P.s.: "Homosexuals are possessed by demons? Those demons are fabulous!" Someone from web, idk.

I believe in higher power, even still doing some religious stuff as it is tied to my home family/culture and I sincerely believe religion is simply another (i.e. not only) motivation, to make myself a better person, and a guide to treat other people (that I hate!) kindly. .

..but I think I'm being complete hyprocite if I say i'm religious while still doing Gay stuff (not being gay, but banging the other guys part).

So personally, being gay and religious is hypocritical at best, bullshit at worst.

In the Catholic Church, over 50% of priests are gay (not making that up).
The bible DOES prohibit men from having sexual relationships with other men, however the Catholics

Please words have meaning.  dont mistake Catholics priests who made vow of celibacy with random Catholics insinuating that Catholics are all pedophile…

Can one be both gay and religious or its not possible?

Yes, with some stipulations.
In the Catholic Church, over 50% of priests are gay (not making that up).
The bible DOES prohibit men from having sexual relationships with other men, however the Catholics get around that by having sexual relationships with BOYS instead of men.  They consider boys to be "not men" and androgynous, and fuckable. 
This is not that far from the truth!

As for Muslims.. that is funny.. because even their great prophet Mohammad was not only having sex with a 9 year old girl, he was also having sex with men.  (not making that up).

Obviously, some religious groups pose particular problems for gay members. And non-heterosexual members of some religions have additional issues to negotiate. These vary from one religious/cultural group to another.

But the simple answer to your question is, yes of course. It seems odd to me that anyone would even need to ask it.

Maybe being gay is a sin, as it is listed in almost every religion, but God is merciful, caring and loving right? Unlike most people who frequently think if they have committed a grave sin then they are condemned for life and cannot be purified. In other words, a thousand kindness can be simply dismissed by one sin, as most would think. I don't think it is the case. We shall see in the end.

Its possible in non Judaic religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, ancient celtic or egyptian faiths, persian faiths. Not possible with Christianity, Islam and Jews.

AGREED.  The philosophical religions aren't concerned with being gay.  They only care about "purity".  Some require total purity (no sex) and others require sexual purity with your partner (no whoring).

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In my opinion, it's extremely hard for someone to be openly gay AND a part of a religious organization. I believe it's pretty okay and normal for gay people to believe in God and pray. But it'd be contradicting to be openly gay and an active member of an organized religion, as organized religions (Christians, Muslims, Catholics, etc) promote homophobia and view homosexuality as both a choice and sin. If you were okay with being gay and refused to go into the closet (which religious organizations often want you to do, suppress your sexuality and stop "sinning"), you'd completely go against what religious organizations preach and would be viewed as someone who is stubborn and choosing to sin. You'd probably get avoided by other members of your organized religion, and only forgiven if you decided to suppress your sexuality and live life as a straight man, getting married to a woman and having children.

Anyone who is openly gay and okay with it wouldn't want to do that. Why would they put that burden on themselves?

Again, remember, you don't need to be a part of organized religion to believe in god. There are gay folks out there that accept being gay and pray every night. Nothing wrong with that!

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Very very very well put!

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I second that motion :true:

Its possible in non Judaic religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, ancient celtic or egyptian faiths, persian faiths. Not possible with Christianity, Islam and Jews.

It's been over 10 years since I considered myself a christian. These days I tend to think of myself as a "philosophical mystic".
But from what I learned about the Old and New Testament and also Jewism, nowhere in the OT does Jahve really condemn homosexuality, for a large part it seemed to depend on a certain interpretation of the OT.
As for NT, well, it seems to be clear that Paul spoke openly against homosexuality - and he was the only one to have a word on this issue. But then again, when I examined the life of Paul, it soon became clear to me that he was a hateful bigot before he was turned into christianity and he was a hateful bigot after his conversion. It always mesmerizes me how on earth his writings ever were accepted as a part of the Bible. My only theory is some kind of a corruption and favouritism analogous - but by no means similar - to that of how the Borgia family ever came to rule the catholic church.

Without giving any opinion of the validity of the Judaic God or christianity, I can only say that throughout the history of christianity poor, even erroneous, judgements have been made concerning the foopundations of christianity, and from what I remember (I haven't really cared to study much after leaving my church), there have been notable theologians and scholars who would agree with me on this.

So, it might not be impossible in theory to be a homosexual christian, but it may very well be impossible for some individulas to practice christianity because there is still a lot of confusion about the issue in christian society and it may be difficult to find a church that accepts homosexuals. Therefore, in practice, worshipping the christian God may become unbareable at some point due to the view of your fellow christians, sadly.

As for the other Judaic religions, I don't know enough about them to say yay or nay, but it might not be as easy to practice other religions either as a homosexual, those that seem to be more "open-minded" for the exact same reasons: for example, if you want to really practice Taoism as a religion, and not just ponder about its philosophical aspects, you are bound to run into some nasty obstacles if you're a homosexual sooner or later, because some Taosits do believe homosexuality is unnatural (as would some hinduists etc. I'd assume) and they might not be shy to share their views with you.