Is Your Baby Gay? What If You Could Know? What If You Could Do Something About It?

==I don't think you understand what Mohler is talking about in his article. Did you read it carefully? Or did you just scan the title and the first few lines or so? You need to go back and read the whole article carefully so you can understand what he is saying and so you can comment on his actual arguments instead of commenting on more strawmen (like you did in this reply).

Dr. Albert Mohler, President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, never said that "homosexuality is caused by a biological defect". He is talking about the possible causes of the temptation(s) that might lead someone to struggle with homosexual feelings. He is not saying the sin of homosexuality can be excused via biology. He directly said that it cannot be. Mohler directly stated that homosexuality is a sin because God's Word says so! Did you read that part? I doubt it.

==More evidence that you have no clue what Mohler is talking about.

If you re-read his article you will see that he is refering to the results of the fall. Do you deny the fall and it's results in creation? Certainly you acknowledge that God did not create still born babies, babies born with AIDS, addicted to crack, with heart defects, or anything like that. All of that is the results of the fall. You will acknowledge that I trust.

All Dr. Mohler is suggesting is that maybe there is a biological defect, caused by the fall, that is causing some people to be tempted with homosexuality. He is not saying that homosexuality can be excused or is not sinful. In fact he directly stated the opposite! This is not about the behavior this is about the temptation and one of it's possible sources.

I would imagine you would not object to someone saying that a person's environment or sociology might tempt them with homosexuality. I also would imagine you would not object to someone saying that demons might tempt someone with homosexuality. Why is fallen biology any different? Or do you believe that biology was not affected by the fall?

==Nobody is questioning the sinfulness of homosexuality. Maybe you should re-read his article, or more to the point, maybe you should read it for the first time?

 

==That is a very valid concern. I can't argue with that. However I believe that is why we must be clear that morality is not determined by biology. This is why we must make it very clear that we believe human biology is fallen and thus cannot be used as a guide to correct morality. The Bible is God's instruction book to us to teach us what is correct morality. However I do understand your concerns and I believe your concerns show that do understand how tricky this issue can be. There are no easy answers to this problem.

 

==Then you are misunderstanding what Dr Mohler is saying. Maybe it is a terminology issue. We are not talking about homosexuality as a behavior but rather as a temptation.

==The behavior is a choice, correct. I agree with that and Dr Mohler would agree with that. The temptation is not a choice. That is true for most all temptations. We don't choose our temptations.

See, I think you are still missing the point.

==Nothing he said violates God's Word. In fact what he said is in perfect agreement with God's Word. I think you are still misunderstanding what is being said.

 

==If a doctor did that to me they would have walked out of that room with a black eye and a lawsuit.

 

==Just a general comment. I don't know that there is a "gay gene" in fact I would argue that there probably is no such thing (it is just too neat). The root of the temptation in some is probably chemical in nature and not in the genes. I also don't see any reason why any "test" should be done. If a person is not dealing with that temptation then there is no need to do any tests. Also simply because a person is tempted with homosexual feelings does not mean they are homosexual. They are only a homosexual if they act out (in thought or deed) on those feelings/temptations.

==As Mohler said it may help those who are struggling with unwanted feelings/temptations. If they could be helped by this knowledge (through some medical treatment) then I think the knowledge is a good thing.

==Nobody is arguing against that.

 

==ouch.....