Religion vs. Sexuality

[Virginiakid]

Does your religion or what you believe in support your sexuality?

[Celtics]

No (Christianity), but I do. I see no problem with someone being who they are and I know your born being straight/bi/gay, its not a choice. If god has a problem with it then he can but I don't have to.

[PinkFloyd]

My family is Christian, so yeah, it supports my sexuality which is heterosexual. HOWEVER, my family is duper laid back about religion. We don't go to church or anything like that.

[sqishy]

What I believe in supports my sexuality, yes, or else I'd be in a form of self-conflict and/or self-denial.

[Willy_Nilly]

As a Christian, I'd say no but really in the Catholic school I go to, nobody has ever been bullied for being gay and there are several people out and about in my school

[Ethe14]

As a Christian I'm not sure. It says nothing about being Bi so I'll just say I'm heterosexual. However for the gay community it's against them. However that being said there are some people who are very religious and still are fine with gay people. My parents are a good example of this, quite religious but they don't care.

[backjruton]

No religion. I personally hate the whole idea

So no, it doesn't affect my choice :D but my messed up head might be...

[Aajj333]

If your religion doesnt accept you then why should you accept it.

[Tarannosaurus]

At the moment my beliefs are a mixture of a few different religions, which are mostly accepting of all sexualities. Buddhism is where it becomes a bit iffy, the Dalai Lama, who is a religious leader of Tibetan Buddhism has said that he doesn't agree with homosexual intercourse, but does accept the sexualities themselves. Since I'm not a Tibetan Buddhist this doesn't affect me either way. Some Buddhist countries are anti-homosexual but the religion itself isn't. There is one mention in the Pali Canon that may be transphobic (although it could be a translation error or interpreted wrongly) but it is contradicted hundreds of times in more important teachings on compassion. Besides, the Buddha said himself not to take his teachings at face value, and they are guidelines, not rules that must be obeyed. For example, at first he refused to let women join his community of monks, but he realised that he was in the wrong. So if that book is transphobic, well I'm going to assume he was in the wrong. If he even said it and it wasn't just something added in later on.

[Hermes96]

i turned away from my faith when i realised the all loving god i'd been taught about would allow his preachers to teach hate and intolerance, also i made to feel uncomfortable going to church after i realised i was gay. i'll only go to church with my grandparents about once a year even then i feel uncomfortable

[nklarke]

I'm Jewish and yes, all is fine.

[Something Creative]

Yeah, I'm Christian and I think I'm mostly straight, so I don't really have to worry about the religious undertones on top of everything else.

[Harry.]

I'm not religious but I value religious teachings and everyone's right to believe what they like.

Religion isn't intolerant towards gays, people are.

[Celtics]

(christian) and yes, but I don't care at all. Since I know someone in history could of easily changed it to say that its a abomination to god..... But the bible does not say god hates homosexuals so I think someone just had a fit and made a lot of people kill themselves sadly or be depressed.

[Babs]

i'm an atheist so... but most/half of my family is Christian all of whom support gay marriage and stuff (as far as I know) except my dad but he knows my sister is bi (not me though) he doesn't approve but he still loves and cares about her so thats cool.

[MechaSniper]

yes it does

[Syvelocin]

An it harm none, do what ye will. I can't imagine choosing a religion that holds you back and doesn't support all types of people. Same reason why I don't understand my friend who supports Republican candidates but supports gay rights, is pro-choice, etc. I know politically, she probably agrees with most viewpoints, just not on social issues, but I could never get behind something unless I am fully morally okay with it.

[Abyssal Echo]

No it doesn't

[Dalcourt]

Yes, my religion does support my sexuality.

[TheBiChristian]

No. Even though I am a devout Christian and I'm bi. I just dont see how loving the same sex is a sin.

[centropede]

I'm Lutheran, tbh i dont believe in god, my religion is just for "look".
I'm gay. And i have no idea if it supports gays, and actually i don't care.

[LuciferSam]

I consider myself a Taoist (with some bits of Shinto and Buddhism mixed in there), a group that doesn't really say much about sexuality. What I do know though, is that Taoism was one of the predominant religions in China and that they actually treated bisexuals and gays pretty fairly until the rise of the Qing dynasty when they tried Westernising themselves.

[Living For Love]

No, it doesn't.

[Cheeky Chimp]

No, it doesn't.

What???????? Your post doesn't fit the context :L

And why do the staff have to be soo damn harsh??? How would I know that I would be banned just for forgetting my username so creating new accounts cos as a consequence of my poor memory, the same having happened on other forums.. well other forums are more lenient.

[From Chris]

Does your religion or what you believe in support your sexuality?

Personally i'm not super religious in the first place, but i believe and support my sexuality and all sexualities. This is my opinion on the subject of religion not accepting LBGT: I personally think that it's not right for people to go out of their way to make someone feel uncomfortable, or unwanted or even bad about their sexuality because it is who they are. I don't think denying someone who they are is right. I believe religion should be for love and acceptance and not as a tool used for hatred towards others for who they are, especially if you don't know them. :)

-Chris <3

[Living For Love]

What???????? Your post doesn't fit the context :L

And why do the staff have to be soo damn harsh??? How would I know that I would be banned just for forgetting my username so creating new accounts cos as a consequence of my poor memory, the same having happened on other forums.. well other forums are more lenient.

What I meant was "No, my religion does not support my sexuality and what I believe in."

And that type of issues should be discussed privately with the administrators, not with me on someone else's thread.

[Landbuscus97]

I'm Christian, but more definitively I'm LDS (Mormon). The church doesn't think that same sex attraction is a sin, but that acting on it is. So being bisexual I cans date girls, just not guys. This is the case for now, but I gotta feeling it will change pretty soon