Procreation
This anonymous comment was left a couple of days ago: "...How do you reconile homosexuality with procreating? Neither two men, nor two women are capable of precoreating. Yet, is this not what God intended for relationships/building families?"
I think God does intend for men and women to procreate, but I don't think that is the only way that God expects humans to come together. Once again, I believe there is more to the story.
What happens when heterosexuals fail their own children? Sometimes it's the gay couples who are the most eager to become involved with foster care, adoption, and so on. In those instances, God might be using gay couples to meet the needs of abandoned children.
Gay men and lesbians are not barren and are capable of having children, and often do. But this process takes awhile since we have to go to such great lengths. Our actions must be deliberate, and with gay couples there are no "accidents." Perhaps God uses this cross section of humanity to help slow booming population growth.
I don't think God's purposes for men and women are tied solely to procreating. I do believe that in Old Testament times humans were highly focused on procreation and some of that rigidity has carried over into modern times, but that doesn't necessarily mean that God holds the same rigidity.
Folks have argued that since men and women seem to physically "fit together," this is the only acceptable way for humans to physically be together. Well, a small economical car would probably fit the best in all of our garages, but we buy the big SUV's anyway. We gravitate toward what feels the most natural to us, and one choice is not necessarily more correct than another. And something that feels natural to one person cannot be deemed "unnatural" by an outsider. Truth doesn't come from the outside. It comes from within. It is our own, and it stays between us and God. Obviously, a gay person must go to great lengths to reconile things with God and it's not as easy as it is to go to the car lot and buy an SUV, but those of us who have reconciled things with God have found profound meaning in the process. The truth doesn't always look perfect, but that doesn't mean there is something wrong with living it.
There can be many purposes for the things that God has blessed us with and many methods with which to achieve them and I don't think one is necessarily more noble than the other. Everyone has an opinion about what might be best for everyone else. It boils down to individual faith, and the way in which God works in our lives on a personal level. Besides, I don't think straight Christian men and women use sexual intimacy only for procreation. Sexual intimacy produces more than one result, and to try to cage it is fruitless.
Sexual intimacy should be treasured and respected, but not so narrowly defined that its meaning applies only to a select few. That is certainly not what God intended.
I think God does intend for men and women to procreate, but I don't think that is the only way that God expects humans to come together. Once again, I believe there is more to the story.
What happens when heterosexuals fail their own children? Sometimes it's the gay couples who are the most eager to become involved with foster care, adoption, and so on. In those instances, God might be using gay couples to meet the needs of abandoned children.
Gay men and lesbians are not barren and are capable of having children, and often do. But this process takes awhile since we have to go to such great lengths. Our actions must be deliberate, and with gay couples there are no "accidents." Perhaps God uses this cross section of humanity to help slow booming population growth.
I don't think God's purposes for men and women are tied solely to procreating. I do believe that in Old Testament times humans were highly focused on procreation and some of that rigidity has carried over into modern times, but that doesn't necessarily mean that God holds the same rigidity.
Folks have argued that since men and women seem to physically "fit together," this is the only acceptable way for humans to physically be together. Well, a small economical car would probably fit the best in all of our garages, but we buy the big SUV's anyway. We gravitate toward what feels the most natural to us, and one choice is not necessarily more correct than another. And something that feels natural to one person cannot be deemed "unnatural" by an outsider. Truth doesn't come from the outside. It comes from within. It is our own, and it stays between us and God. Obviously, a gay person must go to great lengths to reconile things with God and it's not as easy as it is to go to the car lot and buy an SUV, but those of us who have reconciled things with God have found profound meaning in the process. The truth doesn't always look perfect, but that doesn't mean there is something wrong with living it.
There can be many purposes for the things that God has blessed us with and many methods with which to achieve them and I don't think one is necessarily more noble than the other. Everyone has an opinion about what might be best for everyone else. It boils down to individual faith, and the way in which God works in our lives on a personal level. Besides, I don't think straight Christian men and women use sexual intimacy only for procreation. Sexual intimacy produces more than one result, and to try to cage it is fruitless.
Sexual intimacy should be treasured and respected, but not so narrowly defined that its meaning applies only to a select few. That is certainly not what God intended.
posted by Jen Austin at 9:04 AM
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