Originally posted by whodey
So I would assume that Biblical condemnation of homosexual behavoir must then be unjust to say the least in your view. Do you now think that the Mosaic law given by God is then flawed after reading this study?
Instead of the excuse, "The devil made me do it" you are saying that "My body made me do it". Am I hearing you correctly?
Absolutely I would say it was unjust , based on a lack of knowledge of human sexuality. I imagine that in the OT somebody who had tourrettes syndrome would have been labelled as deliberately sinning and uttering profanities without anyone realising it was a neurological condition.
You could still say that homosexuality is part of the flawed nature of creation and is thus part of our sinful world , but as for it being a deliberate choice on the part of the individual? Would you say someone with tourette's was sinning? Or would you say they needed healing? How might you opportion blame or judgement?
Do you feel God credits you with having gained a victory over homosexuality? Was it a struggle for you to avoid the temptation of homosexuality? If not then it must be a case that a homosexual is experiencing a "temptation" that you don't experience. Have you ever wondered why that might be? Do you really imagine that homosexuals are all really heterosexuals who have "gone off the rails" and sinned? Do you think you could have gone off the rails? Myself , I know there never was any chance of that happening and I don't think it was down to me either. It's just the way my biology is and I would guess you would feel the same.
One thing I do know , my heterosexuality is NOT a lifestyle choice . I could no longer change it than I could change the colour of my eyes. This leads me to suspect strongly that this may well be the same for homosexuals because if they were heterosexual like me then they wouldn't even seriously consider homosexuality. I would find the experience of sleeping with another man stomach churning so why any true heterosexual would do this willingly as a lifestyle choice is beyond me.
You see your argument depends on the idea that we are all born heterosexual with no problems but this to me couldn't possibly explain it.
Mosaic law is flawed I'm afraid . It was based upon the understanding of it's time. But we now know a lot more than we did. It's not a problem though. Christianity has always been an evolving religion anyway. We cannot allow our faith to make us believe things that just won't stand up. We just make fools of ourselves and the Atheists have us for breakfast.
An unquestionable topic
31 Jan '07 23:19
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