Have you ever wondered why homosexuality exists?

Yes, I have.

My mother and I talk about it all the time. She feels it is against God's will, but I have nothing against those that are homosexual.

It's a strong debate.

How would you feel if someone else was placing your life decisions under a microscope? How would you feel if someone told you that your dependence on religion is a psychological need to be enslaved to something, stemming from your inability to come to acceptance of the unknowns of the universe?

Doesn't feel too good, does it? How do you think it makes the homosexuals feel when you pass judgement and tell them that they are Gods way of culling the herd?

It's a genetic predisposition of preference. Philosophically, one can not explain homosexual tendencies in the same way that people can not explain why certain foods are more delectable to some people rather than others.

I am not a neuroscientist nor a psychologist, so I am not so arrogant or crass as to believe that I know the origins of homosexuality. To me, it's a lifestyle choice, I could no sooner convince someone that Pepsi was better than Coke than convince them why they should (or shouldn't) become a homosexual. They have the right to love whoever they wish, It is neither mine, nor the states, business to tell them otherwise.

And if your God is so benevolent, then why does he have such a utilitarian viewpoint of the matter? What if your God created homosexuality because he knew that the person would be happier with a member of the same sex as their partner? Isn't that reason enough? Does God not want us to be happy, or does he want us to be cogs in the machine?

with out to begin any argument with anybody ,i wanted to add that homosexuality it is not a creation of God ,but a result of humans internal desires manipulated by spiritual forces against God principles and values. God is holy and He will never, ever will allow and accept the homosexual lifestyle as normal to His precepts .when I say people manipulated by spiritual forces,

I am talking about demons in the people. And the reason why assume this is real, is my best friend testimony. after he wanted to change ,because of his inadequate living style, he recognize looking in his genitals that he was created as a men and the consequences of his previous homosexual life was the root of sin, rebellion, disobedience, idolatry, alcohol, drugs, and twisted sexual desires to his same gender. And this is true, as I can tell even if you are or not a God believer, doesn't mean that God don t exist. This is a fact and our decisions consequences are the result of what we do, sadly.

It would be nice, I identify as a lesbian so of course I want to be accepted by the rest of the world. Unfortunately it's kind of the same thing as racism, there will always be people who don't understand and so can't accept it. Some people believe you can choose who you love or are attracted to, just like some people think certain races are superior to others. It's hard to change that person's mind when they haven't been victimized by that kind of oppression. I think as the years go by it will become more and more accepted, but I think it's going to be a long time before we live in a world that is completely blind to skin colour, orientation, gender, or religion.

you know its not about population . population is controlling by death. every thing is in gods hand .if population wants to be more he can control it. we just have to leave in a way that he ordered, and we our selves can figure that out with just a little taking a look in our holy book. each religion give us our way for the best life and happiest life. and being homosexual is not the way for having a last long happy life. it may give us a little happiness at first. but by the time passes you will lose all those happiness easily.

I totally agree with you on the 'controlling world population'.

I would also add my personal belief that God is making an effort to give wonderful parents to so many children in need.

I am very greatful that homosexuality exists. Now that I'm thinking about it... it's also an unveiling of other peoples true character- when friends & a family 'dis-owns' their child who has come out it shows what's really important to them (and it's NOT the love of their friend and child). wow.

good question!

I'm Agnostic so the God factor doesn't work for me. The Bonobos monkeys who we are very related to (98%) in DNA exhibit signs of homosexuality. The female Bonobos engaged in tribidism and oral sex in exchange for favors. It helps them form groups and they raise their youngs. Lions, dolphins, giraffes, and even snakes show homosexual behavior. Yet, they aren't exclusively homosexual more what you would call bisexual. Many of them go back to opposite sex partners and mate. It isn't a sexual orientation for them, is something that they just do. But for us humans, homosexuality is permanent. It's exclusive. All animals (humans too) engaged in homosexuality so it is in nature. Yet, we don't know what causes it or better yet what is it's purpose. Many scienticists suggest maybe is to help control the population or to help the members 'perfect' their lovemaking techniques before moving on to an opposite sex partner. We might never know what causes homosexuality but they haven't died out so they do have a purpose. According to Darwinian theory, the strongest survive and reproduce but gay people are still here. A belief was that humans have sex to reproduce but now that isn't the case. It's a confusing issue but I think that gay people didn't choose to be gay. It's something that happens in life and nature plans it that way.

Sure I have considered this and I think I have an acceptable justification.

Homosexuality is considered wrong because it produces nothing, it is just physical indulgence, which is counter productive to the progressive nature of religion.

Attraction to your own gender is vain in a way, preferring your own form over a variation.

Personally I feel that that is why people had gay sex with children in the ancient world. The mindset was different, it was their way of indulging in what they considered to be physical perfection. They considered men to be dominant and youth to be valued.

Morally it is debatable but the justification seems logical enough to me.

According to your argument bestiality and child molestation would exist for the same reason: to keep the population in check. In reality, all three exists because free will allows sin, therefore allowing perversion. All three tend to be results of perversion caused by too much sexual indulgence. As for keeping the population in check. Humans are naturally violent and war serves as a retarding force to overpopulation. Then again, STDs could also be a deterrent for premarital sex, as would AIDs in that case. Both would keep populations at check though the STDs and AIDS serve more effectively to keep people from being animals and having sex with whatever moves. Interesting question.

Good question Paul. Well i don't believe it's forbidden, who made it forbidden? People? Do they stop doing other forbidden stuff? I believe that most of people who keep repeating the word forbidden, are doing the forbidden stuff itself!

Once i asked myself, why only God created two types of human being? I asked a friend and he said it's forbidden to think about these stuff, know what? He was neglecting his study, didn't pray, was smoking and other bad stuff.

Then i realized later, when i grew up, that only 2 types, we dont have to choose the other sex always, i discovered there were gays and lesbians, later on, the mix of both; shemales!

Why should i believe someone is telling me what's forbidden or not, and i see his actions? Just do what you feel you want to do, God will count what you'll truly believe in, unlike the others who say something and do another.

God didn't create this word to forbid it, he created it for you to let you think what's right and wrong and leave you to choose. If you dont like women and interested in men will he punish you?It's like you don't like fish and like meat!

He created the world for us to enjoy his blessings, just be reasonable and faithful to yourself and he will give you what you want, he loves us. God bless you.

i completely disagree with dude. there may be no purpose, but every function a human has revolves around survival. if we hadn't taken over the world intellectually, other animals would have evolved to eat us. even as cave men, humans did not have much else going for thier pretador instincts besides teeth and a brain.

i also think there IS a God, but that's besides the point.

homosexuality may come from the world's overpopulation indirectly. i think it always existed, but human instinct didn't allow us to accept it until the time it was really needed.