Is Being Lgbt (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender) Sinful?

[willbewhatiwill]

Britain is a secular society and religion should be practised as a matter of private individual faiths & preferences, not to be regarded as the ultimate prescription in laws, life, the universe & everything for society.

In my opinion, Strict literal interpretation (sanctioning stoning for blasphemy & adultery) of the Old Testament (or Sharia Law, etc), reflects the homophobic, racist, chauvinists attitudes of around 3,000 BD to 700 AD. This is counterproductive in the 21st century.

Phenomena can be scientifically explained, proved & verified, without having to invoke explanations that involve the spiritual world. Invoking the name of God on complex issues (as in the dark ages) can hinder the seeking of explanations & solutions from a scientific & logical standpoint to pressing problems.

It is unethical to seek to ‘cure’ (by upbringing) for homosexuality or lesbianism & would put unfounded blame on the parents.

I believe being heterosexual or homosexuality are natural innate characteristics from birth. Neither of such sexual orientations want to change to the other.

In studies identical twins (identical genes) brought u in different family environment have almost 100% concordance (similarity) in sexual preferences, indicating that nature is the determining factor rather than nurture (upbringing).

Heterosexual male & lesbians have neurotically denser (~twice) & elongated interstitial nucleus of anterior hypothalamus (INAH3) neurons, compared with heterosexual females & gays.

Studies have shown that inhibiting denser elongated male INAH3 in male ferrets has been found to cause changes from typical female preference to male preference behaviours. Likewise if similar area was lesioned in sheep, preference for eves by rams diminishes.

Male INAH3 morphology has been physiologically correlated to higher testosterone levels in the womb environment. There are growing evidence that sexual differences in the brain are determined prenatally (including genetically), like the testosterone levels in the womb, affecting neuro-pathways wiring whilst in gestation.

LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender) Pride, is analogous to 'Black is Beautiful' movement - espousing human rights for LGBTs & Blacks. Personally (as a heterosexual), however, I can find romance in public between same sex is bit off-putting. But live & let live, each to their own tastes. 'One person's drink is another's poison'.

Reference: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/kinser2/bb/gender9.html reports, "Simon LeVay has studied and compared the brains of heterosexual and homosexual men and heterosexual women. In particular, he has compared the size of the INAH-3 in these brains from cadavers. He found that the largest INAH3 clusters tended to belong to heterosexual men, the smallest to homosexual men; in fact, on average, heterosexual men had clusters twice the size of homosexual men's"

[Islay]

No but your question is offensive!!

[mikey4444]

No, it isn't sinful, only to bigoted, narrow-minded people.

[mikey4444]

I choose to ignore the rambling, incoherent nature of your question and just answered your question......but Islay is correct....it was offensive.

[Togo]

//To entertain a thought without accepting it, means to think of an idea and the person holding that idea to be separate things. It also means acknowledging that a person may hold different ideas at different times, that a person is not permanently tied to ideas. Furthermore, a person does not need a specific motivation to hold an idea.

The cruelest trick of the mind, then, is the inability to separate the message from the messenger.//

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it". Aristotle

[-Talbot-]

And when it comes to homophobia and a general hatred of lbgt the biggest culprits are the adherents to Islam ... wouldn't you agree, mikey?

[mikey4444]

talbot.....I am not being drawn into yet another racist rant.

Ignorance and bigotry are present in all societies, all over the world.

There was a report of a Poll in yesterdays i Paper, that 42% of Brits thinks that "is not natural"

Just under 50% thought that gay relationships should not be taught about in Primary Schools, and more than 30% disapprove of gay men becoming parents.

So, considering that Muslims make up about 5% of the British population, its obviously not just Muslims that are backward and bigoted, is it ?

[Togo]

I suppose that the "Poll" for i Paper could have been taken from "British" people exiting Mosques. Who Knows?

[woofgang]

Is having blue eyes sinful?

[Baldric]

So you think that Muslims are backward and bigoted, do you?

[mikey4444]

All religions are backward, and Islam is no different from all the rest.

[-Talbot-]

mikey4444
talbot.....I am not being drawn into yet another racist rant.


mikey4444
talbot.....I am going to cower away from your question once again.

There fixed it.

In 13 countries, being gay or bisexual is punishable by death. These are; Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar, UAE, parts of Nigeria, parts of Somalia, parts of Syria and parts of Iraq.

[jackthehat]

1. No, it's not.
2. Just because Islam is more a rabidly homophobic religion (although it's fairly close between the main ones) than most, does not mitigate, lessen or negate the casual cruelties it is possible to experience at the hands of those of other or no religions....

[New Judge]

"In 13 countries, being gay or bisexual is punishable by death. These are; Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar, UAE, parts of Nigeria, parts of Somalia, parts of Syria and parts of Iraq."

And the common feature among all those countries is...?

[willbewhatiwill]

Gay genes are reported to be on DNA sections of the X chromosome & chromosome 8".

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/41472/title/Zeroing-in-on-the--Gay-Gene-/ reports, "analyzed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the DNA of the brother pairs, they found five SNPs that were commonly shared by all the gay men. And those SNPs clustered in the Xq28 region on the X chromosome and in the 8q12 region of chromosome 8".

[woofgang]

sorry but what is your point here OP?

[willbewhatiwill]

woofgang,

Sexual orientation is genetically determined, rather than due to upbringing. People will say, when asked, that they are always heterosexual, bisexual or homosexual, from as far as they can remember.

[Likeaboss]

I am happily homosexual and like to think i live a sin free life despite what is thrown at us by outdated religions who cannot tell you exactly why is a sin to be who you are and what you were born.

By saying that homosexuality is a sin and an abomination is clearly saying that their god is an angry vengeful being who makes mistakes.

Just a little question, we know what christianity and islam think of homosexuality but what does judaism, buddhism, sikhism, hindism say about homosexuality? I'm guessing that hinduism with it's 330 million goddesses and gods (according to wiki) bus be the most welcoming as surely out of 330 million a large percent must be homosexual?

[willbewhatiwill]

Likeaboss asked, "what does Judaism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism say about homosexuality"?

Judaism follows the Torah (i.e. Old Testament) as laid by Moses - as in Leviticus 18:22 states "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination".
Leviticus 20:13 states "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death; their blood is upon them".

Buddhism, Sikhism and Hinduism, on the other hand, believe in reincarnation and I do not believe they teach against homosexual (though some cultures may have stigma against same sex relationships).

[willbewhatiwill]

I meant: Buddhism, Sikhism and Hinduism, on the other hand, believe in reincarnation and I do not believe they teach against homosexuality.