Logan Paul wasn’t buying the argument that being gay is a choice, and he made that very clear during a heated conversation about Christianity and sexuality.
The WWE Superstar pushed back hard after Christian creator Bryce Crawford said he personally believes people choose to be gay, leaving Logan questioning why anyone would willingly choose a path that could bring more judgment, rejection and ridicule into their life.
The debate went down on IMPAULSIVE after Logan admitted there is one part of traditional Christian teaching that has never completely added up for him. Logan said he believes he was simply born attracted to women, so he has a hard time accepting that gay people somehow made a conscious decision to be attracted to the same sex. Logan explained:
“I’m a straight man as far as I know. Uh, and I don’t know why I am that way other than I think I was born to be attracted to women. Um, there are plenty of gay people on the planet who I believe were born in the same way, but were attracted to those of the same sex.”
Logan said there are simply too many gay people for him to believe everyone independently chose that attraction, especially considering the extra judgment some LGBTQ people face.
“There’s just there’s just there’s just too many people who are attracted to the same sex to be like, ‘Oh, this is either an anomaly or B, like they’re choosing this lifestyle.’ Especially because it could be argued that that lifestyle, at least optically and publicly, comes with some things that make living a little harder, especially when it comes to judgment from other people, judgment from religions.”
That’s when Crawford went in the complete opposite direction. Crawford acknowledged that Christians have done a poor job of how they treat LGBTQ people and even argued there is plenty of heterosexual sexual sin inside Christianity. However, he still said he believes relationships between two men or two women fall outside what he views as God’s design. Crawford then dropped the line that really sent the conversation in another direction:
“I think being gay is a choice. I personally do.”
He went on to say that he believes people are born into sin and can struggle with different attractions.
“I think that people are born into sin and some people struggle with homosexual attraction. Some people struggle with, you know, incest attraction. Some people struggle with attraction to other things.”
Logan wasn’t letting that one slide. As the discussion continued, he went straight at what he saw as the biggest hole in that argument. If somebody knows being gay could lead to them being judged, shunned or mocked, Logan wanted to know why they would voluntarily choose it in the first place. Logan asked:
“Why do you, if you think being gay is a choice, why would a gay person choose a lifestyle that is probably much unnecessarily harder than just being heterosexual?”
Crawford responded by comparing it to people making bad decisions even when they know consequences could follow.
“Like let me ask you this question. Like all the bad decisions that you’ve made in the past, like why did you choose to do them even if you knew that there would be repercussions coming?”
Crawford then insisted that calling homosexuality sinful doesn’t mean he believes he is judging gay people.
“Me saying that I think homosexuality is a sin is not judging someone. It’s my worldview. If I think Jesus is the truth, I’m not judging them. I’m trying to point them to the truth because in my mind, I don’t think that thing is going to satisfy their soul because everyone again is on a quest for love.”
The tension didn’t stop there. When Crawford later used the phrase “struggles with homosexuality,” Logan immediately called him out over the wording. Logan fired back:
“Bro, even the verbiage is crazy. ‘Struggles with homosexuality’ is nuts, Bryce.”
Crawford tried to explain that the language came from his Christian worldview, but Logan wasn’t having that either.
“They’re not struggling, my guy. They’re just proudly gay.”
Crawford eventually clarified that he views homosexual activity as sexual sin in the same category as heterosexual sex outside marriage or pornography. He also said the attraction itself isn’t where he draws the line, but acting on it is.
That still didn’t get Logan on board. Logan has been increasingly open about his own relationship with Christianity, but this conversation made one thing pretty obvious: accepting Christianity does not mean he is automatically accepting every Christian interpretation thrown his way. When the idea that being gay is a choice came up, Logan challenged it head-on and kept digging when the explanation didn’t make sense to him.
What do you make of Logan Paul pushing back on the claim that being gay is a choice? Do you agree with Logan’s argument, or do you see the issue differently? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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