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I don't think we fully know or understand ourselves or our primitive natures and/or instincts that are still very much a part of us, etc...Lately I have been hypothesizing on whether people can be born gay in light of Romans 1. By this I do not mean that God inflicts this on people, but that a society (and by extension individuals) who have given themselves over to ungodliness cannot actually cause harm to their genetics.
Romans 1:
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
This clearly shows that when a society (people) continue to defy God, God gives them up to their own
uncleanness. By giving up , I suspect it may mean that they are exposed to evil with no protection and thus succumb deeper and deeper to the lust of the human heart.
I am not a geneticist so I cannot speak from empirical research, but I have seen sound arguments both pro and con on this argument and wonder how much sin can affect genetics and what is passed down to future generations . Like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, blood pressure etc.etc.
For those who like to jump to conclusions- I am not saying that being born gay is normal or even natural, but just wondering if our nations debauched society has not somehow caused a failure in genetics? Verses 26 and 27 clearly show God giving up people to vile affections. can that affevt genetic in heritance?
Or the way our minds work yet, etc...
God Bless!
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