Homosexuality: Responding with love not statistics
I don’t like to criticise other Christian ministries, when I hope that the heart behind the statements is love, but I get really annoyed by inciting language. It is little wonder that Christians (or churches, at least) are often rejected by society who see them as being ‘anti-gay’ and little else, as this issue seems to come up, and cause so much heated aggression, time and time again.
I recently read a statistic that homosexual men make up 44% of all new HIV and AIDS cases. Apparently this statistic proves:
“If homosexuality was normal and natural, you would not have a disease that spreads as ravenously as this does,” Tim Wilkins, head of Cross Ministry, Inc
Using this statistic alone is ludicrous. By this, we can also assume that heterosexual relationships are not normal or natural (the myth of homosexuality being the only spreader of HIV/AIDS rears its head again) – or lesbian relationships (which presumably have a lower disease rate).
Yes, it is true that the Christian (traditionally, generally) believes that the only God-created, God-given, God-approved relationship which is physically-sexually expressed is a monogamous male-female one – but this excludes many other types of relationship as being “the best”.
“For years, studies have shown that homosexual men are prone to promiscuity.” University of Chicago study released in 2003
And yet the media predominantly appeals to the heterosexual promiscuity market. Promiscuity is promiscuity, whatever flavour.
I’m not a great fan of WWJD? (What Would Jesus Do?) – but it is worth considering. I have my beliefs and ‘ideals’ but I fall far short of those, as does every human being. What frightens me is that men sit in judgment over others, when only God can do that. We should become better at perfecting neighbourly agape love, than fooling ourselves that we can judge another man fairly whilst ignoring our own shortcomings. We need to look to Jesus’ examples – how He dealt with people – and if we claim to be Christian, to follow that as closely as we can.
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May 27th, 2005 at 4:53 pm
I completely agree with your statement above. I need to do a speech on homosexuality and I happened to stuble across this and it basically takes the words out of my mouth. Love is love.It is defined as.. “A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.” Nowhere does it say between a man and a woman. I wish people would realize that.
–Krystyn
February 19th, 2008 at 3:31 am
Yes, I agree that we should not judge and the judging should only be left to God, but that does not make homosexuality right. When asked what would Jesus do; I know He would not just turn his shoulder and walk away. He is a kind but mighty Lord that loves his children and desires to see them how He created them. It say many times in the bible to NOT be homosexual. i am uncertain of were you got your exact definition of love but I know the bible says it is between man and woman.
February 19th, 2008 at 7:49 am
Hi Emmy,
It’s not so much a matter of what is right and wrong in God’s eyes, but as to how we, as humans, deal with that.
Jesus was the only man fully sinless. Let’s look at how he dealt with people. Often, instead of condemning the individual outright, he loved them unconditionally AND told them to “go and sin no more”.
Agape love is not about kindness. Agape love is not about ignoring issues. It is also showing unconditional acceptance of the person without accepting their sinful nature.
The thing is, we only have a duty to respond to others’ sin in love, lest we be caught up as hypocritical for our own sins.