Why is being gay a sin?

Answer 1

Some opinions from contributors

• "Judge not lest ye be judged" (Matthew, 7:1)"Love your neighbour as you love yourself" (Mark, 12:31)"How to please God: keep on loving one another" (Hebrews, 13:1) Firstly, even if The Bible forbids being gay (and it's impossible to say for certain as it can be interpreted in many ways) all Christians should love each other regardless of sexuality or anything else. Secondly, you should "love yourself"; accept who you are, accept everything about yourself. You are a beautiful person and your God loves you.

• God help the man who lusts after another man, so it is with those women who lust after other women. For those of you who are twisting the word of God, may He spare you His wrath.

• It really depends on which version of the Bible you're reading and who you ask. Many people interpret the Bible differently. I guess you could read the section of the Bible that says it is a sin and interpret it yourself. If you don't like the answer you find, join another religion because obviously that one wouldn't be working for you anymore.

• Be who you want to be, be with whom you want to be with, don't let no one change the real you because God loves you the way you are and he expects for you to like yourself for the way you are not for the way someone else wants you to be, disregard what others say because all God wants is for one to find true love and happiness with someone that is willing to share the same feelings with the other."

• It is! Why did God create men and women? So we can have sex with the same gender as us? No, it clearly states it in the Bible, Homosexuality is a sin! People dont just all of a sudden like the same sex as them - it's Satan. He gives you dirty images in your head and screws with your mind.

Sin for any religion is about choice. You can make positive choices or negative choices. Current research suggests that being gay is not a choice, and if such is the case being gay cannot be a sin. Sin by Biblical definition is an action or series of actions contrary to the laws of God. I'll get back to this in a moment. There are only two verses in the Christian Bible that clearly state that homosexual actions between two men is a sin, and both are in the book of Leviticus, the book of the law.

Consider for a moment that there may be a genetic component to sexual orientation. This is not established, but suppose it has been. Now, recognize that there is an established genetic link to Alcoholism, the CREB gene. Now, a person with the genetic propensity for alcohol addiction never drinks alcohol, he can never be an alcoholic. How does alcoholism relate to homosexuality? Well, both are or may be genetically predisposed, and the actions of both are clearly identified as being a sin.

See Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, and Ephesians 5:18.

So, having the genetic predisposition toward any action does not "pull the pin," so to speak, on choice to act. One has to cross that threshold of choice and do to constitute sin.

This is by no means a personal comment, rather it is as objective as possible an offering of objectivity. What is, is; statements of denial have no power of negation.

Now, all of this having been said, remember the message of John 8; anyone who has no sin on his soul, go ahead and load up with rocks.

If you're so reckless to do so, get ready for a few to be lobbed at you.
No. It is natural and unchangeable. Sin has to do with making bad choices, and not about finding love based on your sexual orientation.

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Homosexuality is not sin and there is noting wrong with being homosexual because I believe people are born with it and I have no issues with homosexual people because their human like us and I am not gay but I still respect and I love them as a person. The church is very corrupt world organization for them it's all about control & money

Answer 2

If one is performing homosexuality then yes. Based of Christianity

AnswerIt is a common fallacy that the Bible disagrees with lesbian and gay people as we would know them today. Sadly homophobia is rife within some denominations of the Church, but only by those who are prejudiced against homosexuals and use the Bible to somehow back up their claims and to give them a sense of authority.

Actually, the Bible has little to say about being gay and nothing about a loving homosexual relatonship as we would understand it today.

There are three main references in scripture. The references in the Levitical Law can be dismissed, as Christians are not bound by Levitical Law or else men would be circumcised and pork would be forbidden. Also, the Levitical Law was engaged with the need for the Jewish race to thrive and multiply and so homosexuality would hinder this procreation. Those who cite Leviticus as 'proof that God hates gays' totally fail to realise that they are adhering to this 'law', while conveniently ignoring the other laws on food, clothing, circumcision, ostracisation of menstruating women and so on, that come just a few verses before. Such cherry-picking of scripture is wrong.

The only other main references are those of Paul in two of his letters. Both letters have been grossly misinterpreted by those prejudiced against homosexuals in order to lend credence to their beliefs. In the letter to the Romans Paul condemns those who shun their natural sexuality in favour of unnaturalsexuality but this verse is usually interpreted by some as indictment of homosexuality - but as well as it condemning straight people indulging in homosexual relationships, it can also refer to homosexuals forced into heterosexual relationships too, as Paul's statement is very general. So here, there is no indictment against gay people whatsoever.

The second reference comes in another letter of Paul. In one of his letters to the Corinthians Paul does not condemn homosexuals but those whom he refers to as 'arsenokoi' ( in the original Greek) or homosexual pagan temple prostitutes. You have to remmember that Corinth in those days was a den of vice, and many pagan cults were rife there, some of which used male prostitutes in their temples. In the verses there Paul condemns those who purport to be Christian but still indulge in pagan practices with these prostitutes. The context makes it clear that he was more concerned with paganism than homosexuality.

Apart from these, there are no other explicit references to homosexuality at all, and certainly no references that suggest that a loving, commited same sex relationship as being wrong.

Answer 3

that's really someone's opinion. I'm personally straight and Christian, but i have a gay friend and i don't think its a sin to be gay. i think people might considerate a sin because God made Adam and Eve, a man and a woman that were meant to be together. i think its a little rediculous that some people do, especially because Christians are supposed to be so accepting and love everyone. so ya its just opinion i think...but you might want to go with a more reliable source....

Being gay is no more a sin than being black, or white, or having green eyes, or a Big nose for that matter. It simply is what it is. In scripture in both the Hebrew scriptures and the Christian scriptures, God says "I formed you in your mothers womb". God doesnt create junk, and since science has proven that homosexuality is more likely than not genetic and predetermined prior to birth, that means God had a hand in that.

The only sin about being gay is when people lie about it, or pretend to be straight to appease closed minded bigots and corrupt church officials. That is a sin that falls on the corruption of society, not the individual per se. Living a good life, whether as a gay or straight person is what matters. God does not look at our gender or our sexual orientation when judging us, he looks at our hearts. Anyone who thinks differently and accepts the corrupt mistranslations of the scriptures is simply ignorant and uneducated on the matter and likely not worth dealing with. If anyone is in danger of damnation it is likely those who corrupt scripture to justify prejduice and bigotry of any group of people.

Answer 4

No. Sin for any religion is about choice. You can make positive choices or negative choices. Being gay is not a choice, therefore it is not a sin. However, there are still some backward religions that do not understand the latest information about sexual orientation, and will still claim that it is a sin. It is not even a sin to pursue love if you are gay, because this is a primal need of all human beings.

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In certain religions, being gay is a "sin" because a) it goes against nature

b) it goes against god

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There is no god or gods, so why does it matter. If god was real he(or she) would accept everyone for who they are.

Answer 5

Sin for any religion is about choice. You can make positive choices or negative choices. Being gay is not a choice, therefore it is not a sin. However, there are still some backward religions that do not understand the latest information about sexual orientation, and will still claim that it is a sin. It is not even a sin to pursue love if you are gay, because this is a primal need of all human beings.

Answer 6

In the Bible, the book of Leviticus that prohibits "lying with mankind as with womankind: it is abomination" and the story of Sodom and Gomorrah have historically been interpreted as condemning homosexual acts. Chapters 18 and 20 of Leviticus, which form part of the Holiness code and list prohibited forms of intercourse, contain the following verses: "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination." "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them." Romans 1

Answer 7

No because it is a choice and your allowed to feel what ever you want.