LGBT practices are unnatural and harmful. That's provable by both God's
design (biology) and scientific data (observed results). The status quo in
America was once that God designed men and women to have sex within
committed marriages for pleasure, to draw them closer together, and to
have children. Then, raise those children to have godly character
supported by biological advantages God gave each parent. The process would
multiply God's goodness over the Earth if people obeyed His Word and loved
others as themselves. (They didn't.)
Later, evolution was proposed. That theory said life's highest purpose was
reproducing in a way that passed on the parent('s) genes. For humans'
upbringing, the theory also supported parenting that encouraged children
to be in similar relationships to likewise bear children with the family's
genes.
Homosexuality is an uncommon to rare condition where people try to have
sex with those of the same gender. These relationships cannot reproduce to
have children. They cannot pass on their genes. They also lack the
biological advantages of normal parenting. Both God's Word and evolution
theory say homosexuality is unnatural and against life's design goals. On
average, they're also very promiscuous with fewer, lasting relationships.
If you want empirical data, that can get muddy at this point with all the
games played with studies. I still found two ways to keep it simple. Let's
put the two claims side by side then look at just two, data points that
can test them.
1. God's design, aka status quo for marriage, is one man, one woman, pick
them based on godly character, commit for life, and have sex only within
that marriage (no pre- or extra-marital sex). The claim is the marriage is
more often physically healthy, emotionally fulfilling, and stable over the
long-term. They will bear their own children (their genes). Then, that
helps raise children who do the same.
2. LGBT crowd says they're the same as straight people. Just a
different orientation. So, they will have all the same benefits above in
relationships between the same sex.
What does the data say? We've already covered bearing children with their
genes. Homosexual relationships don't do that. For other points, we have countless
studies plus a CDC
warning. They together show the LGBT community is very
different from the straight community in these ways:
1. They have many, many more partners on average. Your LGBT relationships
will fail way more often. If you date them, they're more likely to break
up with you. They struggle to keep lasting relationships.
2. The STD rate is much higher for LGBT people. The men have died in large
numbers. Many more carry HIV. The LGBT crowd is likely to lie about having
a disease. Bisexual people can move these STD's into straight population.
Most have a virus suspected to cause cancer. This lifestyle isn't healthy:
it's a public, health risk. That the Center for
Disease Control has to issue warnings about homosexual practices
reinforces that claim.
"Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to
the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged
the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather
than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women
exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the
men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with
passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and
receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error." (Romans
1, ESV)
So, they claim to be normal like straight people, but with different
orientation. God's Word said it was unnatural, shameless,
sexually-oriented, and would have a penalty that Biblical relationships
didn't have. Surveys of LGBT people show they are not normal,
put sexual promiscuity over lasting relationships, have many breakups,
spread STD's more often, and die more often. It fits God's Word very well.
For those rejecting the Word, the data by itself condemns LGBT practices
as a threat to both those individuals and our society. We should be
resisting this movement, not celebrating it.
Question: Shouldn't we warn people practicing LGBT that will break their
hearts or destroy their bodies more often than God's design? And protect
our society from practices that hurt more people with no benefit to
society? And mess up families who our society will support on welfare? And
protect them from God's wrath on their sin? And tell them that repenting
and turning to Christ will lead to forgiveness, joy, and eternal life?
Shouldn't we do what's best for people suffering from this mental illness
instead of promote its damaging results?
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