Firstly, there is not now nor has there ever been any research showing that infants are born inclined to be homosexual. The only research shows that there may be a difference in brain patterns in homosexuality (Swedish study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal), but it has not been declared that different brain patterns (genetics) causes homosexuality versus homosexuals who have different brain patterns. That's significant. Likewise, if there are different brain patterns, sexual desire may not even be associated with it! (Since brains of corpses were compared the difference may lie in behaviors or conditions which led to death.)
Furthermore, we must be careful regarding methodology. In my own experiments in engineering I'm guilty of making my research methods tilt toward my desired outcome. That's human nature and is called "research bias". Since the aforementioned study was done in an ungodly socialistic humanist Sweden it has no credibility for rational people. In fact if this same study had been done in the United States today popular opinion would bias the results toward "biological" because that's what progressives have already determined. It's also obvious that "research" cannot disagree with what the powers have dictated as truth and can never oppose any abnormal lifestyle because to do so would be "hateful". That said in other words: "Never trust a scientist!" We must never accept any research as conclusive because an honest scientist will never say "We proved that ___________". An hypothesis is never "proved". A study can only fail to disprove and as such it takes faith to rely on a study!
Homosexuality is not a result of genetics! The scientist Lady Gaga is biased! Homosexuals who perform research are biased. Those who believe in unlimited personal freedom are biased. Hence, most of society is either biased or have been deceived by those who want to make wrong appear to be right. They teach that if you disagree with progressive opinion that you are hate-filled. No one likes a hater. However, acknowledging truth is not hate! Just as scientists finally admit that there are genetic differences between the races, that doesn't mean that knowing that we're different causes hate! That's demagoguery!
Because we have emotions doesn't mean that those emotions are acceptable. Emotions result in behaviors! It's not the emotion which is criticized, but the behavior. Many grown men have been attracted to minor-aged girls. That's emotion. If they act on those emotions that's wrong. You see that just because a person has certain feelings doesn't make those feelings legitimate! That emotion is a remnant of our antecedents and is in our genes. We all have a genetic tendency to do wrong. That's called "inborn sin" and comes from "original sin".
Romans 5:12 " Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned..."Thus, sin IS genetic. We're all born to sin and we all desire to sin. It's for pleasure; to serve ourselves! Desire is not a sin. That's temptation. However, acting upon our desires IS sin. Those who love truth understand that it takes a considerable amount of self-control to control desire!
James 1:15 "Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death."
From a Christian perspective, truth as we see it, homosexuality is a behavior. Acting upon temptation results in bad behaviors and bad behaviors are what's called sin. Everyone is born with some type of rebellion in their hearts. That's genetics! Those who desire alcohol are prone to alcoholism, those who are born with a propensity to steal are thieves and those who are born with a propensity for aberrant sexual behavior perform homosexual acts. They are all sins, but some are "abominations". Homosexuality is "disgusting" in the eyes of God!
Because something is disgusting doesn't give a Christian a ticket to hate. If we judge that way so we will be judged by the same measure. We're to love the sinner! It's God's will that the sin is not to be tolerated, but rebuked and when one reproves another engaged in sin, that's the epitome of love. It takes courage! In fact if we truly love a homosexual (or any sinner) we will tell them how God feels about their sin. It's better to take the chance of hurting feelings, and save them from eternal death. In fact tolerating homosexuality is a damning position and the one not to be offended is the one being hurt!
There is another aspect requiring examination: We can be pragmatic. That's honesty without being accused of being a hateful (sic) Christian! Pragmatism is recognizing that homosexuality is not a normal behavior in the animal kingdom nor with mankind. It has always been an aberration! Likewise, if one's pragmatic it's obvious to see that today there are more homosexuals because the act is tolerated. People are more free to follow there desires without condemnation!
I'm not a proponent of "Girls Gone Wild", but it's obvious that the girls perform lesbian acts in front of a crowd, not because they're born that way, but that they are seeking attention and pleasure. "Wrong" increases with doing each wrong. Each time a taboo is broached it becomes easier to go further for even more excitement! Anyone who believes that "girls go wild" with lesbianism are "born that way" are fools. That's behavior. That's what God calls sin! It's amazing how pragmatic God is!
Some say that "They must be born that way. Nobody would choose to be homosexuals!" That's an inherently bad hypothesis and is naive. Who would choose to have a foot fetish? Who would choose to have a defecation fetish? Who would choose to desire bestiality? People don't choose to do wrong! They are so caught up in self-pleasure that their choices are clouded! Studies have shown that most people would inflict increased pain on another after they have done so once. (Milgram Experiment). Yes, people are willing to inflict extreme pain on another! Are they acting on genetics or is that a behavior? They truly are ignoring choice and inflicting pain because people fail to resist desire!
Churches and Christians are to welcome homosexuals to the church. However, we're not to condone the behavior, but lovingly rebuke that behavior just as we would any sin. Those churches who allow homosexuals to be active in the church and unrepentant is heretical. Modern churches are as much in sin as the sinners were in the early churches. Churches which have homosexual leaders or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions are part of Satan's den. Those preachers will be flailing in the fires of hell just as those sinners that they have misled!
God's grace is without bound! Psychologists say that it's unethical to treat homosexuality. Grace is positive. There is no sin too great for God! His grace is without bound. Pray for those friends and relatives who rationalize their behavior to accept Jesus and let Him heal! For those friends and family members who are deceived, Lord, open their eyes to your will!
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