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Marriage in America (Part 2) : The Scientific Debate 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Marriage in America (Part 2) : The Scientific Debate 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. Born Gay?. “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.” ( Leviticus 18:22). Born Gay?.

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Marriage in America (Part 2) : The Scientific Debate 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

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  1. Marriage in America (Part 2): The Scientific Debate 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

  2. Born Gay? • “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.” (Leviticus 18:22)

  3. Born Gay? • 9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate [malakos], nor homosexuals [arsenokoites], 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)

  4. Born Gay? • “Homosexuality is not normal. On the contrary it is a challenge to the norm…Nature exists whether academics like it or not. And in nature, procreation is the single relentless rule. That is the norm. Our sexual bodies were designed for reproduction. No one is born gay. The idea is ridiculous. Homosexuality is not an inborn trait.” – Camilla Paglia, Vamps and Tramps, 71-72

  5. Homosexuality is Genetic? The Three Main Studies: • A brain study (hypothalamus) by Simon LeVay • A genetic study (X chromosome) by Dean Hammer • A twins study by Michael Bailey and Richard Pillard

  6. Homosexuality is Genetic? The Three Main Studies: • A brain study (hypothalamus) by Simon LeVay • A genetic study (X chromosome) by Dean Hammer • A twin study by Michael Bailey and Richard Pillard

  7. 1. The Brain and Dr. LeVay • “The results do not allow one to decide if the size of INAH3 in an individual is the cause or the consequence of that individual’s sexual orientation.”– Simon LeVay, “A Difference in Hypothalamic Structure Between Heterosexual and Homosexual Men,” Science Vol. 253 (1991): 1034-37.

  8. 1. The Brain and Dr. LeVay • “Sexual orientation cannot be reliably predicted on the basis of INAH3 volume alone.”–William Byne, Stuart Tobet, Linda A. Mattiace, Mitchell S. Lasco, Eileen Kemether, Mark A. Edgar, Susan Morgello, Monte S. Buchsbaum, and Liesl B. Jones, “The Interstitial Nuclei of the Human Anterior Hypothalamus: An Investigation of Variation with Sex, Sexual Orientation, and HIV Status” Hormones and Behavior Vol. 40 (2001): 86–92.

  9. 1. The Brain and Dr. LeVay • “Changes in the hypothalamus at times are the result of sexual behavior rather than the cause of it.” – Ivanka Savic, Hans Berglund, and Per Lindström, “Brain Response to Putative Pheromones in Homosexual Men,” Proceedings of the National Academies of Science 102/20 (May 17, 2005): 7356.

  10. 1. The Brain and Dr. LeVay • “It’s important to stress what I didn’t find. I did not prove that homosexuality is genetic, or find a genetic cause for being gay. I didn’t show that gay men are born that way, the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work. Nor did I locate a gay center in the brain. …Since I looked at adult brains, we don’t know if the differences I found were there at birth, or if they appeared later.” – Simon LeVay– David Nimmons, “Sex and the Brain,” Discover, Vol. 5, No. 3 (March 1994): 64-71 and cited in A. Dean Byrd, Ph.D., Shirley E. Cox, Ph.D., and Jeffrey W. Robinson, Ph.D., “The Innate-Immutable Argument Finds No Basis in Science,” National Association of Research and Therapy for Homosexuality

  11. 1. The Brain and Dr. LeVay • “Time and again I have been described as someone who ‘proved that homosexuality is genetic’ or some such thing. I did not.” – Simon LeVay, The Sexual Brain, p. 122 • “People who think gays and lesbians are born that way are also more likely to support gay rights.” Simon LeVay,Queer Science, p. 282

  12. 1. The Brain and Dr. LeVay • LeVay said, “It’s important to educate society. I think this issue does affect religious and legal attitudes.” – D. Gelman, D. Foote, T. Barrett, M. Talbot, “Born or Bred,” Newsweek, 24 February 1992, 46-53.

  13. 1. The Brain and Dr. LeVay • “…Instead, the changes that have occurred in both public and professional opinion have resulted from politics, pressure, and public relations.” – Dr. Satinover, Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth, 38

  14. 2. The X Chromosome and Dr. Hamer • “We knew that the genes were only part of the answer. We assumed the environment also played a role in sexual orientation, as it does in most, if not all behaviors.” – Dean Hamer, The Science of Desire, p. 82 • “We have not found the gene—which we don’t think exists—for sexual orientation”– Hamer in Neil Whitehead’s, My Genes Made Me Do It, 135

  15. 2. The X Chromosome and Dr. Hamer • “In other words, inclusion of heterosexual brothers might have revealed that something other than genes is responsible for sexual orientation.”– William Byne, “The Biological Evidence Challenged,” Scientific AmericanJournal (May 1994).

  16. 2. The X Chromosome and Dr. Hamer • “We were not able to confirm evidence for an Xq28-linked locus underlying male homosexuality…These results do not support an X-linked gene underlying male homosexuality.” – Rice, George, Carol Anderson, Neil Risch, and George Ebers (1999), “Male Homosexuality: Absence of Linkage to Microsatellite Markers at Xq28,” Science, 284:665-667, April 23.

  17. 2. The X Chromosome and Dr. Hamer • What happened to Dr. Hamer? • Hamer was under investigation by the Office of Research Integrity for scientific fraud and transferred to a different department. • A Wall Street Journal article based on Hamer’s research: Research Points to a Gay Gene

  18. 2. The X Chromosome and Dr. Hamer • “Gay Gene” Research Doesn’t Hold Under Scrutiny, Chicago Tribune’s John Crewdson Uncovers Possible Scientific Misconduct by NCI Researcher • The New York Native (a gay newspaper)

  19. 3. The Twins Study and Dr. Bailey • “This finding alone argues for the enormous importance of nongenetic factors influencing homosexuality because…in order for something to be genetically determined, as opposed to merely influenced, the genetic heritability would need to approach 100 percent.” –Satinover, Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth, 85

  20. 3. The Twins Study and Dr. Bailey • Bailey failed to report that genetically unrelated step‐brothers are both “gay” more often than genetically related brothers

  21. 3. The Twins Study and Dr. Bailey • “The biological brothers and adoptive brothers showed approximately the same rates. This latter observation suggests that there is no genetic component, but rather an environmental component shared in families.” – Risch, Neil, Elizabeth Squires-Wheeler, and Bronya J.B. Keats (1993), “Male Sexual Orientation and Genetic Evidence,” Science, 262:2063-2064, December 24.

  22. 3. The Twins Study and Dr. Bailey • When trying to replicate his study, Bailey concluded that if one brother was a homosexual, the identical twin was also a homosexual only 11% of the time! • “While the authors interpreted their findings as evidence for a genetic basis for homosexuality, we think that the data in fact provide strong evidence for the influence of the environment.”– Billings, P. and Beckwith, J. Technology Review, July, 1993, 60.

  23. 3. The Twins Study and Dr. Bailey • “…our results support the hypothesis that less gendered socialization in early childhood and preadolescence shapes subsequent same-sex romantic preferences.”– Peter S. Bearman and Hannah Brückner, “Oppo­site-Sex Twins and Adolescent Same-Sex Attrac­tion,” American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 107, No. 5, (March 2002), 1179-1205.

  24. 3. The Twins Study and Dr. Bailey • “To their fellow scientists, the researchers properly acknowledge what every serious researcher knows, but the public does not: that genetics is not the issue with homosexuality but environment.” – Jeffrey Satinover, “The Gay Gene?” The Journal of Human Sexuality, 1996

  25. Summary • “Currently, there is a renewed interest in searching for biological etiologies [causes] for homosexuality. However, to date there are no replicated scientific studies supporting any specific biological etiology [or cause] for homosexuality.”– American Psychiatric Association Fact Sheet, “Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues”

  26. Summary • “To date, no researcher has claimed that genes can determine sexual orientation. At best, researchers believe that there may be a genetic component…No human behavior, let alone sexual behavior, has been connected to genetic markers to date”– From “Why Ask Why? Addressing the Research on Homosexuality and Biology,”PFLAG

  27. Summary • “No biological connections to homosexuality have been demonstrated. Like with the monster of Loch Ness, there are periodic claims that a biologic factor has been spotted, but upon closer inspection, the claims evaporate.” – J.O.N.A.H.: Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality, Dr. Gerard Van den Aardweg, Homosexuality and Biological Factors

  28. Summary • No “gay gene” was found after the entire human genome was mapped – The Human Genome Project and The National Center for Bio‐Technology Information

  29. Summary • “All were announced with great fanfare; all were greeted unskeptically in the popular press; all are now in disrepute.” – Charles Mann, Genes and Behavior • SHOW ME THE STUDY!

  30. Why Oppose Same-Sex Marriage? 3. Because homosexuality is not genetically caused or immutable and therefore it is not a civil right.

  31. Trust God’s Word! • The sum of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous ordinances is everlasting. (Psalm 119:160) • …All Your commandments are truth. (Psalm 119:151) • “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.” (John 17:17)

  32. Trust God’s Word! • Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven. (Psalm 119:89) • “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. (Matthew 24:35) • The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. (Psalm 19:7)

  33. Trust God’s Word! • 5 Every word of God proves true... 6 Do not add to His words, or He will rebuke you and you be found a liar. (Proverbs 30:5-6) • 20 But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, 21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. (2 Peter 1:20-21)

  34. Trust God’s Word! • The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever. (Isaiah 40:8)

  35. Marriage in America (Part 2): The Scientific Debate 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

  36. Resources Various books give testimonies of people who left the homosexual lifestyle • Coming Out of Homosexuality by Bob Davies and Lori Rentzel • Books by Joe Dallas • Coming Out Straight by Richard Cohen • You Don’t Have to Be Gay by Jeff Konrad • Restoring Sexual Identity: Hope for Women Who Struggle with Same-Sex Attraction by Anne Paulk

  37. Resources • The Same-Sex Controversy by James White and Jeffrey Niell • Same-Sex Marriage: Putting Every Household at Risk by Mathew Staver • Marriage on Trial by Stanton and Dr. Maier • Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth by Jeffrey Satinover • Homosexuality: The Use of Scientific Research in the Church’s Moral Debate by Stanton Jones & Mark Yarhouse • What is Marriage? By Girgis, Anderson, & George

  38. Resources • Bringing Up Boys by James Dobson • A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality by Joseph Nicolosi • Someone I Love Is Gay: How Family & Friends Can Respond by Anita Worthen • 101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality by Mike Haley • The Gay Gospel?: How Pro-Gay Advocates Misread the Bible by Joe Dallas • See Genesis Counseling (Joe Dallas) for help

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