Why Do Christians Source These Questionable “Homosexual Statistics”?
Question by John: Why do christians source these questionable “homosexual statistics”?
Hello Christians, I ask you read this VERY carefully.
I am constantly seeing a range of statistics that are constantly sourced in christian forums ect. Christians often distort the Bell and Weignberg “homosexualities” study, which compromises of the number of sexual partners of homoesxuals in the 1970’s. KEEP IN MIND: The research was carried out on those who were perhaps more “sexually active” than the average homosexual, so the data is very skewed and unreliable. Statistics like this came out of the data:
“Alan P. Bell and Martin S. Weinberg studied 574 white male homosexuals, 100 percent of whom had already had at least three sexual partners, 97 percent at least five, 75 percent at least one hundred, and 28 percent at least one thousand”
In the study is this statement:
“. . . given the extreme circumstances which discourage homosexuals from participating in research studies, it is unlikely that any investigator will ever be in a position to say that this or that is true of a given percentage of all homosexuals.”
Note, the respondents were those who volunteered after seeing an ad in the back of a gay porn magazine in the 70’s.
NEW DATA:
A 2013 study showed the average number of partners a gay man had in a year was 2.3, which is down from 2.9 in 2012.
Source: http://www.aidsmeds.com/articles/sex_partners_1667_23893.shtml?commentson=yes
So on average a gay man has 2.3 partners per year.
Given the fact that the commonly referred statistics on what christians often call a “homosexual lifestyle” are mind numbingly inaccurate, why do christians continue to cite them, and preach them like they are the truth. I thought christians were supposed to follow truths? It seems a lot of you just make up lies and repeat them even though you know they are not true. Its dehumanising and slandering of other individuals in our society. Quite frankly, I’m not sure religion could be a force for good at all, merely a medium that can be used for both good and bad depending on how you want to interpret it.
Im not saying all Christians by the way, perhaps more extreme religious zealots.
Best answer:
Answer by No Chance Without Jesus
It is a sin…detestable by God
what does anything else matter
Answer by Judy
religious truth has absolutely nothing to do with fact
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