Losing your religion

I no longer believe sexual orientation is a choice, as I once did. Nor do I believe it is purely biological.

For the record, the Bible doesn't address sexual orientation, per se. It only addresses sexual action.

 

I think you are arguing symantics. The bible addresses various sins without addressing individuals who have a predisposition towards those sins.

BTW, I believe someone who struggles with the sin of homosexuality (or homosexual activity if you prefer) can be a christian. However, if you do not admit that your sin is indeed a sin you can not obtain forgiveness for it.

 

Too lazy to look up the verses but doesn't the Bible say wanting to sin is just as bad as the act of sinning?

 

I agree with you here. I am a former Christian, & I tried to accept Bible teachings, including those teachings against homosexual behavior. I don't have a problem with Christians believing that's wrong--I'm free to disagree. What I DO have a problem with is Christians trying to impose their moral beliefs on those who disagree. I don't want to live in a theocracy. I want the government to butt out of individual lives as much as possible, including not trying to define FOR us what a marriage or a family is. Let each individual decide for himself/herself.

 

Even though it is not in the bible most people would agree that it is a sin to use drugs like cocaine or heroine. Most would also agree that it is a sin to be a junkie. It might not be a sin for a junkie to crave the drug. He might be getting off the drug and crave it. Taking drugs or being one who is a taker of drugs is a sin but the desire to take the drugs is not a sin if you do not give into them.

I think homosexuality is much the same as this. The analogy between drug addiction and homosexuality is a pretty good one IMHO. Once you are hooked on a drug you no longer choose whether you desire it. In the same fashion many who have been homosexuals can not help but desire it.

 

Should the morality of the majority of the people not dictate what the laws are and what defines a family? We are talking about the law and how it is shaped not what individuals are forced to believe or how they act. I am not aware of any effort to prevent people from engaging in homosexuality.

 

I think I can safely drive 80 in a 55 zone. Who the fuck is the government to tell me I cannot? There are societal reasons for keeping marraige between a man and a woman outside of moral ones. You are simply too blind to see that.

 

NO. Absolutely not. Laws should be for the protection of individual citizens in a society, not defining what is morally right or wrong.

 

Then why do you have the need to follow this religion?

 

But are not almost all laws affected by morality? Why do we have laws against prostitution and incest?