EvolvEarth

Well, I have quite a few questions on some people's views on homosexuality:
01. What exactly is so unhealthy about homosexuality?
02. What are the negatives to being homosexual?
03. Why is it wrong to be homosexual?
04. Why does God condemn homosexuality?
05. Why doesn't God seem to care much anymore about homosexuality?
06. Why shouldn't homosexuals be allowed to marry?
07. Do you think homosexuality is about lust more than love?
08. Do you feel threatened about homosexuality?
09. Have you ever had bad experiences with homosexuals?
10. Have you ever talked to a homosexual about homosexuality?

I would really appreciate it if someone could answer ALL of these questions as honestly as possible. Thank you for your time.

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Are you asking for just anybody, or specifically christians who think homosexuality is evil?

There is a small problem with question 04 ... some people believe god does NOT condemn homosexuality. There are valid biblical interpretations out there which show god never once even MENTIONING homosexuality.

-me

John Hancock

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EvolvEarth

I figured those that weren't Christian or doesn't believe that God condemn homosexuals would just skip those two questions.

Godless Dave

01. What exactly is so unhealthy about homosexuality?

Nothing

02. What are the negatives to being homosexual?

Negative reactions of family, friends, coworkers, and society in general (with wide variation among families, etc., as to how negative the reaction will be).

03. Why is it wrong to be homosexual?

It isn't.

04. Why does God condemn homosexuality?

Discomfort with homosexuality was common throughout many (but not all) ancient cultures. When those cultures codified their religious beliefs they ascribed their prevailing cultural attitudes to their god(s).

05. Why doesn't God seem to care much anymore about homosexuality?

In many modern societies acceptance of homosexuality is increasing. This is reflected in some of the religious expressions of those people.

06. Why shouldn't homosexuals be allowed to marry?

Damned if I know. Although I wouldn't have a problem with it being called "civil union" instead of marriage under the law. Even in societies such as classical Greece where homosexuality was common and accepted "marriage" was still reserved for male-female couples for the purposes of creating families. To me the most important thing is that the legal benefits of union be the same for gay couples as for straights, whether we call it marriage or not.

07. Do you think homosexuality is about lust more than love?

No more so then heterosexuality.

08. Do you feel threatened about homosexuality?

No.

09. Have you ever had bad experiences with homosexuals?

Yes one of my roommates had a lesbian friend who hung out in our dorm room all the time. She expected me to leave while she changed clothes in our room. I'm pretty sure she still would have been a bitch if she were straight.

10. Have you ever talked to a homosexual about homosexuality?

Yes, several times in college.

Treacle Worshipper

Originally posted by EvolvEarth
Well, I have quite a few questions on some people's views on homosexuality:
01. What exactly is so unhealthy about homosexuality?
Nothing.

02. What are the negatives to being homosexual?
Parents attacking &/or ignoring it. (The "Don't be silly, you're not gay" approach.) Other people being obnoxious about it - but it's easier to avoid non-family.

03. Why is it wrong to be homosexual?
It's not.

04. Why does God condemn homosexuality?
Assuming you mean the Xian god, I think it's a fair bet he doesn't exist.

05. Why doesn't God seem to care much anymore about homosexuality?
Well, if you look at the Bible, it's obvious from both the OT & NT that God was far more bothered about usury (charging interest on loans) than homosexuality. At least it gets mentioned a lot more. But personally, I'd have to say that it's because a non-existent being has difficulty caring about anything.

06. Why shouldn't homosexuals be allowed to marry?
No reason. They should.

07. Do you think homosexuality is about lust more than love?
No. Altho' I would qualify that by saying that, as some het relationships can be based purely on lust, so can some gay ones. But I would say the majority of gay rel's are based on love, like the majority of het ones.

08. Do you feel threatened about homosexuality?
No. I'm bi.

09. Have you ever had bad experiences with homosexuals?
Yep. Gays can be idiots just like straights. I've never had a bad experience with anyone (gay or het) solely over their sexuality, tho'.

10. Have you ever talked to a homosexual about homosexuality?
To many people (including myself on a regular basis )

I would really appreciate it if someone could answer ALL of these questions as honestly as possible. Thank you for your time.
May I ask if there is any particular purpose to this research?

TW

Derec

There is a higher risk of spreading certain diseases, including HIV/AIDS. However, using appropriate precautions this risk can be controlled and minimized.

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02. What are the negatives to being homosexual?

Stigmatization, higher prevalance of HIV.

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03. Why is it wrong to be homosexual?

I don't see why it would be.

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04. Why does God condemn homosexuality?

Quite possibly god was used to codify a custom that possibly originally had a purpose of demarkation between Hebrews and neighboring peoples that were more lenient in that regard. It is also often suspected that circumcision served a similar purpose.

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05. Why doesn't God seem to care much anymore about homosexuality?

Societies change and so do gods they make in their image.

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06. Why shouldn't homosexuals be allowed to marry?

Shoudln't they?

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07. Do you think homosexuality is about lust more than love?

Fundamentally not any more than heterosexuality.

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08. Do you feel threatened about homosexuality?

No.

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09. Have you ever had bad experiences with homosexuals?

Not that I recall.

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10. Have you ever talked to a homosexual about homosexuality?

Yes, but rarely.

UMoC

Loren Pechtel

Actually, it occurs to me that there is some merit to past condemnation of homosexuality on health grounds.

Consider: Pregnancy acted as a check on heterosexual intercourse. The risk of a baby meant that you were generally careful of who you had sex with.

However, there's no such inherent penalty to homosexuality. There was also no real understanding of disease. A homosexual would be more likely to get a STD. The elders might very well have noted that those who engaged in homosexuality were more likely to die (Syphillis is fatal.)


Now, with condoms and a knowledge of disease this argument is no longer valid. However, it takes time to eliminate such baises.

Jat

Originally posted by UglyManOnCampus

There is a higher risk of spreading certain diseases, including HIV/AIDS. However, using appropriate precautions this risk can be controlled and minimized.

Actually HIV/AIDS has always been primarily a hetero disease. In fact I think that the highest rate is in young hetero black males.

Godless Dave

That may be true now, but I think in the early days of AIDS in the US it was more prevelant among gay men, and they certainly had more HIV than their proportion of the population. There is also the issue that many black men who have sex with other men don't identify themselves as "gay".

In Africa, however, it was and still is more prevalent in the heterosexual community.