| Recently, Rev. R.
Albert Mohler, Jr., the president of the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, managed to enrage the citizens of New Sodom and, at the same
time, give their corrupt agenda a good shot in the arm. Mohler made the
sodomites a bit more mad—I believe that would be the appropriate
multipurpose word—than they already are by suggesting his support for
the development of prenatal sexual orientation screening and prenatal
medical treatment to "reverse the sexual orientation" of babies
found to be homosexual.
The offending remarks were made in a
lengthy article written by the influential Mohler, titled "Is Your
Baby Gay? What If You Could Know? What If You Could Do Something About
It?" Albert Mohler's article did a great service for the sodomites'
cause. I have no doubt that after their first, and typical, temper tantrum
had ebbed, sodomites, along with their friends far and wide, realized just
what a gift they had been handed. A quote in a recent AP story provides
evidence of that very thing: "Dr. Jack Drescher, a New York City
psychiatrist critical of those who consider homosexuality a disorder,
commended Mohler's openness to the prospect that it is biologically based.
'This represents a major shift,' Drescher said. 'This is a man who
actually has an open mind, who is struggling to reconcile his religious
beliefs with facts that contradict it.'"
And that is exactly what Reverend Mohler is
doing. Rather than stand by the Word of God in the face of contrived
scientific "knowledge," he has made "science falsely so
called" the final authority in all matters of faith and practice. As
I said, Reverend Mohler's article is lengthy. It is also a classic,
confused mixture of objective truth and subjective reasoning with a heavy
emphasis on the latter. President Mohler's thesis seems to be that, while
he is not saying that homosexuals are born that way, they probably are
born that way because science will probably prove as much; therefore
Christians need to change their thinking and doctrine in order to be in
sync with the pending scientific conclusion that sodomites were born
sodomites. In his article, Reverend Mohler makes points too numerous to
quote and critique in this article, points such as the following:
"1. There is, as of now, no
incontrovertible or widely accepted proof that any biological basis for
sexual orientation exists.
"2. Nevertheless, the direction of
the research points in this direction. Research into the sexual
orientation of sheep and other animals, as well as human studies, points
to some level of biological causation for sexual orientation in at least
some individuals.
"3. Given the consequences of the
Fall and the effects of human sin, we should not be surprised that such
a causation or link is found. After all, the human genetic structure,
along with every other aspect of creation, shows the pernicious effects
of the Fall and of God's judgment."
Upon reading Reverend Mohler's long—and
quite frankly, convoluted—article as well as a follow-up article, it
becomes clear that he believes sodomites are "born that way" but
should not act out their orientation since that would be sin. For
instance, he says such things as:
• "We sin against homosexuals by
insisting that sexual temptation and attraction are predominately
chosen. . . . Christians must be very careful not to claim that science
can never prove a biological basis for sexual orientation."
• "Caring Christians will be aware
of the fact that many persons who struggle with homosexuality—males
and females—testify as Christian believers or as those troubled in
conscience that they simply have no idea where same-sex desire
originated in their lives. They do know that they did not choose this
pattern of attraction."
For decades, the foundation of New Sodom's
perverted platform has been the constantly repeated lie that homosexuality
is biologically determined and no one chooses to be "gay." Many
of the gains made by the sodomites can be attributed to the acceptance of
that lie in certain political circles and among a certain percentage of
the American public. Now Albert Mohler has added some fuel to the
sodomites' spreading fire. From his article, it is apparent that Reverend
Mohler is most impressed by some "sexual partner preference
testing" recently done on sheep! The scientists involved claim a
certain percentage of the rams turned out to be bisexual and homosexual.
Based on that "science falsely so called," Mohler has committed
the classic error of the modern higher critic. He has decided that the
Word of God must be interpreted by science when the two seem to clash. And
the Bible does clash with the notion that human beings commit homosexual
acts because they are biologically programmed and born as sodomites.
For instance, Romans 1:26-27 states,
"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: 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 recompense of their error which
was meet."
The truth unambiguously stated by God
Himself in that passage and supported by the whole counsel of His Word is
that those who commit homosexual acts change from what is natural to what
is against human nature as created by God. They were not born with a
homosexual "orientation" that caused them to be sexually
attracted to persons of the same gender as themselves. In light of his
sweeping, unsupported claim that the fall of man caused a change in
"human genetic structure" which in turn biologically programmed
a certain percentage of men and women to be sodomites right from birth, I
would remind Reverend Mohler that Paul wrote Romans well after the fall!
Yes, every human being is born with a sin nature and no original
righteousness, but that is not the same as being born biologically ordered
by one's very nature to be a sodomite and commit the sin declared by God's
revealed Word and law of nature to be "against nature." Reverend
Mohler can throw in his lot with a few heathen scientists and a bunch of
sheep (not to mention goats spiritually speaking) if he likes; I intend to
stick with the immutable Word of God.
And speaking of nature, Mohler ought also
to be reminded that animals are not humans, and humans are not animals.
Animals, even the most intelligent, are dumb beasts driven by blind
instinct, hormones, and breeding cycles which can be manipulated to
produce a certain amount of so-called "gay behavior."
By the way, there are also no studies on
humans which have come anywhere close to proving any kind of
"biological causation" for homosexuality. There is only a lot of
wishful thinking, mighty striving, and baseless conclusion-drawing by
a few researchers who have not proven anything even to their own peers—nothing,
that is, other than their penchant for coming to a baseless conclusion and
then trying to manipulate their shoddy research into a fantasy they call
"scientific proof."
In his article, Reverend Mohler endorsed
the use of prenatal treatment on babies with homosexual
"orientation" in order "to reverse the sexual orientation
to heterosexual" should such treatment ever become available. This
begs the question, What about treatment to reverse "fornication
orientation" or "false witness orientation," or what about
"rape orientation"? How about "ungrateful heart
orientation"? The Mohler doctrine, if taken to its logical
conclusion, would mean that science may well have the capability to
someday create sinless human beings.
Certainly, there are many aspects of Rev.
Albert Mohler's article which would warrant an in-depth biblical critique
and, quite frankly, warrant condemnation by all Christians who tremble at
His Word (Isaiah 66:5). But hoping to have provided some food for thought,
I close with one final, brief point. Has Reverend Mohler too long been
breathing the ecumenical air of the Southern Baptist world? I say that
because his "born that way but just don't act it out" theory of
homosexuality harmonizes nicely with Roman Catholic dogma which insists
that homosexuality is an "intrinsic disorder" and a
"trial" for those born with a so-called homosexual orientation.
According to the pope et al., homosexuals cannot help that they
were born "gay," but they are not to commit homosexual acts. In
light of that, is it any wonder the Associated Press reported Mohler's
argument was endorsed by a prominent Roman Catholic thinker, the Reverend
Joseph Fessio, provost of Ave Maria University in Naples, Florida and
editor of Ignatius Press, Pope Benedict XVI's U.S. publisher?
"'Same-sex activity is considered disordered,' Fessio said. 'If there
are ways of detecting diseases or disorders of children in the womb, and a
way of treating them that respected the dignity of the child and mother,
it would be a wonderful advancement of science.'"
With his willingness to subordinate the
Word of God to "science falsely so called" and give support to
the "born that way" theory, Rev. Albert Mohler has strengthened
the hand of the enemies of the Lord and His church. As one who has for
several decades put a good deal of effort into defending biblical truth
and Christian liberty against sodomite lies and homo-fascism, I can't help
but ask, With friends like Albert Mohler, who needs enemies?
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