melsc
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I believe that no one 'chooses' to be gay...after all could you change the fact that you're straight? Many of my gay friends/relatives say they have felt like something was different about them from a young age and as they got older and better understood sexuality they realised being gay or not being straight was what that was, all come from heterosexual families. This does not necessarily make it a 'genetic' thing (i.e. there is no evidence to say gay parents are more likely to have gay children) but it does suggest that is something out of their control and something inate, afterall none of us can control why/what we feel sad about etc. Personally I don't care what the reasoning is, gay people are just as friendly, nice, responsible and mature as others, sure some may engage in risky sexual practices but so do many straight people.
I am not a religious person, I am torn really between atheism and being agnostic but in regards to religion and the bible, in particular to things such as homosexuality:
1. The bible has been so over anaylsed and is often taken out of context.
2. Follow up to 1. is like the constitution, people want to stick to its 'orginal' meaning so intently but I believe just like the framers any god would understand times change and rules need to be flexible enough to move with change.
3. Any god would be happy enough if someone is a good person, with all the famine, murders, bigotry etc in the world today, I think God would be more worried about those things rather than if someone loves someone of the same sex etc.
Not everyone is Christian or relgious on any level, I hate when some Christians fail to accept this.
I am not a religious person, I am torn really between atheism and being agnostic but in regards to religion and the bible, in particular to things such as homosexuality:
1. The bible has been so over anaylsed and is often taken out of context.
2. Follow up to 1. is like the constitution, people want to stick to its 'orginal' meaning so intently but I believe just like the framers any god would understand times change and rules need to be flexible enough to move with change.
3. Any god would be happy enough if someone is a good person, with all the famine, murders, bigotry etc in the world today, I think God would be more worried about those things rather than if someone loves someone of the same sex etc.
Not everyone is Christian or relgious on any level, I hate when some Christians fail to accept this.