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Copernicus could observe and note that the Ptolemaic system did not accurately account for the movement of the stars in the sky with the same simple elegance of the rest of nature. To conform the world to that system required complex formulas and explanations, methods which were not attempts at explaining the movement of the heavens but rather attempts at fitting the movement of the heavens into a pre-existing explanation.
Copernicus therefore operated via a crude form of the scientific method. He observed, gathered data, and only then did he form his hypothesis. Testing of that hypothesis was left to posterity and its success is why we refer to it as the Copernican Theory.
By contrast, Christian beliefs fail the scientific method since they rely on faith, not fact. Faith is irrelevant however since just as easily as you can have faith in one thing, someone else can have faith in the complete opposite, nullifying any justification of your position that "having faith in" can produce.
Another difference between faith and science is that science is willing to alter its views in light of new evidence. By contrast, fundamentalist religions refuse to. That's why they're such a problem. In spite of all the evidence to the contrary and no evidence in support, fundamentalists continue to cling to their outdated and unsupported beliefs.
You're assuming that they chose to be bisexual. Did you chose to be heterosexual or were you born that way? If you didn't choose to be heterosexual and simply are, why should anyone else's sexuality be any different?
Jason
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