Born that way.

If you believe in such things, the bible is pretty clear about it:If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. -- Lev.20:13As for 'Being born that way', given that many if not most animal species have individuals that display homosexual behaviour, it's fairly clear that it's a natural biological phenomenon.I have to say I laugh out loud at the religious zealots that say it's a lifestyle choice. I tell them to go look at a gay porn site and see whether it does anything for them. There's a tricky little problem to overcome if you're a bloke - you can't hide your unexcitement no matter how cool you think it would be to be gay.

This always makes me laugh too. It's pick 'n mix. That's for them, but this is for us - except that bit which is still ok and maybe that is too now you mention it. (And of course He never meant the slave stuff anyway so we can forget that now.)I don't really have a problem with all this, it's just that they then try to rationalise it and try to make it make sense. God knows why, just believe and forget that it's all made up anyway.

Yes, of course. it's just a shame that 'real christians' often disagree. I neither know nor care. I long ago realised that once you've got the 'do as you would be done by' message, the rest is just literary cricicism.