Thank you for your detailed response. You might consider making it a thread of its own. I don’t have any credentials but I have been keenly interested in the theological and cultural debate on this issue because it provides a sharp distinction between two clashing world views. Views which I believe are irreconcilable and will result in a division of the Church and culture.
You know as well as I do that your three points of disagreement are met with contrary liberal arguments, which although logically unsound, are very appealing to the ear for the opposing view.
I will add to your conclusion about motivation. Many are in rebellion to God’s authority because they want to be accepted without believing they are sinners. The tragedy is they seek a false acceptance. Even if society blessed their marriage, even if they remained monogamous, even if the Catholic Church declared every homosexual a saint, they would not be satisfied because they know they are sinners. They are sinners not because they are homosexuals but because we are all fallen.
None of us realize how awful we are until we allow God to begin changing our hearts. The sad part of all of this is that many homosexuals are not given the truth so they can surrender themselves to God and allow God to begin transforming them. They are being led to believe they have a savior in government and governments ability to press a raised seal on a piece of paper.
They are being deceived.
I appreciate your comments. What you said about wanting to be accepted without admitting they are sinners is precisely the struggle being played out in various Churches, where practicing homosexuals are demanding full acceptance without confessing and repenting of their sin. They do not understand, or are in rebellion against, the reality that the Church is the community of forgiven sinners.
But true happiness and peace eludes those in rebellion against God. They may fight and struggle for their “rights,” but even if they succeed the emptiness remains. And so they rail against those who stand against them, thinking that if only such opposition can be eliminated, then peace and fulfillment will follow (such thinking has led to the persecution of believers throughout history). But in the end they cannot succeed, only those who are willing to bow the knee and confess their sinfulness will have a place in heaven.