>Don P: Let's see. #1 is obviously wrong, she made the choice. #2 is wrong
>because she did not follow the bible in chosen her mate with God's guidance
>and failed to leave the situation in time to prevent damage to her and her
>kids.
If entering and failing to leave an abusive marriage was a wrongdoing, it was
the mother's, not the hypothetical lesbian's. Also, there is no scriptural
justification for a woman to divorce an abusive husband, unless he commits
adultry as well.
#3 is also wrong because they did not seek medical treatment, i.e.
>estrogen injections to balance out the testosterone.
The science doesn't bear you out on this one. These studies have been done on
adults whose condition was identified and treated from a young age, usually
from birth. Most have had surgery to correct the genitalial, and been treated
with appropriate female levels of hormones throughout their life.
Estrogen, contrary to popular belief, does not "balance out" testosterone. In
fact, testosterone is a precursor to some forms of estrogenic hormones. In
certain cases, females (XX genotype) with severe forms of this disease are
mistaken for boys at birth, reared with that assumption and their true gender
is not discovered until late childhood. Under those conditions, most choose
to continue living as males (seeking appropriate medical care, surgery,
testosterone treatment as necessary)... I have personally met one who married
a woman. This this person a lesbian?
Even when raised unequivically as girls, with the best medical care available,
a small minority of these individuals choose to undergo sex changes as adults.
Is this sinful?
Anymore examples? Even
>a person born with no sight can get treatments to at lest help them deal
>with life.
By this reasoning, all deaf people who could be given a rudimentry sense of
hearing should get cochlear implants. Are those who prefer the culture of
sign language living in sin?
>
> AT: In cases 2 & 3, there is no will involved in the person's
>*desire* for intimate relationship with same-sex partners. However,
>humans are not like animals that are ruled by their appetites. Reason
>and will may not have much influence over desires, but they do have
>influence over *behavior*. Regardless of my personal desires, I am in
>control of my actions - I choose to do this or that, to act or to
>refrain from acting on my desires. The bible does not condemn
>homosexual orientation, but it does condemn homosexual behavior.
So sexually desiring a member of your same sex is OK if you don't act on it?
Isn't that called "lusting in your heart?"
The bible's fairly clear that it isn't OK for heterosexuals.
Sorry, but I don't think the answer's as clear as you make it out to be.
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