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 * There is no precise, all-inclusive definition of homosexuality. It is probably much easier to say what homosexuality is not. It is not: a genetic defect, a hormonal imbalance, a mental illness, or a result of demonic possession.
 * Homosexuality means that men are sexually and emotionally attracted to men, and women are sexually and emotionally attracted to women. This is also called same-sex attraction.
 * Homosexuality is learned through a complex combination of shaping factors and personal choices.
 * Many same-sex-attracted people have a sense of being "different" from a very early age and consequently they believe that they were "born gay."
 * Others believe that some people are gay because they chose to be gay. For most gay people, this is not true.
 * Another factor may be what happened to them during their life. They may have been hurt emotionally and it may affect the way they feel about themselves.
 * Just because we feel like doing something, doesn't mean we are compelled to do it. As well, those who experience same-sex attraction can choose whether or not they wish to identify themselves with a label like "gay" or "lesbian."
 * No two people adopt a homosexual self-concept or lifestyle for exactly the same reasons. One may have had a poor family background; another may have an "ideal" balance of love and discipline in the home. Parents may influence a choice for homosexuality, but they cannot be held entirely responsible.
 * Not all homosexuals are involved to the same extent. A gay person may be involved anywhere along these categories.
 * FANTASY
 * BEHAVIOUR
 * IDENTITY
 * LIFESTYLE
 * Homosexuality begins at the BEHAVIOUR or FANTASY level. A child may experiment with gay sex at an early age, or he may not have gay relations until later in life. (Experimentation does **not** mean that the child **will** become homosexual.
 * The vast majority of people never move beyond this experimentation stage; instead they go on to develop heterosexuality). Others become aware of homosexual attractions at a certain age. They may never act on their feelings or fantasies.
 * With some people, homosexual fantasy or behaviour can lead to the IDENTITY level. At this point the person begins to label himself "Gay" or Homosexual. The person has begun to base his personality (his sense of self) upon homosexuality, even if they perhaps have never engaged in homosexual behaviour. Some people stay in this identity. This is probably the most decisive and destructive category.
 * Some people proceed from the Identity category to the LIFESTYLE category. Here, the person (who already considers himself homosexual) begins to involve himself with a supportive gay subculture. He may surround himself with gay friends, work at a gay establishment, frequent gay bars or nightclubs, etc.
 * While it is clear that homosexuality is sin, it is also clear that God does not consider homosexuality the BIGGEST sin. God considers adultery, stealing, drunkenness, selfishness, lying and cheating to be sin just like homosexual activity and He responds the same way to all of them
 * These include theories that combinations of psychological (e.g. early childhood influences such as parent-child relationships and childhood sexual abuse), environmental (such as peer group influences, same-sex experimentation and early sexual debut) and biological factors, together with human choice (adult experiences such as wilful or purposeful experimentation and subculture dis-inhibition), contribute in varying degrees to the development of sexual orientation.
 * Finally, and this is most important, none of the science to date shows persons with a same-sex orientation are incapable of making choices about how they behave.