I think it is not a choice. People born that way. The fact that many gay men have tried to change and have not been able to is suggest that this is in-born and not an environmental or psychological cause. Scientists used to believe that homosexuality comes with genetics, but the failure to find such a gay gene is dimming the possibility of this. Now, most scientists are fairly certain that homosexuality is neither environmental nor genetic, but our sexual orientation - whether you are gay/bi/straight - is decided while we are in the mother's womb. So homosexuality is mainly suspected to be due to too much or too less amounts of hormones introduced to the fetus in the mother's womb. By the way, remember, homosexuality is not seen only among humans. Plenty of animals exhibit homosexuality/ bisexuality too. Its not an unnatural thing invented by humans.
Most organizations who claim to change sexual orientation are Christian Evangelic organizations that do so because homosexuality is condemned in the bible. This is very dangerous because they lead their clients to believe that
1) They can change their homosexuality
2) God will send you to hell if you're gay.
The problem is, when a person goes to these people for help, and tries to change themselves, can find that they cannot change, they end up hating themselves. There are many cases in the U.S. of gay men committing suicide after seeking help from such organizations.
One trick these psychologists try to do is try to make other areas of your life interesting so that you don't think about sex much. So most of the people who claim they have been turned heterosexual after being homosexual are people who live celibate lifestyles. There have never been successfully proven cases of making a gay man interested in women.
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Great site. Great topics. I know this guy and he has put his talents to great use. I just know that this is going to "rattel some cages". Good luck. C. J.
Yes it is a very interesting article. Again, my curiosity. What about the budhism? What does it tell about homosexuality? I have met one English lecturer which said that budhism is a very tolerant religion. So it must cope with homosexuality better than the christian religion?
Cheers
KV
Dudhism, religion and homosexuallity.
Firstly it is a common misconception that Budhism as a religion is tolerant of homosexuallity, mainly because budhism is not a religion, it is more of a philosophy. Within budhism we do not seek salvation or forgivness from some God, because there is no God, we as individuals seek salvation and frogivness from within ourselves, we are the only ones who can forgive ourselves.
So essentally budhism neither condems or condones homosexuallity, rather it provides individuals with the space to come to their own conclusions based on their own morality. Unlike Christanmity, which lays down a set of "do not do's" (10 commandments)and Muslim which lays down a set of "must do's", budhism is not prescriptive. Put simply, and in the words of Budha "Accept nothing and question everything"
Hope that helps.
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