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Originally posted by erin!:
I'm religious. And my religion says that being homosexual is wrong. However, I don't believe it is wrong, and I can still be religious and believe in homosexuality.
The whole thing about being born gay. People don't just decide one day they want to be gay. It's how they feel, because I'm not sure if you've noticed... but everyone has emotions?
And I don't know if any of you guys watch the Real World. But a few seasons ago there was a guy who was gay, but extremely religious. And his family wouldn't accept him because he was gay. And even he wasn't sure if he could go to church anymore because of the way he felt. However, he couldn't just become straight.
So, you can't say it's crap that people are born gay. Because you honestly don't know what some people are going through.

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Originally posted by becky.:
Just because your religion tells you that people can't be born homosexual, doesn't mean anything. I'd hate to be the one to say this and get attacked, but your religion isn't everything. Not everyone believes what you believe, and there is no concrete proof aside from the bible in which you choose to believe, that tells you that it all happened. There are homosexuals I know that are still Christian/Catholic and I know that is one of the religions against it. There are people out there that believe in a religion but not all parts of it. That's how I am. I don't believe everything the church tells me. To me, that's kind of the same thing as a dictatorship. I want to believe what I want to believe, and if that means that there are things that are in the bible that I don't believe, then that's how it is. And if the God you believe in didn't want homosexuals living here, they would not be here. I'm pretty sure the bible talks about accepting diversity, but at the same time frowns upon homosexuals. I never understood that. How would you feel if there was a religion against everyone who wasn't homosexual?

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Originally posted by Niki Starship.:

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Originally posted by becky.:
Just because your religion tells you that people can't be born homosexual, doesn't mean anything. I'd hate to be the one to say this and get attacked, but your religion isn't everything. Not everyone believes what you believe, and there is no concrete proof aside from the bible in which you choose to believe, that tells you that it all happened. There are homosexuals I know that are still Christian/Catholic and I know that is one of the religions against it. There are people out there that believe in a religion but not all parts of it. That's how I am. I don't believe everything the church tells me. To me, that's kind of the same thing as a dictatorship. I want to believe what I want to believe, and if that means that there are things that are in the bible that I don't believe, then that's how it is. And if the God you believe in didn't want homosexuals living here, they would not be here. I'm pretty sure the bible talks about accepting diversity, but at the same time frowns upon homosexuals. I never understood that. How would you feel if there was a religion against everyone who wasn't homosexual?

Girl, I don't get this. I don't think you can claim you're Christian and then say you don't believe everything the Bible tells you. I mean, I know you want to form your own opinion, but if you're a Christian, then the Bible is your only guideline to living a Christian life. So, if you don't take the entire Bible into consideration, I don't think you can call yourself a true Christian. And I know, the Bible was written in the day when women were property and all of it has changed now, but homosexuality was directly disapproved by God and that will never change.

Oh, and on the topic that he wouldn't put gay people on the world if he didn't want them...God is not the only one that acts upon the world. Satan actually has control over the earth and people have to have faith in God to fight that off. God wouldn't want things like tornadoes to happen and he wouldn't want someone to murder another, but the devil has a huge role in things like that.

Just sayin'.