ok, so sexual orientation is not a choice, right?
ciao
- viole
Obviously, the design of the bodies of men, and women, are designed for sex with one another. The sex of a person is determined genetically, and except for some very rare cases, is determined at birth.
"Sexual orientation" can be different from the birth established sex. Your question is why, and the answer is not scientifically or psychologically clear. The mantra that people are born as homosexuals simply has not been proven.
For those who are evolutionists, and believe the survival of it's species is the primary goal of every creature, homosexuality seems to be an evolutionary dead end, to me.
Is there some hormonal or other physical cause ? No one knows for sure.
For a long, long time it was thought to be an aberrant psychological condition, but now isn't.
Following this argument, someone who, say, is a necrophiliac, can say they were born as they are.
Is it brought about by environment, or the composition of the family, or an overbearing father, or an overbearing mother, no one knows.
I can't tell you if it is a choice, or not.
I certainly believe everyone who is inclined this way has the right to live as they choose, it is none of my business.
I have no phobia of them, I do not hate them, and many have made strong contributions to society.
In fact Paul in the New Testament makes it emphatically clear that those in the Church, have no business judging anyone in any way outside the Church for non criminal behaviors that are not acceptable in the Church. These behaviors, the acts, are judged within the Church, yet no one can judge the soul of any person.
I do not know why God frowns upon homosexuality, He doesn't share that with me. Apparently it is on a need to know basis, and I don't need to know.
The bottom line is always that God loves everyone. He loves the drug addicted lice ridden, thieving homeless guy as much as I am loved. However, He asks that people who by choice come into the Church, live in the manner that He desires.
