not) be true but that doesn't change or effect my premis.Even kissing and petting won't produce children but the whole idea designed by evolution is to end up having kids (forplay is exactly that ,"forplay"). Of course animals engage in same sex sex.Homosexuality is not the exclusion dormain of humans.Masterbation is a substitute for sex when a partner is not available.Relaxation,endorphins,lowering stress levels ie the lolly pop.