I was actually musing about the political ramifications. We sure didn’t have this obsession with homosexuality when AIDS was running rampant. If it happens again, I think you’ll see alot of so called “supporters” turn the other direction
Well, I don’t know if you’re a Christian or not, but the Bible implies the world will be like Sodom and Gomorrah near the end. It also talks about a bunch of end time plagues.
Do I think we’re in the end times now? Perhaps. No one can say for sure, but Christians should be able to see the signs of the times and know when we’re getting close.
I don’t think AIDS and worse things to come are God’s punishments BTW. I think He simply permits free will and allows us to choose our own poison. AIDS is just nature telling us that we shouldn’t be doin’ those things. God is like a father admonishing his children to not play with fire. If the children ignore their father’s wise advice, they are very likely to get burnt.
As far as the political ramifications go, I don’t think people will wake up even if worse diseases ravage mankind. We know homosexuality is a detestable, unhealthy and unnatural thing, but many Americans are thoroughly deluded. I just don’t see anything getting through that delusion on a mass scale. If the SHTF, we might be forced to live more carefully, but modern technologies give us the ability to mitigate a lot of the harm (at least in this world) that comes from our stupidity.
Related to your post, the Red Cross recently lifted the ban on blood being donated by homosexual men. Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't that ban put in place to prevent the spread of AIDS through blood transfusions?
Did they find a cure and not tell anyone?