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Originally Posted by BrotherEastman
LOL! You know, I just think we should call sin what it is. I'm not opposed to showing love, mercy, or compassion on anyone that has weaknesses, I just don't think we should sweep it under a rug and pretend it is something else other than our own choice. Temptation is real, and the devil knows how to tempt us, it wasn't a scientific anomoly that MADE Adam and Eve to sin, it was temptation. Mankind was made perfect in the image of God. I just wish that peole would get real!
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Bro. Eastman, there are many genetic issues that have developed as a result of sin. Paul said that in our flesh dwells no good thing. The flesh has lusts and corruption of it's own. Are we to be surprised if science finds that the genetics of the flesh are predisposed towards sin?
Also there have been blind tests showing that homosexuals hormonally respond to same sex hormones given in blind samples. There appears to be something biological to this. Also we see teens that have killed themselves because they couldn't just "choose" to be straight. Certainly if they could have chosen to be straight they would have. Also we have spouses who endured years of pretending that they were not homosexual because they thought they could just choose to be straight. Most will tell you that if there was anything they ever wanted in this world it was to be straight. But they just weren't.
My pastor has talked about this on occasion and has stated that he isn't shocked at all if science proves it's genetic....all they prove is that the flesh is predisposed to sinful inclinations. We serve a healing and forgiving God who died to save a fallen, twisted, warped, creation deformed by sin.
Here's a question to consider. Did you "choose" to be straight? I didn't. I couldn't be gay if you paid me a million dollars. If you feel it is a choice...does that mean that you could choose to be gay? If you couldn't "choose" to be gay and I couldn't "choose" to be gay...what makes us think it's entirely a choice? I think science proves that it is a lust of the flesh that some have as a result of man's fallen nature. This lust burns in their flesh regardless of their desire to be straight. They can only get victory over this through the power of the Holy Ghost, living clean lives. However, they may only face absolute deliverance through a healing of their complete person. Jesus can heal one's genetics, delivering from this lust of the flesh.
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