Homosexuality: Chosen or Genetic?

First off -- how much do you know about psychology?

Homosexuality only leads to depression and emotional discomfort because it's not widely accepted in society. People will hide who they really are for fear of being discriminated against, and THIS is what leads to people becoming depressed and anxious. And it's ridiculous that so many people have to stay silent about who they are and suffer emotionally because they're forced to live a lie out of fear of persecution.

Just because a sexual behavior is considered deviant doesn't make it abnormal; and these definitions change constantly. Things that were thought to be odd 20 years ago aren't anymore.

Ahh, but people don't have sex simply for reproduction. They do it for enjoyment as well, and I'd say that two gay men or women can succeed in that. Therefore homosexuality isn't necessarily dysfunctional.

Same as Sexual behavior, or Love for that matter... Or lust, or whatever. You could pick almost any emotion and apply it... Or any sexual orientation. Its just too broad.

Originally posted by Tptmanno1
Same as Sexual behavior, or Love for that matter... Or lust, or whatever. You could pick almost any emotion and apply it... Or any sexual orientation. Its just too broad.

Exactly.

Oh, and we won't even go into what I think of people who think homosexuality is a choice.....

To quote Monty Python's Spamalot

"to think, In 500 years, this will STILL be contreversial."

Which sadly, I wouldn't be too terribly surprised if that winds up being true.

Originally posted by Lana
Exactly.

Oh, and we won't even go into what I think of people who think homosexuality is a choice.....

"You stupid Christian fanatic! I know you're an idiot and don't listen to science or any of that bullshit, but why don't you try tossing away your blinders and opening your mind to new ideas? Oh, yeah, that's right, your faith sucks and you're a homophobe and probably a member of those crazy 'religious righters' that suck as people! You're a hypocrite and you wave around signs about God hating homosexuals and you're intolerant and racist and bigoted and..."

Continue rant from there.

No offense to you, Lana, but I just got through reading the hyper-leftist newspaper at my school and the sheer ignorance shown towards Christianity, the beliefs of Christians, the "religious right", and the like makes me sick.

"GEORGE BUSH HATES BLACK PEOPLE AND GAYS!" (That's pretty much the whole newspaper.)

Hey people are stupid.
Some librals are stupid and I hate them as much or more than I hate some conservatives, Possibly more because they are pollution what I am called with their stupidity.

I was never saying that I thought homosexuality was a mental disorder, I was just trying to see why other people would say that it is.

Most of you made some valid points, thanks for the insight.

Now it's plain to see that the people who thought it was a mental disorder were just ignorant. If the subject ever comes up again, I’ll know what points to make to disprove it 😛

Oh, and I've taken three psychology courses (far from an expert), but I got As in all three 😉

Originally posted by FeceMan
Here, I'll do it for you:

"You stupid Christian fanatic! I know you're an idiot and don't listen to science or any of that bullshit, but why don't you try tossing away your blinders and opening your mind to new ideas? Oh, yeah, that's right, your faith sucks and you're a homophobe and probably a member of those crazy 'religious righters' that suck as people! You're a hypocrite and you wave around signs about God hating homosexuals and you're intolerant and racist and bigoted and..."

Continue rant from there.

No offense to you, Lana, but I just got through reading the hyper-leftist newspaper at my school and the sheer ignorance shown towards Christianity, the beliefs of Christians, the "religious right", and the like makes me sick.

"GEORGE BUSH HATES BLACK PEOPLE AND GAYS!" (That's pretty much the whole newspaper.)

😑

WTF?

I have nothing against Christians themselves, I have several Christian friends who are quite religious, yet they're very accepting of people of other faiths, sexual orientations, races, etc. It's the religion itself that I don't like, and how some people take it too far.

And at any rate, religion has nothing to do with why I dislike when people say that being homosexual is chosen.

Originally posted by Tptmanno1
Hey people are stupid.
Some librals are stupid and I hate them as much or more than I hate some conservatives, Possibly more because they are pollution what I am called with their stupidity.

Agreed -- there's stupid people everywhere of every belief.

Originally posted by Morgoths_Wrath
I was never saying that I thought homosexuality was a mental disorder, I was just trying to see why other people would say that it is.

Most of you made some valid points, thanks for the insight.

Now it's plain to see that the people who thought it was a mental disorder were just ignorant. If the subject ever comes up again, I’ll know what points to make to disprove it 😛

Oh, and I've taken three psychology courses (far from an expert), but I got As in all three 😉

No prob 🙂

😂 whenever I can refute something, I do it. Force of habit -- I used to be on debate.

I'm currently studying to be a psychologist 😊

Originally posted by Lana
I'm currently studying to be a psychologist 😊

Originally posted by Lana
Agreed -- there's stupid people everywhere of every belief.

No prob 🙂

😂 whenever I can refute something, I do it. Force of habit -- I used to be on debate.

I'm currently studying to be a psychologist 😊

Originally posted by Lana
😑

WTF?

I have nothing against Christians themselves, I have several Christian friends who are quite religious, yet they're very accepting of people of other faiths, sexual orientations, races, etc. It's the religion itself that I don't like, and how some people take it too far.

And at any rate, religion has nothing to do with why I dislike when people say that being homosexual is chosen.

Originally posted by Spelljammer
*Snerk*

Oh, yes, Mr. "I'm majoring in biology and alchemy" 🙄

Originally posted by Tptmanno1
Its also fun Lana!

Yeah, that too 😄

Originally posted by Lana
Oh, yes, Mr. "I'm majoring in biology and alchemy" 🙄

Yeah, that too 😄

Originally posted by FeceMan
That's why I said, "No offense to you, Lana". 🙂

That post just seemed totally out of nowhere.

Yeah, there are some stupid liberals that take things too far -- but the same can be said of conservatives, and, well, EVERY sort of group. But contrary to what SpellJammer would have everyone believe, most liberals are normal people who aren't trying to send the world to hell.

Originally posted by Lana
That post just seemed totally out of nowhere.

Yeah, there are some stupid liberals that take things too far -- but the same can be said of conservatives, and, well, EVERY sort of group. But contrary to what SpellJammer would have everyone believe, most liberals are normal people who aren't trying to send the world to hell.

Originally posted by FeceMan
Well, I'm frustrated because I know I can't do squat about the newspaper. I'm pissed because it is so insulting to me. I'm dealing with complete morons in another thread. And I have the likes of Chibi Boy to reign in at the Religion forum (fortunately, I haven't seen him in awhile).

Psssh, I quit the Religion forum altogether after it seemed that every time I went in there I got in a fight with some super-religious person who insisted on telling me every post that I'm going to go to hell because I'm not religious, even though debbiejo asked me to come back.

And just don't read that paper, or send them a letter or something.

Originally posted by Lana
Psssh, I quit the Religion forum altogether after it seemed that every time I went in there I got in a fight with some super-religious person who insisted on telling me every post that I'm going to go to hell because I'm not religious, even though debbiejo asked me to come back.

And just don't read that paper, or send them a letter or something.

I'm addicted, methinks. A glutton for punishment, perhaps.

Despite my earlier humourous remark, I don't have anything against christiANS. I'm not fond of christianity.

I, like Lana, know many christians who believe in God but don't feel the need to follow the religion to the point that it sucks the joy out of their life. Someone I know said "I believe in God, I pray to God. I don't go to church because I believe God hears me anywhere and I find it demeaning to sit in a building and be told how to talk to my God by a man no more in contact with the lord than I. I commit sins, but I know that God will forgive me because he'll surely know I'm here to experience life and experience it is what I'll do."

The organisation of the religion just makes me sick, and so do christians who force beliefs on others. Such as homosexuality being disgusting and a sin.

-AC