Is the Bible Sexist, Racist, Homophobic, and Genocidal? by Jonathan Morrow

Author:Jonathan Morrow [Morrow, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2014-08-31T23:00:00+00:00

Jesus affirmed that God’s intention was the complementary sexes of male and female committing to a permanent one-flesh union. This was the pre-fall standard that Jesus, the most loving man who ever lived, appealed to.

Third, while the Bible does not teach that people are born gay, it does teach that all people are born sinful. As we just mentioned, we no longer inhabit a sin-free garden. The reality is that we live in a fallen world in which sin affects all of us at physical, genetic, psychological, relational, and emotional levels (cf. Romans 3:23; 5:12–21). There are plenty of sinful desires we should not act on or consider “natural” that can be overcome as we grow more like Christ. This is the hope and power of the gospel—we can struggle well. As Mittelberg states, “We must correct the idea that because a desire seems natural it must be from God and is therefore okay. As fallen humans we all have many desires that seem natural to us but that are not from God.”19

But hasn’t science shown that people are born gay? Actually, no. Alan Shlemon summarizes the state of the scientific evidence:

The American Psychological Association (APA), for example, once held the position in 1998 that, there is “evidence to suggest that biology, including genetic or inborn hormonal factors, play a significant role in a person’s sexuality.” However, a decade of scientific research debunked this idea and caused the APA to revise their view in 2009. Their new position reads: “Although much research has examined the possible genetic, hormonal, developmental, social, and cultural influences on sexual orientation, no findings have emerged that permit scientists to conclude that sexual orientation is determined by any particular factor or factors.”20

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