[quote name='UncleBob']Well, that's not really a case of someone making the *choice* to engage in sexual activities, now is it?[/quote]
I dunno. I hear a lot of arguments about "that girl went to that party dressed like that and got drunk" all the time.
But I don't think having sexual relations with someone of the same gender necessarily makes you homosexual (or bisexual even).
Then saying it's just a choice isn't the correct way to phrase your stance, since you're clearly suggesting that emotional content augments one's sexual identity.
Remember, Freud suggested that every action we do every second of our lives is toward the relentless pursuit of sex. Think of that the next time you give someone a hug, man or woman. I'm not saying he's the sole authority, but it is an amusing theory.
But again, we're getting far off base here.
However, I do think we are the sum of the choices we make and the actions we take. Otherwise, we're all just brainless animals and we should just
it all and lay around and get high all the time. Why bother?
This is entering into predestined fate versus free will argument. It will not be solved here, nor pretty much ever in the span of humanity's existence, and thus should be removed since it is functionally insolvent.
I was just trying to explain the thought process from earlier when someone asked about why "The Church" is willing to help all sinners except homosexual "sinners". From the viewpoint of "The Church", I understand the thought process and thought I might be able to explain it.
But that's going against the word of Jesus, who clearly said to love thy neighbor. At this point we're letting the Church interpret a book that - according to their own definition - is the infallible word of God.
This is a pick-and-choose scenario, something wholly contradictory to a fundamentalist standpoint, since it serves up the word of Man before their diefied Creator. That's actually a form of idolatry, something the Ten Commandments - which are sort of like the tactical nukes of the Biblical world - prohibits. You could argue you are setting yourself up directly against God at that point.
You can't call yourself the "love the sinner/hate the sin" type if you start saying "Hold on..." every few minutes.