Thread:The Ambiverted User/@comment-36725263-20190203223722/@comment-5175866-20190204024051

I can't speak to therapy and whether or not people " 'born gay' ". I can only speak to Scriptural ideas.

Homosexuality was rampant even in biblical times. As I referenced in Romans and other Bible verses, acting on gay desires its outside of God's design. The same could be said with any other sin, especially sexual sin; people have desires to commit adultery or to sleep with someone they are not married to- that is natural desire. God allows us to have sinful tendencies, but does not make us have them.

The problem is if you adapt the Bible to what your picture of a "loving God" is. Parents don't love everything their children do, they can discipline and give firm "no"s and still be loving. Her interpretation is realistic in light of what today's culture values. Its not taking into consideration what the authors of Scripture meant when they said something. God is very loving, but people mistake that to mean "He must support whatever I wish".

Today's culture is very "relative", different people have different truths. The problem is culture is always changing and the idea that truth is relative is a truth in itself. Again, to say that homosexuality is biblically acceptable- because it is more "realistic" and fits with a "loving God" is fallacious and not a true understanding of God. From what i've seen, you've claimed (or at least know much about) Christianity. However, if someone interprets the Bible the way they like it and thinks of God in whatever way they want- it is not Christianity. Christianity is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ- not just as a good man, but takes his claims for what he says they are.

The Bible must be understood in the propositions it gives, otherwise you are missing what the original intent was. It is ignorant to say that the Bible should be interpreted through today's lense. What if culture's view changes and invalidates the current interpration? The only thing that doesn't change is what it original said and what it meant- those things are 100% concrete forever. You have to change the way it is communicated for a modern audience (since it wasn't written for 21st century minds), but the message remains the same for all cultures.