HoneyDew said:
No, no, your point came across plain. I should have finished my thought. Mea culpa.
I just have been thinking that while homosexuality seems to be a choice by some, for others it appears that it might not be -- that is, they knew from as early as they could remember that there was something different about them, but that something is as normal to them as being human. To me, if there are so many mutations where a person can be born with both external genitalia and chromosomal errors such as XXY, etc, then sexual behavior could possibly have an explanation there.
There is so much that research is unearthing that I am reserving judgement until they come out with the gene or whatever other reasons that might explain homosexuality.
Note...I said pedophiles have a set of mental issues and homosexuals have their own.
While most christians I have spoken to on this subject appear to believe that homosexuality is a "life style choice" and nothing more, I believe there is way more to it than that. As I said I have spent numerous hours, days, weeks, even months in training on this subject area due to my sex offender training.
I completely agree that to God homosexuality...the sex act between two people of the same sex is an ABOMINATION. However, I would like to leave this out here as something to think about....Sin is an abomination to Him, and a "sin is a sin" in His eyes, "if ye break one (commandments) ye break them all", said Jesus.
Taking it even further...When one gets the opportunity to work in a corrections setting, if nothing else, you get to see just about everything. Every mental ailment known to mankind and some that they haven't found a name for yet. John Q. Public,
for the most part, has the mindset that people break the law just because they want to. They find it exciting, or fun, what have you. And yes, I have heard those exact comments. I'm here to tell you that every single human being that we have locked up in jail, or state penitentiaries are sick. They are mentally/emotionally ill. They would be better served in a mental hospital than a prison. Prisons cannot provide the kind of care that they need, so they warehouse them and they let them loose on society WORSE OFF then before they went in. From thief to murderer..all suffer from some kind of mental defect, personality disorder, or emotional illness. The reasons are facilities are always beyond capacity and the rate of recidivism remains so high is that America's idea of GIVE 'EM MORE TIME THAT WILL TEACH THEM, and warehousing them and doing nothing with any attempt at rehabilitation is not working, but the powers that be turn a blind eye to all of that. Prisons are big business. In most states, it's the major employer. Each inmate is a dollar figure.
From THIEF to MURDERER. My point? (Get to it already will ya lady?) While stealing is a sin, an abomination in God's eyes, the reason behind the person becoming a thief, the illness, isn't. If homosexuality is finally determined, beyond a shadow of a doubt, to be caused by some form of illness...whether it be mental OR physical in that they may have too many female hormones or male hormones whichever the case may be, would we, as christians look at it any differently?
I remember a gentlemen on my tier who was homosexual. He was one of the most effeminate men I have ever met in my life. I could see that someone had dropped the ball when they housed him on my tier, he needed to be in protective custody, he'd never survive on my block. Dropped the ball accidentally? More than likely on purpose. Anyway, I got him moved, and in the meantime I had a chance to talk with him, as he was pretty much by my side until the paperwork went through and the actual transfer could take place. The man was pitiful. He was miserable. He didn't want to be who he was. He hated himself more than anyone else did. Long story short, this man DID NOT choose his lifestyle. No one CHOOSES to be miserable. No one, in their right state of mind and emotionally healthy, CHOOSES a lifestyle that is going to bring them nothing but horror and pain.
While I do not condone homosexual behavior, I do have some understanding and even some sympathy for the pain they endure, whether they admit to that pain or not.
God does not make mistakes. Could this sexual ailment, along with pedophilia be something that Satan brought into the picture?
One last thing...one of the main reasons that pedophilia continues to increase in the area of offenses is because of what I call the "ewwwww" factor. No one wants to be near them, let alone deal with them. Psychiatrists, for a long time, declared them sick, but incurable. How do we know that if they haven't tried to find one? Do you know that if a man starts to have feelings towards children that he KNOWS is improper, and he wants to get therapy, talk to someone about it, get some help...that he has no where to turn for that help? If he divulges this information to any mental health care professional, they are bound by law to report it, and that man's life will be over as he knew it, and he's actually done nothing wrong - yet.
I have to wonder how many children might have been saved the horror, the terror of this act, if their attacker had had somewhere to turn for help.
The fact that they cannot safely cry out for help, certainly can't be a good thing.
