Posted on 12/05/2003 5:50:56 AM PST by xzins
Cruel Joke or Medical Anomaly? Proponents of same-sex "marriage" owe us an answer
by Tim Wilkins
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The Physiology of Mankind
"Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell ya, brother, you can't have one without the other." Neither can you have a marrriage without a man and a woman, unless you’re the Massacheutts Supreme Court–to whom I ask the following question.
Why is one hundred percent of the homosexual population physiologically heterosexual?
When I asked that question before a group of university students, one said the question contained a presumption–that homosexuals were physiologically heterosexual. I am always open to differing views, yet he offered no explanation. In postmodernism one need not waste syllables buttressing one’s views—verbalizing a belief automatically makes it factual. Hubert Humphrey said, "The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously." The student reminded me of a man who, on another occasion, steadfastly disagreed when I said that at conception the man determines the sex of the child. "Every man has a right to his own opinion, but he does not have a right to his own set of facts."
My statement regarding human physiology is neither sexist nor politically motivated. It is a fact.
Look at this statement from two perspectives—first, a theological perspective and second, a medical perspective.
If in fact God creates some people as homosexuals, we must conclude that God has played a cruel joke on them. He has engineered their minds and emotions for attraction to the same-sex and yet created their physiology to be in direct opposition to that attraction. Such an act would be malicious. Only a sadistic god would conceive and conduct such a horrific deed.
Look at the statement from a medical perspective! If homosexuality is a naturally occurring phenomenon—a legitimate alternative to Mankind’s expression of sexuality, we would have to conclude that homosexuals bear severe physiological anomalies.
I am aware the previous conclusion may infuriate some; few things anger people more than uttering a logical thought. Truth has always angered people—which is why some wise sage cautioned, "Tell the truth and run!"
But alas I do not believe the conclusion because I do not believe homosexuality to be moral.
If for no other reason, homosexuality is illegitimate in that it is anatomically unsuitable.
The Ingenuity of the Physical Body
Regardless from where you believe Mankind originated, we must agree that the human body is the work of a genius. How do we account for tear ducts that automatically flush the eye when a microscopic grain of sand invades them? Who can fathom how an arm or leg produces chill bumps, which in turn raises the hairs on those limbs in order to reduce the amount of body heat being expended by a cold wind?
These mysteries of the human body include libido. When sexually aroused, the woman’s body changes through a series of preparations. Her vagina lengthens for a distinct reason. Her body, equipped with Bartholin’s gland, produces lubrication for a distinct reason. More intricate than any scientific invention ever conceived or constructed, the outer third of her vagina swells with blood for a distinct reason. The Psalmist was correct--we are "fearfully and wonderfully made." (Psalm 139:14)
But these incredible workings lead us to another question which refuses to be ignored--why would such physiological changes occur in homosexual women when the changes do nothing to assist sexual interaction?
One cannot simply dismiss the question as irrelevant. If God makes no mistakes, and He does not, what accounts for this dichotomy among homosexuals? If homosexuality is "natural" why the inappropriate and unnecessary body changes?
No legitimate answer exists. God desires each of us to become personally what He has created us to be physiologically, biologically and anatomically.
The Universality of Sin
The answer to why homosexuality exists is sin—a universal condition unconfined to homosexuals; one hundred percent of the world’s population are sinners. "…for all have sinned and come short of God’s glory." (Romans 3:23)
And the answer to sin is Jesus Christ who, by the way, performed His first miracle during the marriage of a man and a woman.
The proponents of homosexual "marriage" appear to have all the answers. What say ye? Is this phenomenon a cruel joke or a medical anomaly?
Health hazards of the Homosexual lifestyle.
That's a very good reason to discourage homosexual behavior - the health hazards are severe resulting is a deadly and contagious disease that affects everyone.
That's what I said. Read my post when you get a chance. I said that just as some people are born with defects and others acquire defects through some sort of injury, similarly some people are born with the defect of "homosexuality" and others acquire that defect through life experience.
AND -- get this -- just as it is **RIGHT** for those with physical defects to seek medical attention, in order to become healthy, those who are inclined toward homosexuality are **RIGHT** to seek help to become healthy (i.e., heterosexual).
Think about that perspective for a bit. It's really quite reasonable, and very compatible with Scripture, and provides a consistent path for sexually unhealthy people to become healthy.
Of course I believe that homosexuals can become healthy (i.e., heterosexual). Just as someone with a broken arm can get that healed, or someone with cancer can become supernaturally healed by the Lord.
I think that's probably going too far. I think there probably is some component in the brain that causes a tendency toward homosexuality. I think it may be similar to whatever it is that apparently places so many truly great mathematicians on the hairy edges of insanity.... (Judging by the homosexuals I know, as a group they tend to be extremely bright.)
It still boils down to a judgement of whether or not homosexual activity is something we as a society should bless; as opposed to something we merely tolerate, recommend against, or even actively oppose.
On that score, I think the "medical consequences" aspect argues for a secular policy of "recommending against." And a religious view would treat homosexuality as an affliction to be healed, rather than something we'd ask God to bless.
Also, I think we too often tend to lump male homosexuality together with female homosexuality. I'm disposed to the idea that the causes for homosexuality are different for men than they are for women.
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