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Old 09-12-2023, 11:35 AM
 
Location: Coastal Georgia
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I believe that having gay thoughts makes you gay, yes. No straight people I know have ever said they had the hots for someone of their own sex.

I’m a straight woman, and although I think gay women operate more from emotion than libido, I’ve never had a woman appeal to me sexually.
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Old 09-12-2023, 11:47 AM
 
Location: El Paso, TX
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I stand by my statement. Who are you to define reality for me? I submit to a higher standard.
Homo - same

Hetero - different.

If you are sexually attracted to someone of the same sex you are a homosexual. If you are sexually attracted to the opposite sex then you are heterosexual. Reality is what it is regardless of how you choose to define reality for yourself. You are simply disoriented to reality regarding this.
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Old 09-12-2023, 12:08 PM
 
Location: Alabama
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Homo - same

Hetero - different.

If you are sexually attracted to someone of the same sex you are a homosexual. If you are sexually attracted to the opposite sex then you are heterosexual. Reality is what it is regardless of how you choose to define reality for yourself. You are simply disoriented to reality regarding this.
A person has (i.e. suffers from) homosexual attraction.

A person is not "a homosexual". A person is a human being, created in the image of God with sexual organs that were created for a specific purpose.

People choose to use those sexual organs either in a manner that accords with nature and God's law or in a manner opposed to nature and God's law.
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Old 09-12-2023, 12:28 PM
 
Location: West Virginia
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A person has (i.e. suffers from) homosexual attraction.
That person is a homosexual.

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A person is not "a homosexual".
The person mentioned is indeed a homosexual, by definition.

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A person is a human being, created in the image of God with sexual organs that were created for a specific purpose.

People choose to use those sexual organs either in a manner that accords with nature and God's law or in a manner opposed to nature and God's law.
Irrelevant to this discussion.
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Old 09-12-2023, 12:39 PM
 
Location: Alabama
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It is a mockery and an affront to the dignity of the human person to reduce a person's entire identity to what they think about sexually.

It is anti-human and hateful. It's also simplistic, lazy, and unintelligent.
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Old 09-12-2023, 12:43 PM
 
Location: Alabama
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People choose to use those sexual organs either in a manner that accords with nature and God's law or in a manner opposed to nature and God's law.
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Irrelevant to this discussion.
Have you read the thread title and opening post? This is the discussion.
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Old 09-12-2023, 12:53 PM
 
Location: El Paso, TX
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A person has (i.e. suffers from) homosexual attraction.

A person is not "a homosexual". A person is a human being, created in the image of God with sexual organs that were created for a specific purpose.

People choose to use those sexual organs either in a manner that accords with nature and God's law or in a manner opposed to nature and God's law.
People can be many different things. One person is one way while another is a different way, and there are legitimate 'labels' to describe the various things and ways that people are and can be. A person who is sexually attracted to a person of the same gender is accurately referred to as being 'homosexual.' Your aversion to labels is irrelevant.
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Old 09-12-2023, 12:56 PM
 
Location: minnesota
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It is a mockery and an affront to the dignity of the human person to reduce a person's entire identity to what they think about sexually.

It is anti-human and hateful. It's also simplistic, lazy, and unintelligent.
If you believe that then the rest is commentary, no? This whole debate is pointless.
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Old 09-12-2023, 01:01 PM
 
Location: West Virginia
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Have you read the thread title and opening post? This is the discussion.
The thread topic is: Does having gay thoughts mean you are gay?

Gay thoughts? What exactly does that mean? Many people have fleeting thoughts about many things sexual, but then discard them as distasteful or not to their liking. However, anyone who is essentially only attracted sexually to people of their own sex are, by definition, homosexuals.
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Old 09-12-2023, 01:08 PM
 
Location: Alabama
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The thread topic is: Does having gay thoughts mean you are gay?

Gay thoughts? What exactly does that mean? Many people have fleeting thoughts about many things sexual, but then discard them as distasteful or not to their liking. However, anyone who is essentially only attracted sexually to people of their own sex are, by definition, homosexuals.
I just want to stop and say that I noticed and very much appreciate your decision *not* to use the word "gender" in your post.

"Gender" is a linguistic term, not a biological one, and it should not be used as such.
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