Why is being a gay a sin?
Hi, i’m an Agnostic Atheist. And just ten minutes ago I asked my religious mom why it is a sin to be gay, and I got hit with ’its not natural’ and the ’Stick and a hole’ argument.
I obviously don't believe that it's a sin to be gay. But moving on, our conversation somehow shifted to abortion.
I asked her, if I would get raped, would she not allow me to get an abortion?
Her answer was it's my choice. But I stated multiple times that I was asking for her opinion whether it's bad or not. I hate it so much whenever religious people try and avoid answering a question they can't. Just say you can't.
She said ’what if the baby was aborted 5,000 times before it was born, and you would be the one to break it by not getting an abortion?’
I was speechless. So she's saying that you shouldn't get an abortion, just because God wanted to punish you by getting forced to have a child?
I stated various times to my mom that I feel anxiety and fear when hearing about the majority of religions for some reason. And my mom kind of thinks it's a phase. And that I have a chance of changing. But I don't think I ever will.
And I just need help with creating an answer for our next (maybe) upcoming conversation. Every time I try to prove it wrong to my mom, she always diverts the question to a whole different topic, not answer directly, and it frustrates me. She also gives me answers that don't make sense at least to me even in a religious way.
I want help with giving her a proper answer on why abortion is not bad, and why being gay is also not bad, while trying to sound smart which is the kind of thing I'm struggling with. If anyone can help me out with this, please do.