Saturday, June 25, 2005
Homosexuals Are Not Freaks Of Nature
Coming from a Christian on the religious right, this may sound like a strange statement. Do not get me wrong. I believe that homosexuality is a sin against God, against society, and against nature itself. However, I do not believe that homosexuals are freaks of nature to be hated.
This article is in some respects a response to the debate over the role of homosexuals in society. It seems that the debate should center on this point, and quite often it does.
The question is whether one is born homosexual or chooses to be homosexual. Christians debate whether God makes people homosexual. Evolutionists debate whether there are genetic forces at work in the formation of homosexuals.
With all due respect, neither one of these seems to make sense.
According to Christian theology, homosexuality is a part of those things considered ungodly, unrighteous, unnatural, and even "vile" (Romans 1: 18-32). God therefore allows sinful men to progress on their selfish paths into this type of activity. God does not create it as a natural activity. He condemns it as just the opposite. For people to claim that God made them into anything contrary to the revealed purpose for man, is not correct.
According to evolution, species change over time throught the processes of adaptation, mutation, natural selection, etc. Now, the great insult of evolution to homosexuals is that they must by definition be mutations. No homosexuals have passed on genetic content by engaging in intercourse as a homosexual. Until the recent innovations in laboratory conceptions, children were only born by male and female intercourse. If homosexuals were then born through heterosexual intercourse, then they must have been mutations to begin with. Furthermore, they have little hope of adaptation or survival by natural selection, since their genes are only passed on by male-female relations or in a laboratory expiriment. This makes them freaks of nature.
These are not my views, but they are the predominant views. I find them both failures to comport with reality. The solution lies in a different vein. I think that it is the culture that makes them. Culture affects the lifestyle of men and women in these ways:
1. Homosexual communities recruit new members.
2. Media communicate the hopeless message that homosexuals are born that way and cannot change.
3. The cultural attitude accross the board tells children from an early age that they are "gay" if they are different.
As a Christian, I have to see homosexuals as people making unfortunate lifestyle choices. They are people whom God loves. They are people for whom Christ died. Their sins can be forgiven, just as mine have been (Romans 3:23-24). Finally, they are people who can experience God's loving transformation (Philippians 3:9).
Coming from a Christian on the religious right, this may sound like a strange statement. Do not get me wrong. I believe that homosexuality is a sin against God, against society, and against nature itself. However, I do not believe that homosexuals are freaks of nature to be hated.
This article is in some respects a response to the debate over the role of homosexuals in society. It seems that the debate should center on this point, and quite often it does.
The question is whether one is born homosexual or chooses to be homosexual. Christians debate whether God makes people homosexual. Evolutionists debate whether there are genetic forces at work in the formation of homosexuals.
With all due respect, neither one of these seems to make sense.
According to Christian theology, homosexuality is a part of those things considered ungodly, unrighteous, unnatural, and even "vile" (Romans 1: 18-32). God therefore allows sinful men to progress on their selfish paths into this type of activity. God does not create it as a natural activity. He condemns it as just the opposite. For people to claim that God made them into anything contrary to the revealed purpose for man, is not correct.
According to evolution, species change over time throught the processes of adaptation, mutation, natural selection, etc. Now, the great insult of evolution to homosexuals is that they must by definition be mutations. No homosexuals have passed on genetic content by engaging in intercourse as a homosexual. Until the recent innovations in laboratory conceptions, children were only born by male and female intercourse. If homosexuals were then born through heterosexual intercourse, then they must have been mutations to begin with. Furthermore, they have little hope of adaptation or survival by natural selection, since their genes are only passed on by male-female relations or in a laboratory expiriment. This makes them freaks of nature.
These are not my views, but they are the predominant views. I find them both failures to comport with reality. The solution lies in a different vein. I think that it is the culture that makes them. Culture affects the lifestyle of men and women in these ways:
1. Homosexual communities recruit new members.
2. Media communicate the hopeless message that homosexuals are born that way and cannot change.
3. The cultural attitude accross the board tells children from an early age that they are "gay" if they are different.
As a Christian, I have to see homosexuals as people making unfortunate lifestyle choices. They are people whom God loves. They are people for whom Christ died. Their sins can be forgiven, just as mine have been (Romans 3:23-24). Finally, they are people who can experience God's loving transformation (Philippians 3:9).
