How does Christianity react to....???

Question

I know how Christians 'feel' 'preach' about Homosexuality. They treat it as it it's a 'choice' and granted for some it is. But there are numerous reports that it's genetic. Like hair color and eye color. I'm not trying to open Pandora's box and I don't want people preaching to me. I am a heterosexual Christian with a family. I have a lot of friends that are gay though. They are innately gay, they don't choose it. It has been proven to be genetic, so how does Christianity handle this.

Okay, so maybe not 'proven' but this page shows some genetic research into it.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f97/projects97/Newman.html

Also,I have read articles about 'same sex' relations in the Bonobo chimp population.

Answer 1

Christianity is not about being who you are, it's about molding yourself to conform to a poor interpretation of ancient mythology.

Answer 2

It has not been proven to be genetic, I dont know where you are getting this from. It is currently being studied and their is a suspicion it might be genetic but it is unfounded. You say you are a Christian and I dont doubt it, but you cant pick and chhose what YOU feel is right. You must have people preach to you to learn. Yes their are debatable passages in the Bible but most are as clear as day if you study on them. Read Romans Chapter 1 versus 26 and 27 and read the whole thing all the way through. Dont be fooled into what the CULTURE wants to ram down your throat.

Answer 3

I believe the Bible recognizes homosexual behavior as a choice someone has made. Whether or not there are cultural or genetic propensity towards that choice, it is still a choice. And it is still a sin to practice homosexuality. God defines what sin is, not us.

A genetic propensity towards being an alcoholic can be passed down from the parents, but it is still a behavior choice. And it is still a sin to be a drunkard. God defines what sin is, not us.

God lumps all sexual sin into the same box. One isn't worse than the other. He said they are a sin against our own bodies. Jesus came to set us free from our sins. Jesus loves the sinner but not the sin. We are called to that same banner of love.

The choice everyone must make is evident. Believe what God says or don't. It's as simple as that.

Paul said he didn't know what was sin and what wasn't sin until God came along and told him. It isn't a question of arguing with God about what He says sin is, it's a question of accepting what God has said or not. Either we accept and make the changes God wants or we don't and we don't.

God never asked you or I for our opinion.

Answer 4

It's not genetic, but a prenatal mishap.

It has recently been discovered that some people have two different kinds of DNA in their bodies. This was discovered through repeated DNA testing of jailed inmates.

Sometimes a woman is pregnant with more than one embryo. Sometimes they fuse, and we call them conjoined twins. Sometimes one absorbs the other completely, or almost completely.

If one embryo completely absorbs the other, this would not be a problem, except if the two embryos were of different sexes.

So when the person who is born growns to adulthood, they may experience different feelings depending on how much of which types of tissues they have in their bodies. A man will not necessarily have a woman's internal sex organs, nor a woman have a man's external sex organs, but if there are tissues with X chromosomes and tissues with Y chromosomes, there is bound to be some conflict.

It is not genetic in the sense of a mutation, and it cannot necessarily be passed on. And it is 'inborn', in the sense that is it not due solely to social conditioning.

But the person has only one body, with only one type of sex organs. A person has to be realistic. No matter what the body may be urging one to do, it will only work one way.

How should we, as the church, respond to this? With truth and compassion. Truth, because ignoring the truth and only offering compassion is not loving. Compassion, because only harping on the truth is not loving, either.

One truth is that God has made our bodies to honor Him, not to dishonor Him. If we cannot honor Him with our bodies, we need not use our bodies. We may not say that no matter what we do wiith our bodies, it honors Him, for that is not true.

It is compassionate to remind people that God will sometimes give people marvelous deliverance, if they confess and forsake their sins. It is compassionate to sympathize with a person, to give them emotional comfort and reasssurance based on the word of God-- and their obedient response to it.

This will probably not cover all the bases, but it is what I can come up with right now. I hope this helps. Someday, we will know how to prevent embryos from fusing in the womb, and people will not suffer from this and related problems any more. If you would like to know more, ask another question, and I hope I will be here to answer it for you.

Answer 5

Alcoholism is not natural, but because of genetics, many people are born into life and have to struggle with alcoholism. Drunkeness is still immoral as is the conduct an inebriated person often displays.

Some people have a tendency towards homosexual feelings (that is, a sexual desire or infatuation for someone of the same sex). There are many who now assume that this may be an inborn tendancy, just like alcoholism can be.

Just like in the former case, the latter is still unnatural and immoral. However, I have known many individuals who have successfully resisted such feelings and have not let them dominate their life. These people are either happily married or have chosen to remain single.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 “Neither fornicators... nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men... nor drunkards... will inherit God’s kingdom. And yet that is what some of you WERE"

Now on the other hand, "Christians" are supposed to be loving towards all people, regardless of who they are. It is wrong for someone to berate another for who they are. Christians, who should desire that everyone else become a Christian, are supposed to help other deal with who they are, and encourage them to deal with their sinful inclinations and strive to live a life pleasing to God.

The hatred you see towards people who struggle with homosexual feelings in this forum is unwarranted, unjustified, and unchristian.

Answer 6

The tendency to sin is genetic: we all have that, nobody escapes from it. That some people are more drawn towards one particular sin than another doesn't make them "extra bad", or that sin "ok" for them.

For example: kleptomania exists. If a person has habitually stolen, and comes from a family of habitual theives, does that make stealing ok?

Alcoholism runs in families also. Does that make alcoholism ok?

Homosexuality has NOT been proven to be genetic! There is no "gene" for homosexuality. This is propoganda.

For all of our sinful tendencies, the ones we learn and the ones we seem to be born with, the answer is the same. Jesus offers us a new life. We need to surrender all of ourselves, along with our preconcieved notions, to Him, and trust Him to remake us as He pleases.

Answer 7

Granted homesexuality could be caused by a gene. But does
that mean that rapists, murderers, and thieves have the same
problem? A defective gene? I personally don't know! But the
word of God says fornication and adultry are a sin.
If someone says to you that they are gay, but not by choice and they say they serve the Lord, our saved. It isn't true!
And besides science is always trying to prove things, that will
denounce christianity and to decieve. And to dsiprove God's
very existance.
I feel anyone that is gay can turn their lives around through Jesus.

Answer 8

I would like to know where it has been proven to be genetic, but this is not the point. The point is that homosexuality is not wrong in and of itself, but acting out on homosexual desires is. It is wrong for largely the same reason that masturbation is immoral: it is not (1) unitive, and (2) procreative.

Answer 9

Christianity is about unconditional love, no matter who you are, no matter if one is heterosexual or homosexual, to be truly christtian is to love one another and to live by example. Those of you who might believe being a friend with gay people if someone considers themselves a christian is a traitor to their church - in my opinion- is a triator of God.

It is quite strange to me how so many Christians need scientific proof that homosexuality is genetic- yet they need no scientific proof that there is a God....... hmm.....

I am Jesus' lesbian sister and wether you want to believe it or not- he loves me just as much as he loves everyone else.

May God Bless you all, may love and light shed upon your lives, and may the truth become ever clear and resonate within your souls.

Answer 10

Actually , your own bible holds the answer to the very question you ask.

Eunichs are written about, some were born that way, others had themselves made that way (so as not to be an offense to GOD)

Look it up and read the entire explanation of it. Attraction to the same sex is written about as an abomination, but also it is written how to deal with this and stay within GODs will and way.

Answer 11

The Bible clearly states God's view on homosexuality. If someone is going to follow Christ, they have to have self control. Same thing for people who aren't married but have strong sexual desires toward the opposite sex...if they want to follow a Christian lifestyle, they have to have self control in that respect until the get married. It may be that the NEVER find someone they fall in love with or that falls in love with them. If you keep your integrity to God's standards, you will benefit in the long run.