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Good luck with that. You used the word liberal like it's a disposition that needs a cure.;^)<BR/><BR/>As a side note - if you follow these things - the current head of Exodus International came out with a statement regarding their role in US polity today.<BR/><BR/>BDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269648634709183279.post-18800238353019218382008-03-05T14:05:00.000-08:002008-03-05T14:05:00.000-08:00BD: Hmmm, I didn't event notice I had written that...BD: Hmmm, I didn't event notice I had written that. Although the DSM used to say homosexuality was a mental illness, it doesn't anymore and I'm not sure that I would categorize it that way (even though it appears I wrote it that way). My thing that I struggle with is the idea of orientation. Are homosexuals born with a genetic orientation towards homosexuality or is homosexuality a choice? I lean mostly towards not using the word orientation but a genetic disposition. This allows me to recognize the genetic component but also realize that choice and other factors are also in there.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292824227963056711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269648634709183279.post-20714378873667208692008-03-05T08:08:00.000-08:002008-03-05T08:08:00.000-08:00Good for you Mark, this ain't no easy topic to bri...Good for you Mark, this ain't no easy topic to bring up especially since there is a broad variety in your readers backgrounds. <BR/><BR/>I'm not even sure I can comment. So hard. I am thinking about a few things:<BR/>1) Why do we get to be the judge, God will deal with sin in the lives of his people as his people open their hearts to Him...but this is a lifetime process, opening those hiding places even to God.<BR/>2) The heartache I think some of these homosexuals must have because the way the church has rejected them. It takes some radical Christ followers to welcome people in and love them, and to trust that as God began a good work in us, He has also begun a good work in (them). (don't prefer the us and them thing, but didn't make sense written differently.)<BR/><BR/>JacquieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269648634709183279.post-56031473945587811182008-03-04T22:23:00.000-08:002008-03-04T22:23:00.000-08:00Thanks for the link.I find it interesting THAT in ...Thanks for the link.<BR/><BR/>I find it interesting THAT in asking why God would... you'd put homosexuality into the same sentence as mental illnesses.<BR/><BR/>As orientation continues to be a political football in the US, and reparative therapy makes economic sense in sub-religious communities; (it's a big bucks industry) more people who were involved in the reparative therapy movement in the US are stepping forward as the political cycle plays out. (SoulForce, beyondex-gay). <BR/><BR/> <BR/>Blog on!<BR/><BR/>BDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com