[Sons to Glory!]

Originally Posted by SerenityLives

Hi Sons of Glory, you’ve matured a lot since the last time we spoke. I’m glad the couple you spoke of is in good health right now. I realize that over the last three years, I have also been doing some studies, both sociological and biological about what makes sexuality and gender so diverse in human beings. In fact, there are higher percentages of bisexuality in women than men and gay men know their sexuality at pre teen or puberty whereas on average, lesbians and bisexual women have more fluid sexuality throughout their lives and find out later on, usually in late teens or twenties to even thirties. There’s been studies showing that several alterations in genes can determine a person’s disposition to male or female attraction. And of course there is are studies where they put trans people’s brains under MRI scans and the parts that light up are more similar to that of which gender they feel, not of the sex organs they were born with. And there are toddlers, like three years old who feel they ate in the wrong body/assigned the wrong gender, insisting that they want to wear certain gendered clothing and say they are a “boy” or a “girl”, the first chance they have conception of gender. No one gave them the idea, but yet they know. Then there’s other studies that show that the amount of estrogen in a mother’s body during pregnancy can lead to gender identity in babies whether they’ve already developed male or female or intersex genitalia. Then there’s another study that reveals that in people who identify as intersex and the doctor and/or parents decide to cut off the penis or keep the penis, the brain still produces variant amounts of testosterone that can lead, say an intersex person whose family decides for them to remove the penis, to later find out they identify more as a male while growing up. It’s all very fascinating. And what makes heterosexuals attracted to the opposite sex and why are people always looking for a “gay gene” when they can’t even find a “hetero” gene, there’s so many factors and its mindboggling to even comprehend. We are all made in the image of God and so there is redemption for all of us.

Well thank you. I have just come to the point where I realize I don't know exactly how it all works, and that's fine, because He knows how it all works! So to conclusively say that gayness happens because of personal decision, or genes or the devil or whatever - let's face it, no one but God knows. We don't even normally realize the extent of what the fall did, because we live with the corrupted flesh every day. So it's perhaps a little like a bunch of three-year-olds sitting around and arguing about some aspect of nuclear fission.

I'm reminded of that wonderful song "I Cannot Tell," because it comes down to just that - I cannot tell; but this I know: "God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself"

(To the tune of "Danny Boy")
I cannot tell why He, whom angels worship,
Should set His love upon the sons of men,
Or why, as Shepherd, He should seek the wand’rers,
To bring them back, they know not how or when.
But this I know, that He was born of Mary,
When Bethl’hem’s manger was His only home,
And that He lived at Nazareth and labored,
And so the Savior, Savior of the world, is come.

I cannot tell how silently He suffered,
As with His peace He graced this place of tears,
Or how His heart upon the Cross was broken,
The crown of pain to three and thirty years.
But this I know, He heals the broken-hearted,
And stays our sin, and calms our lurking fear,
And lifts the burden from the heavy laden,
For yet the Savior, Savior of the world, is here.

I cannot tell how He will win the nations,
How He will claim His earthly heritage,
How satisfy the needs and aspirations
Of east and west, of sinner and of sage.
But this I know, all flesh shall see His glory,
And He shall reap the harvest He has sown,
And some glad day His sun shall shine in splendor
When He the Savior, Savior of the world, is known.

I cannot tell how all the lands shall worship,
When, at His bidding, every storm is stilled,
Or who can say how great the jubilation
When all the hearts of men with love are filled.
But this I know, the skies will thrill with rapture,
And myriad, myriad human voices sing,
And earth to heaven, and heaven to earth, will answer:
At last the Savior, Savior of the world, is King.