LGBTQIAP Identities, Sexuality, and Sexual Discrimination (2)

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LGBTQIAP Identities, Sexuality, and Sexual Discrimination (2)

 

The Sexual Identities Development :

 

Organic Sexual Identity Development

If one discards the philosophical naturalism and evolution theory to uphold the theism creation story, then Gen. 1:27 is the origin of sexual identities. Genesis 1: 27 traces the origin of sexual identities, “So God created man in His image, in the image of God He created him: male and female He created them.” Gen. 1: 27 initiates the biblical theology of gender: RSV Bible, in poetic structure, says,

So God created man in His image, in the image of God He created him,

male and female He created them.

The inner logic of the whole, bound together with the same verb (‘created’), demands that both Male and females alike be dignified as bearers of the divine image. [25] While Genesis chapter one emphasizes the divine image in man and woman, defining them vertically concerning God, Genesis two explains more fully their earthly relationship to one another. 

 

Pediatricians, over the centuries, in announcing the birth of a child, say, “It’s a boy” (blue balloon) or “It’s a girl” (pink balloon). Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), a nucleic acid that contains the genetic code[26], determines Biological sex at conception. Scientist agrees that biological sex is not assigned but stamped into every body cell. Human Sexuality is binary; you have a normal Y Chromosome or a normal X Chromosome. A normal Y Chromosome develops into a male, and a normal X Chromosomes develop into a female. [27].

 

There are at least 6,500 genetic differences between men and women. [28]. Hormones and Surgery do not and cannot change the differences. An identity is not biological; it is psychological. Identity has to do with thoughts and emotions that are not hardwired biologically. No one is born transgender. If gender identity is hardwired in the brain before birth, identical twins would always have the same gender identity, but they do not. Christian Religion upholds the Bible as sacred writings and the ‘Word’ of God. Several excellent passages in the Bible summarize the required message of sexual identities, but none is more apparent than Genesis 1:27. In Genesis 5: 1-3, God created man in the likeness of God. Male and female God created them, blessed them, and named them ‘Man’ (cf. Gen. 1:27). 

 

The Hebrew term translated as ‘Man’ is Adam, and the same term is used for Adam’s name. And the same term that is sometimes used for man in distinction from a woman (Gen. 2:22, 25; 3:12; Eccl. 7:28). Obviously, from the referenced scriptures, the organic sexual identity of humans is two: Male and Female. The sexual relationship is strictly between the Male and the female. In a sexual relationship, the acceptable organic choice is Heterosexuality. Organic Sexuality is the best for most people today, especially in the United States of America, who clamor for organic food, fruits, and vegetables. Humans’ eating appetite has changed the paradigm from inorganic to organic, while sexual appetite has changed the paradigm from organic to inorganic.

 

Inorganic Sexuality Development

Inorganic sexual development and appetite did not start in the 21st century. Ancient Rome and other pagan societies made human life cheap and expendable. Leviticus 18 chronicled the prohibited ancient Pagan Practices that are detestable to God. The gay sexual practice was explicitly mentioned in Lev. 18: 22 “You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable” – The Apologetics Study Bible. Leviticus 20: 13 “If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must put them to death; their blood is on their own hands” – The Apologetics Study Bible. 

 

The early Christians, motivated by the Gospel, opposed abortion, infanticide, child abandonment, and suicide – all legal and widely practiced in the Roman era. Fifty years after the legalization of Christianity in AD.313, the Christianized Roman emperors outlawed these inhuman acts. In the Book of Genesis (19), God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for their grave sins, including a taste for inorganic sexual appetite. The term “sodomy” is derived from Gen. 19:4-8; it is widely held that the severity of God’s judgment of Sodom had to do with the prevalence of homosexuality there. Despite some scholars disagreeing with this position, homosexuality is the sin spotlighted in the text (v.5).

 

The 21st century is worse with the zeal for bestiality (having sex with an animal). The laws against bestiality and sodomy in the United States are essentially a matter of State rather than Federal jurisdiction. The act of bestiality contradicts man’s organic plan, as stated in Gen.2: 20-21). God declared that no helper was like the man; hence He created the woman. Deuteronomy 27:21 puts a curse on bestiality “Cursed is the one who has sexual intercourse with any animal. And all the people will say Amen!”-The Apologetics Study Bible. 

 

 Conclusion

I call on all to uphold the Great Commandment in Matthew 22:37-39 – Loving God & Loving Others Like ourselves. Transgender is a sexual orientation, not a sexual identity. Transgender challenges the male gender as the human origin. God created males and females and handed them the macro and micro-economies of the world. (Genesis 1:28-30). There are several legitimate hindrances to the total emancipation of human hood. All of these are significant and real but not impossible to overcome. Liberation theology teaches that the world’s people need to be free from social-political-cultural-economic oppression, but the Gospel relates primarily to sin. Christ’s future kingdom on earth will ultimately deal with all problems – 1 Pet. 2:24-25. The truth is that the world teaches the opposite of the teachings of the Bible. 

 

 

 

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