Although I have not seen any compelling evidence that homosexuals are born that way, I admit that it seems that way to many people.
So for the sake of considering the issue, I'm saying that maybe some people are born with that inclination. The question then is, Is that a reason they should pursue that lifestyle? Is that a reason society should affirm them in that inclination?
Well, let's think of some other examples. People may be born with a psychopathic personality. Should we affirm that or try to treat it?
People may be born with a bent toward pedophilia or beastophilia. Should we affirm those bents and tell them it's OK, it's normal, that's the way God made them? We shouldn't send sexual abusers of children to jail any more?
People may be born with a craving to set things on fire. Should we encourage the bent toward arson, writing it into our children's textbooks as just another normal lifestyle?
People may be born with leukemia. Instead of treating it and praying for them and rooting for them to overcome it, should we just affirm that leukemia is beautiful? May start leukemia pride parades?
The point is that all these abnormalties are evidences that the whole creation has been cursed through our sin, just as the Bible points out. We normally don't have any trouble sorting out the sin or the sickness from the sinner. We normally don't have any trouble affirming the value of the person, affirming our love and support for the person, while also fighting the abnormality.
It's just in a few select cases that we do that. Homosexuality (and many other sexual aberrations) is one of those cases. In those cases we want to see it entirely differently. It's immensely popular and politically correct to affirm THOSE cases alone as normal, just another lifestyle, made by God, etc.
It isn't very consistent or logical thinking, though, is it?
Again--Anyone may enter this discussion, no matter what your viewpoint, as long as your discussion is civil and respectful. I welcome your comments.
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