|
View Poll Results: What is the primary premise underlying the church's stance on homosexual relations? | |||
Anal sex is inherently immoral | 1 | 2.44% | |
Oral sex is inherently immoral | 0 | 0% | |
Both anal and oral sex is inherently immoral | 0 | 0% | |
Sexual relations with someone of the same sex is inherently immoral | 22 | 53.66% | |
Sexual relations with someone you cannot have children with is inherently immoral | 1 | 2.44% | |
Homosexual relations undermine the structure of the family | 14 | 34.15% | |
Homosexual relations are against the natural order of things | 12 | 29.27% | |
Homosexual relations contradict the commandment to multiply and replenish the earth | 9 | 21.95% | |
Only God knows | 6 | 14.63% | |
None of the above | 8 | 19.51% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 41. You may not vote on this poll |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
06-12-2008, 01:05 AM | #11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Orange County, California
Posts: 3,059
|
I deliberately split out the mechanics of a same-sex relationship from the inherent immorality, because it has seemed to me that the justification for the immorality of a same-sex relationship hinges on the mechanics; i.e., the thingamabob is meant to go in hole # 1, not hole # 2.
If the inherent immorality is not based on the mechanics of sex, on what is it based? Perhaps my poll was a little inartful, but I think it's a really complex issue.
__________________
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug |
06-12-2008, 01:05 AM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,281
|
I don't know if this angle has been discussed, but I'll throw it out there.
Jeffrey Holland made the comment that sexual union between a man and a woman is a sacrament of the highest order. Exaltation, godhood, whatever is a celestial order of family creation and expansion. We are exalted through family relationships and sex, and homosexuality is a perversion of that sacrament, just as the golden calf, the tower of babel, and other abominations are/were perversions of, or attempts to cheat, "the natural (or celestial) order of things". I know that sounds crazy as hell, but am I on to something here? Last edited by Colly Wolly; 06-12-2008 at 01:08 AM. |
06-12-2008, 01:07 AM | #13 |
Formerly known as MudPhudCoug
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Land of desolation
Posts: 2,548
|
|
06-12-2008, 01:08 AM | #14 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Orange County, California
Posts: 3,059
|
Quote:
__________________
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug |
|
06-12-2008, 01:13 AM | #15 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Orange County, California
Posts: 3,059
|
I'm actually surprised nobody's check the box for anal sex being inherently immoral. Maybe I'm too simplistic in my thinking, but I would have thought that the major stumbling block for people would be the premise that the rectum was not designed as a sexual organ, and therein lies the inherent perversion in homosexual sexual relationships.
__________________
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug |
06-12-2008, 02:10 AM | #16 | |
Assistant to the Regional Manager
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: The Orgasmatron
Posts: 24,338
|
Quote:
Biologically, the sexually practices of homosexuals make no sense, but many hetero couples also engage in such practices, though if you ask candidly, most guys will say, "yeah, I tried it, but I can do without it." The Church may use the concept of defiling the sacrament of sex, and that makes some theological sense. But in the end, it may be a "mystery", which truly inexplicable.
__________________
Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα |
|
06-12-2008, 03:54 AM | #17 | |
Senior Member
|
Quote:
...and I think it's pretty obvious that the differences between men and women extend far beyond emotional differences, so no, it's not just on an emotional basis. IMO the fact is that men and men are not a match anymore than women and women are a match. I know it's not very PC to say that women aren't exactly like men aside from obvious physical differences, but anyone that can see lightening and hear thunder should be able to acknowledge that the differences go far beyond that. |
|
06-12-2008, 04:06 AM | #18 |
I must not tell lies
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 5,103
|
If same-gender attraction is a genetic, biological issue, I too have wondered why so many gay men clap their hands and say "yaaay!!!" like my 3-year-old daughter does when her play-doh turtle doesn't rip. If they are "naturally" attracted to the physical man, why do they try to attract other men by outwardly acting so feminine?
|
06-12-2008, 04:08 AM | #19 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 9,483
|
Quote:
__________________
Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte |
|
06-12-2008, 04:18 AM | #20 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 9,483
|
Quote:
Also, there are plenty of heterosexuals who are alone, have no hopes or prospects for marriage, and would make lousy spouses. That doesn't make heterosexuality flawed. My gay friend spent most of his life trying to find fulfillment in sham hetero relationships....but he never found it until he partnered up in a gay relationship. Now he is very happy, been together for 2+ years, and finally has a soulmate. Also, perhaps it is only my experience, but I find the notion that personality and gender difference will strengthen a relationship to be a flawed notion. If anything, they always seem to be the source of contention in the relationship. Again, could very well be unique to my experience, but I wonder...
__________________
Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte |
|
Bookmarks |
|
|