More Americans Identify as LGBT than ever before

[Washington Resistance Army]

Any sort of sex even outside of sacramental marriage does not make someone a bad person but it's definitely sinful. The section of Leviticus was a Civil Law of the ancient state of Israel, not a moral law of God. Without clear context it's not easy to distinguish between the two but please research that before you jump to the New Testament. That's over a thousand years of events that happened. God doesn't hate gay people. It's a good thing that more people are being honest about their feelings.

Your saying G-d doesnt hate gay people but disapproves of homosexual acts?

That's the position of all three Abrahamic faiths, yes.

[Odreria]

No, not really.

Also, homosexuality is not haram. Homosexuals relationships and intercourse are. People who engage in the aforementioned activities aren’t denied Janah if they’re good people who
a) have not heard of Islam
b) have been misled about Islam
c) had no chance to convert to Islam

God in Islam is ar-Rahman and ar-Rahim. Given Islamically speaking most people who go to hell will eventually be moved into heaven (because God wants most people in heaven), I would imagine gay people who were accurately informed about the faith but chose not to follow it or who practiced Islam but engaged in the two activities without repenting would be among those eventually taken to heaven, if they would even be punished at all.

I know jack shit about Islam, but in Christianity it's assumed everyone has been exposed to God and had a chance, and thus there's no excuses for not being Christian.

lmao what

this is not true whatsoever

[The Fortem]

y'all are hella off-topic.

my advice to you all: shut the fuck up and let's get back on topic.

[Thermodolia]

Your saying G-d doesnt hate gay people but disapproves of homosexual acts?

That's the position of all three Abrahamic faiths, yes.

Well he really doesn’t like most sex acts so...

[Zul-ar]

I know jack shit about Islam, but in Christianity it's assumed everyone has been exposed to God and had a chance, and thus there's no excuses for not being Christian.

lmao what

this is not true whatsoever

That's what was taught to me in Church.
"because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them" (Romans 1:19)
"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse" (Romans 1:20)

[Thermodolia]

...
So Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Timur aren’t bad people in God’s eyes?
If so, what’s the point of hell?

To scare gullible people into doing what is accepted as "right" by a select group of people.

Pretty much. There’s really no point to hell.

Also if you’re only doing good things or following your religion because your scared of going to hell are you even really that good of a person or really following your religion freely?

[Insaanistan]

To scare gullible people into doing what is accepted as "right" by a select group of people.

Pretty much. There’s really no point to hell.

Also if you’re only doing good things or following your religion because your scared of going to hell are you even really that good of a person or really following your religion freely?

So should we not have punishments for breaking the law then?

[Odreria]

lmao what

this is not true whatsoever

That's what was taught to me in Church.
"because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them" (Romans 1:19)
"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse" (Romans 1:20)

Some wacko prot sect doesn't speak for all of Christianity.

[Zul-ar]

Pretty much. There’s really no point to hell.

Also if you’re only doing good things or following your religion because your scared of going to hell are you even really that good of a person or really following your religion freely?

So should we not have punishments for breaking the law then?

We should,
1. in order to discourage further crime
and 2. in order to protect the general populous from criminals.

The idea of hell may discourage crime, but no more so than any other religion's idea of consequence does. Meaning that even if Hell isn't real, there's no difference in discouragement.

Hell doesn't stop bad people from hurting people while they're alive, so it's not protecting anybody. And while people who go to hell can't reoffend, they wouldn't have been able to reoffend anyway because they're dead.

So the world where hell isn't really real is no different from one in which is is real. Thus, hell is pointless.

[Zul-ar]

That's what was taught to me in Church.
"because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them" (Romans 1:19)
"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse" (Romans 1:20)

Some wacko prot sect doesn't speak for all of Christianity.

I... didn't I just quote the Bible, which is literally the basis of Christianity? The Bible agrees with what I was taught in Church.

[Thermodolia]

Pretty much. There’s really no point to hell.

Also if you’re only doing good things or following your religion because your scared of going to hell are you even really that good of a person or really following your religion freely?

So should we not have punishments for breaking the law then?

Again I ask are you really a good person if just the fear of punishment is what’s keeping you from committing crimes?

[Nakena]

...
So Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Timur aren’t bad people in God’s eyes?
If so, what’s the point of hell?

To scare gullible people into doing what is accepted as "right" by a select group of people.

Well not exactly. Basically the whole thing operates on a binary spectrum which is defined by "distance to Yaweh" (i would interpret that as sphere of influence) with being hell the place of zero-percent and fartest away.

So in other words it's a cool place with blackjack and hookers.

[Odreria]

To scare gullible people into doing what is accepted as "right" by a select group of people.

Well not exactly. Basically the whole thing operates on a binary spectrum which is defined by "distance to Yaweh" (i would interpret that as sphere of influence) with being hell the place of zero-percent and fartest away.

So in other words it's a cool place with blackjack and hookers.

As they say, go to heaven for the climate, hell for the company.

[Farnhamia]

y'all are hella off-topic.

my advice to you all: shut the fuck up and let's get back on topic.

*looms ominously* Here's some advice for you: don't troll people by telling them to shut the fuck up. If they're off the topic, report it.

[Burnh]

inb4 gay propaganda conspiracy post

Nice

[Farnhamia]

Your parents are weirder for trying to make you look than you not wanting to.

He's even weirder for saying "homosexuality isn't haram" while saying "gay sex and relationships bad".

No, wait, that's not weird, that's outright being a dumbass with half a rotten brain.

*** Warned for flaming ***

[Yamation]

I would agree that numbers are probably rising due to acceptance of others and of self. The amount of people is probably very proportionate all throughout history, but it wasn't talked about or was actively hidden. There's lot of different instances where people were "roommates" or "just chose to never take a wife" and as cultures have changed to become more inclusive of everything, this aspect of humanity is right there along with it. Women having thoughts and opinions was once thought of as taboo, too, but eventually it changed as the generations against it died out, things changed. Sexuality is a spectrum and always has been, we just talk about it more now then we ever have before.

[Kowani]

so, i checked out the underlying poll
the overwhelming winner here wasn't LGT
it was bisexuals
by far, they're the most common

More than half of LGBT adults (54.6%) identify as bisexual. About a quarter (24.5%) say they are gay, with 11.7% identifying as lesbian and 11.3% as transgender. An additional 3.3% volunteer another non-heterosexual preference or term to describe their sexual orientation, such as queer or same-gender-loving [...] Rebasing these percentages to represent their share of the U.S. adult population finds 3.1% of Americans identifying as bisexual, 1.4% as gay, 0.7% as lesbian and 0.6% as transgender

[Dresderstan]

so, i checked out the underlying poll
the overwhelming winner here wasn't LGT
it was bisexuals
by far, they're the most common

More than half of LGBT adults (54.6%) identify as bisexual. About a quarter (24.5%) say they are gay, with 11.7% identifying as lesbian and 11.3% as transgender. An additional 3.3% volunteer another non-heterosexual preference or term to describe their sexual orientation, such as queer or same-gender-loving [...] Rebasing these percentages to represent their share of the U.S. adult population finds 3.1% of Americans identifying as bisexual, 1.4% as gay, 0.7% as lesbian and 0.6% as transgender

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[Daarwyrth]

The reason why the number of people identifying as LGBTQ is rising is because the times have changed, I think. In general, people have become much more tolerant of such matters. Religion is becoming less and less important, with atheism well on the rise. That allows people to become more open-minded and tolerant, because they no longer hold onto viewpoints that are severely outdated, in my opinion. On top of that, science is proving time and time again that being LGBTQ is okay, and totally natural. Heck, there's so many examples of homosexuality appearing in many species across the globe. I believe the last estimate was that there are 1500 species on Earth in which homosexual behaviour was found. That to me is clear evidence that being gay, bisexual, asexual or whatever else is exactly what nature intended.

So yes, people aren't afraid as they used to be, and dare to come out as LGBTQ more often these days. It is my hope that open-mindedness will continue to grow throughout society in the coming years, so that one day in the (near) future no one will bat an eyelash at people having different sexual orientations.

Celebrate nature's infinite diversity, do not condemn it.

[Thermodolia]

so, i checked out the underlying poll
the overwhelming winner here wasn't LGT
it was bisexuals
by far, they're the most common

More than half of LGBT adults (54.6%) identify as bisexual. About a quarter (24.5%) say they are gay, with 11.7% identifying as lesbian and 11.3% as transgender. An additional 3.3% volunteer another non-heterosexual preference or term to describe their sexual orientation, such as queer or same-gender-loving [...] Rebasing these percentages to represent their share of the U.S. adult population finds 3.1% of Americans identifying as bisexual, 1.4% as gay, 0.7% as lesbian and 0.6% as transgender

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Good lord the generation gap is huge. There’s a near 7% increase from Millennial to the Zoomers

[Kowani]

so, i checked out the underlying poll
the overwhelming winner here wasn't LGT
it was bisexuals
by far, they're the most common

More than half of LGBT adults (54.6%) identify as bisexual. About a quarter (24.5%) say they are gay, with 11.7% identifying as lesbian and 11.3% as transgender. An additional 3.3% volunteer another non-heterosexual preference or term to describe their sexual orientation, such as queer or same-gender-loving [...] Rebasing these percentages to represent their share of the U.S. adult population finds 3.1% of Americans identifying as bisexual, 1.4% as gay, 0.7% as lesbian and 0.6% as transgender

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[Dresderstan]

so, i checked out the underlying poll
the overwhelming winner here wasn't LGT
it was bisexuals
by far, they're the most common

More than half of LGBT adults (54.6%) identify as bisexual. About a quarter (24.5%) say they are gay, with 11.7% identifying as lesbian and 11.3% as transgender. An additional 3.3% volunteer another non-heterosexual preference or term to describe their sexual orientation, such as queer or same-gender-loving [...] Rebasing these percentages to represent their share of the U.S. adult population finds 3.1% of Americans identifying as bisexual, 1.4% as gay, 0.7% as lesbian and 0.6% as transgender

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Good lord the generation gap is huge. There’s a near 7% increase from Millennial to the Zoomers

Gen Z more socially liberal than millennials confirmed???

[Neutraligon]

Good lord the generation gap is huge. There’s a near 7% increase from Millennial to the Zoomers

Gen Z more socially liberal than millennials confirmed???

More like millennials grew up in a time where it still was socially stigmatized to a much greater degree.

[San Lumen]

Good lord the generation gap is huge. There’s a near 7% increase from Millennial to the Zoomers

Gen Z more socially liberal than millennials confirmed???

Thats not shocking at all if your look at vote patterns from the last two elections.