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I Am Struggling With My Sexuality

Im sixteen and well Ive had feelings for dudes for awhile, and have recently accepted that im gay. while i have a faint attraction for females it faint so its hard to say if im bi or gay. my problem is i was raised in a christian household and my whole life while everyone made fun of me because of they way i acted or how i prefered to sit inside instead of play in the mud and they called called me gay. and yet they constantly told me how wrong it was. but as i grew up and realized my growing atraction for dudes, i tried everything i could to change it because of it. needless to say the harder i tried the more my attraction grew. now im an in the closet sixteen year old and some people are starting to realize that i actually am gay or bi. my struggle right now is that the Bible is so against it. i was raised and still am a devoted Christian and active member of my church but this is my current hurdle. and the recent legalization of gay marraige across the country (which i fully support by the way) brought the argument front and center and ended up confusing me more. im trying to figure out what to do and cant exactly ask the adults in my life as they dont share my support. i cant change it even though i tried and yet im told constantly that its wrong and the whole thing drags me down a dark hole of insecurity and stuff. add this to the fact that i still have to come out to everyone (but thats a hurdle for later, hopefully). anyone got ideas/suggestions/advice?
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Healthyhappylife
It doesn't make sense to me that people use a book like the Bible to "select people": who is a christian and who doesn't qualify based on were are "created". Christianity is a religion based on love and acceptance and to say these people are bad it goes against the foundation of it, to me.
You have to understand that the Christianity that you know is an interpretation of those you grew up around you...based on ideas of what they think the Bible is saying and how it should be lived. They are not better than you, or smarter than you, or closer to God than you. Christianity can be yours too, so make it your own and let it empower you to be the best you can be based on your principles and who you are.