SAME-SEX ATTRACTION, CAUSES AND CURES
Dozens of gay and lesbian couples were married in
The promotion of gay marriage pulls from two basic assumptions, that:
1) homosexual attraction is inborn and genetic;
2) homosexual attraction, though found in a relatively small portion of the population, is still normal and harmless.
If people believe that homosexuals are normal and are truly “born that way”, then it is easy to argue that gay and lesbian couples should be allowed to marry just as other minorities are allowed to marry. These consider discrimination against same-sex couples as a cruel denial of basic human rights.
The gay and lesbian political machine has been working hard for decades to promote those two assumptions. Neither, however, is close to having been proven. While a significant number of gays and lesbians truly feel that they were “different” from birth, there is little to prove that same-sex attraction is purely genetic. Homosexuality flies in the face of basic laws of procreation, and cannot therefore be considered “normal”, and there is plenty of evidence that the lifestyles of gay men tend to be anything other than harmless.
In July, 1993, the magazine Science announced the existence of the “gay gene.” Of course, what the research actually determined was more like, “There could possibly be maybe a chance that this particular gene could conceivably have an influence on being gay. Sort of.” Unfortunately, many people in the public assumed an actual gay gene had been found, and the idea that people are “born gay” took off.
In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality from the list of psychiatric illnesses. According to a survey reported in the journal Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality in 1977, though, 69 percent of psychiatrists still considered homosexuality a disorder.
The fact is that the “experts” don’t know exactly what causes homosexual attraction. The APA does see it as a combination of nature and nurture. Certain trends pop up, though. Sensitive personalities, poor relationships with fathers, forceful mothers, trauma in childhood, early sexual activity and/or molestation, early rejection by peers – things that leave small children longing for love or acceptance, or that create an extreme sense of inadequacy – are the sorts of things in the backgrounds of many unwilling homosexuals. Then there is the spiritual aspect, which is even harder to nail down in politically correct
Ex-Gays
Perhaps the biggest arguments against the “born that way” mantra are the many men and women who have changed. The process is often difficult and takes a long time and careful, loving therapy. When the foundational causes of the same-sex attraction are addressed and dealt with, however, significant numbers of once-homosexuals have become heterosexual. They have been freed from something that was a chain around their necks and hearts, and have rejoiced in becoming whole.
Former lesbian Debbie Thurman says, “I can count myself among the growing numbers of men and women who have overcome a significant struggle with same-sex attraction. While our stories and the degree to which we have found wholeness may be different, the central themes are often similar. Frequently, you will find we came from broken homes, were alienated from one or both parents, were sexually abused as children, are sensitive by temperament, and suffered from depression.
"…Sticky problems arise when a number of those who have 'always felt' homosexual begin moving along the continuum of feeling less so, and at the same time, actually begin feeling better about themselves. How dare we forsake the gay cause célebrè? Like crabs trying to escape from a bucket, gay activists begin dragging us down.
“Detractors insist that measurable results must be quick, and that change 'isn't change' if it requires a long process. These same people generally see life as a continual 'journey' in all other respects. But if someone gives up during the long process, that is somehow 'proof' that change is a sham. Never mind that overeaters, alcoholics or drug addicts fall off the wagon every day. The standard for sexual identity change remains 'all or nothing'!
“So where are the mental health professionals who will stand up and challenge these untruths? Why do they allow the APA to hijack the truth?”
Regardless of what the politically-charged APA accepts, the Bible consistently condemns same-sex sexual intercourse as wrong. At the same time, Jesus Christ specifically came to save those who were lost. That’s all of us. He loves us. He died for our sins, and through the power of the Holy Spirit working in our lives, we can all be freed from the various chains that hang around our necks. According to Paul in Romans 1:18-32, homosexuality has a root cause in a culture’s turning away from God the Creator. It’s easy to attack people lost in same-sex attraction, but we are all responsible as a culture to truly put Christ first in our lives, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. If we do that, maybe we will have fewer young people falling prey to the lie of homosexuality.
"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the
Related Links:
• The APA's Pro-Gay 'River of Denial' - NARTH
• Gay Couples Tie The Knot In California - USA Today
• What Do Clinical Studies Say About Same Sex Attraction? - NARTH
• Stories Of Those Who Have Overcome Same-Sex Attraction - Exodus International
2 comments:
Brilliant read Jerry, and very thought provoking, sober and to the facts. Dare we touch this subject though ? Talk about opening a can of worms.
In dealing with the public every day, often I come across the notion and firm belief of many people that people cant help that they are 'gay' or homosexual, that they indeed were born that way, that the bible is outdated and condems people who should be free to 'live and let live'.
At the same time - I do know in my own heart that if one of my children ever came to me with the news they were 'gay' I would love them just as much and as unconditionally as I do now, whilst still praying for them, and trying to seek help for them. I guess at the end of the day, this is what God calls us to with everyone - love the sinner, not the sin.
Over the years, Ive read all sorts of articles, theories, papers etc on the homosexual issue - stating that anything from trauma to demonic control or as this article cited, genetic coding was the catalyst or cause.
It seems none of us are really sure where it stems from - but as christians, we do know, the act and desire of homosexuality is wrong in Gods eyes, and so, should be also, in our eyes. However, love covers a multitude of sins and the best we can do is love people to Christ - regardless.
Thanks for this article. I'd like to see others comment on this article too.
It is powerful food for thought.
In 2005, I was approached by my local Anglican Priest to put together some thoughts on how the Church should respond to the issues of Homosexuality and same sex unions etc.
Through much prayer, Jesus gave me 3 distinct scriptures in a specific order.
1. John 8:- The woman caught in adultary:- "Let he who is without sin cast the 1st stone!.
2.Matthew 23:27, 28 Mt 23:27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.
Mt 23:28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
3.The Parable of the Weeds
Mt 13:24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
Mt 13:27 “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
Mt 13:28 “ ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.
“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
Mt 13:29 “ ‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’ ”
We are not to judge the lost for our judgements are faulty! Let all who seek His face come to His Alter .
He will sift the righteous from the unrighteous at harvest time
I tried homosexual sex before I knew a woman; I did not & still do not "feel" it to be offensive but just "unsatisfactory!! and not for me, thank you"
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