A while back I penned a post on Homosexuality based on a sermon I listened to in church.
Here's the link to that post -
http://willsonwheels.blogspot.com/2014/10/its-about-time-we-talked-about.html
The post was also in response to an animated discussion a Christian friend of mine and I got into following the sermon.
Turns out I stepped on the wrong toes cause this lady has done some pretty extensive research in the subject of genetic predisposition of homosexuality and the subject of homosexuality in general.
Anyway, she promised me a response to my post....
And Boy.... Did I get it.
Like my mom was fond of saying....
"Be careful of what you ask for.... Cause you may get it!!"
So without further adieu.... Here is my Christian friend's perspective on Homosexuality....
In a word..... Impressive!
Read on Blog Dogs!
This isn't as extensive as I would like, but I figure
we can always talk more about it...
The study that you mentioned is the main one that people refer to when
trying to prove that homosexuality is genetic. I have included a link to an
article that addresses the study. It is mentioned about half way down, but if
you have the time, the whole article is very interesting.
http://www.equip.org/articles/is-there-a-gay-gene/#christian-books-4
Basically, 2 other studies were done in the same way, without the same
conclusions. And the findings of his study were even argued as valid. He
could never duplicate his findings, even though he tried. In fact he stopped
doing research in that area altogether. Researchers have to admit that there is
no reliable indicator that can predict sexual orientation. I believe there are
about 10 factors that explain why someone is gay, but that's for a different
discussion. And despite those factors, a gay-identified person can always
choose to change. (in my opinion anyway, as well as many others' opinions).
And regarding Same sex "marriage", there is more to it than just
let them get married if they want to. It puts society as a whole at risk when
we start redefining marriage. Here is a link that addresses that
http://www.frc.org/brochure/the-top-ten-harms-of-same-sex-marriage
Like I mentioned before, homosexuals have a much higher rate of suicide,
depression, substance abuse, etc. Here are some proven statistics:
* One study reports 70% of homosexuals admitting to having sex only one time
with over 50% of their partners (3)
* One study reports that the average homosexual has between 20 and 106 partners
per year (6). The average heterosexual has 8 partners in a lifetime
* Many homosexual sexual encounters occur while drunk, high on drugs, or in an
orgy setting (7)
* Many homosexuals don't pay heed to warnings of their lifestyles:
"Knowledge of health guidelines was quite high, but this knowledge had no
relation to sexual behavior" (16)
* Homosexuals got homosexuality removed from the list of mental illnesses in
the early 70s by storming the annual American Psychiatric Association (APA)
conference on successive years. "Guerrilla theater tactics and more
straight-forward shouting matches characterized their presence" (2). Since
homosexuality has been removed from the APA list of mental illnesses, so has
pedophilia (except when the adult feels "subjective distress") (27)
* Homosexuals account for 3-4% of all gonorrhea cases, 60% of all syphilis
cases, and 17% of all hospital admissions (other than for STDs) in the United
States (5). They make up only 1-2% of the population
* Homosexuals live unhealthy lifestyles, and have historically accounted for
the bulk of syphilis, gonorrhea, Hepatitis B, the "gay bowel
syndrome" (which attacks the intestinal tract), tuberculosis and cytomegalovirus
(27)
* 73% of psychiatrists say homosexuals are less happy than the average person,
and of those psychiatrists, 70% say that the unhappiness is NOT due to social
stigmatization (13)
* 25-33% of homosexuals and lesbians are alcoholics (11)
* Of homosexuals questioned in one study reports that 43% admit to 500 or more
partners in a lifetime, 28% admit to 1000 or more in a lifetime, and of these
people, 79% say that half of those partners are total strangers, and 70% of
those sexual contacts are one night stands (or, as one homosexual admits in the
film "The Castro", one minute stands) (3). Also, it is a favorite
past-time of many homosexuals to go to "cruisy areas" and have
anonymous sex
* 78% of homosexuals are affected by STDs (20)
* Judge John Martaugh, chief magistrate of the New York City Criminal Court has
said, "Homosexuals account for half the murders in large cities" (10)
* Captain William Riddle of the Los Angeles Police says, "30,000 sexually
abused children in Los Angeles were victims of homosexuals" (10)
* 50% of suicides can be attributed to homosexuals (10)
* Dr. Daniel Capron, a practicing psychiatrist, says, "Homosexuality by
definition is not healthy and wholesome. The homosexual person, at best, will
be unhappier and more unfulfilled than the sexually normal person" (10).
For other psychiatrists who believe that homosexuality is wrong, please see
National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality
* It takes approximately $300,000 to take care of each AIDS victim, so thanks
to the promiscuous lifestyle of homosexuals, medical insurance rates have been
skyrocketing for all of us(10)
* Homosexuals were responsible for spreading AIDS in the United States, and
then raised up violent groups like Act Up and Ground Zero to complain about it.
Even today, homosexuals account for well over 50% of the AIDS cases in the
United States, which is quite a large number considering that they account for
only 1-2% of the population
* Homosexuals account for a disproportionate number of hepatitis cases: 70-80%
in San Francisco, 29% in Denver, 66% in New York City, 56% in Toronto, 42% in
Montreal, and 26% in Melbourne (8)
* 37% of homosexuals engage in sadomasochism, which accounts for many
accidental deaths. In San Francisco, classes were held to teach homosexuals how
to not kill their partners during sadomasochism (8)
* 41% of homosexuals say they have had sex with strangers in public restrooms,
60% say they have had sex with strangers in bathhouses, and 64% of these
encounters have involved the use of illegal drugs (8)
* Depending on the city, 39-59% of homosexuals are infected with intestinal
parasites like worms, flukes and amoebae, which is common in filthy third world
countries (8)
* The median age of death of homosexuals is 42 (only 9% live past age 65). This
drops to 39 if the cause of death is AIDS. The median age of death of a married
heterosexual man is 75 (8)
* The median age of death of lesbians is 45 (only 24% live past age 65). The
median age of death of a married heterosexual woman is 79 (8)
* Homosexuals are 100 times more likely to be murdered (usually by another
homosexual) than the average person, 25 times more likely to commit suicide,
and 19 times more likely to die in a traffic accident (8)
* 21% of lesbians die of murder, suicide or traffic accident, which is at a
rate of 534 times higher than the number of white heterosexual females aged
25-44 who die of these things(8)
* 50% of the calls to a hotline to report "queer bashing" involved
domestic violence (i.e., homosexuals beating up other homosexuals) (18)
* About 50% of the women on death row are lesbians (12).
And regarding children being raised by same sex couples, I feel that those
children (the majority anyway) will be undoubtedly, negatively effected. Some
stats on this:
The claim that homosexual households do not "recruit" children into
the homosexual lifestyle is refuted by the growing evidence that children
raised in such households are more likely to engage in sexual experimentation
and in homosexual behavior.
Studies indicate that 0.3 percent of adult females report having practiced
homosexual behavior in the past year, 0.4 percent have practiced homosexual
behavior in the last five years, and 3 percent have ever practiced homosexual
behavior in their lifetime.54 A study in Developmental
Psychology found that 12 percent of the children of lesbians became
active lesbians themselves, a rate which is at least four times the base rate
of lesbianism in the adult female population.55
Numerous studies indicate that while nearly 5 percent of males report having
had a homosexual experience sometime in their lives, the number of exclusive
homosexuals is considerably less: Between 1 and 2 percent of males report
exclusive homosexual behavior over a several-year period.56 However, J. M.
Bailey et al. found that 9 percent of the adult sons of homosexual fathers were
homosexual in their adult sexual behavior: "The rate of homosexuality in
the sons (9 percent) is several times higher than that suggested by the
population-based surveys and is consistent with a degree of father-to-son
transmission."57
Even though they attempted to argue otherwise, Golombok and Tasker's study
revealed in its results section a clear connection between being raised in a
lesbian family and homosexuality: "With respect to actual involvement in
same-gender sexual relationships, there was a significant difference between
groups...None of the children from heterosexual families had experienced a
lesbian or gay relationship." By contrast, five (29 percent) of the
seventeen daughters and one (13 percent) of the eight sons in homosexual
families reported having at least one same-sex relationship.58
These findings have most recently been confirmed in a study appearing in the American Sociological Review.
Authors Judith Stacey and Timothy J. Biblarz alluded to the "political
incorrectness" of their finding of higher rates of homosexuality among
children raised in homosexual households: "We recognize the political
dangers of pointing out that recent studies indicate that a higher proportion
of children of lesbigay parents are themselves apt to engage in homosexual
activity."
Stacy and Biblarz also reported "some fascinating findings on the number
of sexual partners children report," that: The adolescent and young adult
girls raised by lesbian mothers appear to have been more sexually adventurous
and less chaste. . . . In other words, once again, children (especially girls)
raised by lesbians appear to depart from traditional gender-based norms, while
children raised by heterosexual mothers appear to conform to them.59
Incest in Homosexual
Parent Families
A study in Adolescence
found: A disproportionate percentage--29 percent--of the adult children of
homosexual parents had been specifically subjected to sexual molestation by
that homosexual parent, compared to only 0.6 percent of adult children of
heterosexual parents having reported sexual relations with their
parent...Having a homosexual parent(s) appears to increase the risk of incest
with a parent by a factor of about 50.60
****On a personal note, the fact that I have loved ones and friends struggling with SSA (Same Sex Attraction) is
what initially got me interested in educating myself in the subject, but since
then I have grown to have a compassion for people who do not want to be in that
lifestyle anymore, but need help getting out of it, physically and even more so
emotionally. The issue to me isn't whether it's a worse sin than any other sin.
It's that SSA is not what God's best plan is for us as humans, and for
the people who realize that and want to get help, they should be able to
get that help, and to be given the respect and "tolerance" to be able
to make that change if they want to. Right now, if a person decides they want
to pursue leaving the gay lifestyle, they are ostracized from the gay community
(I know this for a fact, as I have known people who have left the lifestyle and
have been persecuted for it). So much for tolerance.
I have a problem with the "gay agenda", insisting that society
accepts and condones homosexuality as a good, healthy, positive behavior, when
the above statistics prove that it is not any of those things. The true life of
a homosexual is not what is portrayed in the media, on TV, or by the gay
activists themselves. There is a dark, sad side to it that will never be
admitted to in the media. I have spent many hours with people who have come out
of the lifestyle, as well as with counselors who have told of countless clients
that they worked with, and they have confirmed this.
I have no issue with the individuals themselves, or their choice to live that
lifestyle. That is their choice, and i treat them the same as anyone else. But
I do have issues with homosexuality in and of itself. (as well as other sexual
sins that hold people in bondage like we talked about in small group). If
we continue as a society , like it says in Romans, "to do these very
things, and approve of those who practice them", and insist that we
"not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God" (Rom 1:28),
then where will it lead to?? People demanding that we should be able to
marry our pets and have sexual relations with them? (This IS ALREADY
HAPPENING btw) http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/watchman-on-the-wall/42935-bestiality-now-making-us-headlines-not-always-illegal
Where's the limit? How about the push to make pedophilia legal?
http://www.wnd.com/2013/07/gay-laws-set-stage-for-pedophilia-rights/
So these are some of my issues and concerns, not with the actual individual
themselves.
I know this ended up being long, and it's ok if you don't read through it--I
did all of this for myself too.....and I know that for every article on the
internet, there is another one that counteracts it. we will have to just agree
to disagree on this (add it to the list! lol)
Thanks for being willing to talk about this tough subject!
I just want to follow up on this Wonderful Piece of Writing and Personal Expression on a very Difficult and Controversial Subject by saying.....
There's those Christians that....
Talk the Talk....
This Lady Walks the Walk.
Betcha God is looking down on this Lady right now and saying....
"Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things." Matthew 25:23
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