Homosexuality
Rev.
Dean C. Berg
I am not here to write an article condemning homosexuality.
Nor am I here to promote the lifestyle either. I am simply
wanting to bring to your attention the incredible days
in which we are living. The Bible describes them as the
Last Days where the manipulation and misrepresentation
of truth will become astounding. The Apostle Paul wrote
in 1 Timothy:
1Ti
4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly,
that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith,
giving heed to seducing (Misleading) spirits, and doctrines
of devils; (Teachings of a demonic being)
1Ti 4:2 Speaking lies (publicizing and
declaring erroneous Christian doctrine) in hypocrisy;
(evil deception) having their conscience seared with a
hot iron; whose consciences have lost all feeling.
1Ti 4:7 But refuse profane and old wives'
fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
1Ti 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth
little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having
promise of the life that now is, and of that which is
to come.
1Ti 4:9 This is a faithful saying and
worthy of all acceptation.
1Ti 4:10 For therefore we both labor
and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God,
who is the Savior of all men, especially of those that
believe.
1Ti 4:11 These things command and teach.
Right Now
There are those who want to redefine WHAT WE KNOW AS MARRIAGE
to include two men, or two women, or a group of any size
or mix of sexes: One man and four women, one woman and
two men, etc.
HOMOSEXUAL AUTHOR & RADIO TALK SHOW HOST Michelangelo
Signorile, "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do," OUT
magazine, May 1996, p. 30. "This is a chance to wholly
transform the definition of family in American culture.
It is the final tool with which to dismantle all sodomy
statutes, get education about homosexuality and AIDS into
public schools, and, in short, usher in a sea change in
how society views and treats us."
Paula Ettelbrick, “Since When Is Marriage a Path
to Liberation?”, in William Rubenstein, ed., Lesbians,
Gay Men and the Law (New York: The New Press, 1993),
pp. 401-405. “Being queer means pushing the parameters
of sex, sexuality, and family, and in the process, transforming
the very fabric of society. … As a lesbian, I am
fundamentally different from non-lesbian women. …
We must keep our eyes on the goals of providing true alternatives
to marriage and of radically reordering society’s
view of reality.”
This information is not intended to cause anger in you.
These are the days in which we are living and the following
statistics are right now affecting people you know. Most
of these statistics are taken directly out of the American
Medical Association online files. All of this information
is available for public viewing. Let it sober you and
help you think clearly when dealing with homosexuals and
homosexual behavior.
STATISTICS ON THE HOMOSEXUAL LIFESTYLE AND
HOMOSEXUAL PROMISCUITY.
Studies indicate that the average male homosexual has
hundreds of sex partners in his lifetime:
· A.P. Bell and M.S. Weinberg, in their classic
study of male and female homosexuality, found that 43
percent of white male homosexuals had sex with 500 or
more partners, with 28 percent having 1,000 or more sex
partners.
· In their study of the sexual profiles of 2,583
older homosexuals published in Journal of Sex Research,
Paul Van de Ven et al., found that only 2.7 percent claimed
to have had sex with one partner only. The most common
response, given by 21.6 percent of the respondents, was
of having one hundred- to five hundred lifetime sex partners.
· A survey conducted by the homosexual magazine
Genre found that 24 percent of the respondents said they
had had more than a hundred sexual partners in their lifetime.
· In his study of male homosexuality in Western
Sexuality: Practice and Precept in Past and Present Times,
M. Pollak found that "few homosexual relationships
last longer than two years, with many men reporting hundreds
of lifetime partners."
Other Conditions: Homosexuals are three times as likely
to be pedophiles as heterosexual men. One third of all
homosexual men are attracted to teenage boys (Jenkins,
Priests and Pedophilia)
PROMISCUITY AMONG HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES
Even in those homosexual relationships in which the partners
consider themselves to be in a committed relationship,
the meaning of "committed" typically means something
radically different than traditional marriage.
· In The Male Couple, authors David P. McWhirter
and Andrew M. Mattison reported that in a study of a hundred-fifty-six
males in homosexual relationships lasting from one to
thirty-seven years, All couples with a relationship lasting
more than five years have incorporated some provision
for outside sexual activity in their relationships.
· In Male and Female Homosexuality, M. Saghir and
E. Robins found that the average male homosexual live-in
relationship lasts between two and three years.
Those who advocate full acceptance of homosexual behavior
have purposely chosen to downplay the evidence regarding
the life-threatening health effects associated with the
homosexual lifestyle. Education officials have a duty
to provide information regarding the negative health effects
of homosexuality to students whose lives are put at risk
by engaging in such behavior.
DISEASE
Reports at a national conference concerning sexually transmitted
diseases indicate that gay men are in the highest risk
group for several of the most serious diseases. . . .
In addition, some homosexual behaviors put practitioners
at higher risk for a variety of ailments, as catalogued
by the following research data:
Human Papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is a collection of more
than seventy types of viruses that can cause warts, or
papillomas, on various parts of the body. More than twenty
types of HPV are incurable and can infect the genital
tract of both men and women. HPV is "almost universal"
among homosexuals. According to the homosexual newspaper
The Washington Blade: "A San Francisco study of Gay
and bisexual men revealed that HPV infection was almost
universal among HIV-positive men, and that 60 percent
of HIV-negative men carried HPV."
Gay Bowel Syndrome (GBS):
The
Journal of the American Medical Association refers to
GBS problems such as proctitis, proctocolitis, Proctitis
and Proctocolitis are inflammations of the rectum and
colon that cause pain, bloody rectal discharge and rectal
spasms. Proctitis is associated with Sexually Transmitted
Diseases such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and syphilis
that are widespread among homosexuals.
Enteritis: inflammation of the small
intestine. According to the Sexually Transmitted Disease
Information Center of the Journal of the American Medical
Association, "enteritis can cause abdominal pain,
severe cramping, intense diarrhea, fever, malabsorption
of nutrients, and weight loss.According to a report in
The Health Implications of Homosexuality by the Medical
Institute for Sexual Health, some pathogens associated
with enteritis and proctocolitis [see below] "appear
only to be sexually transmitted among men who have sex
with men."
Anal Cancer: Homosexuals are at increased
risk for this rare type of cancer, which is potentially
fatal if the anal-rectal tumors metastasize to other bodily
organs.
· At the Fourth International AIDS Malignancy Conference
at the National Institutes of Health in May, 2000, Dr.
Andrew Grulich announced that the incidence of anal cancer
among homosexuals with HIV "was raised 37-fold compared
with the general population."
COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR AMONG LESBIANS
A study published in Nursing Research found that lesbians
are three times more likely to abuse alcohol and to suffer
from other compulsive behaviors. Such as difficulties
with food (34 percent), codependency (29 percent), sex
(11 percent), and money (6 percent)." In addition,
"Forty-six percent had been heavy drinkers with frequent
drunkenness."
Alcohol Abuse Among Homosexuals and Lesbians
·
The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychologists reports
that lesbian women consume alcohol more frequently, and
in larger amounts, than heterosexual women. Lesbians were
at significantly greater risk than heterosexual women
for both binge drinking (19.4 percent compared to 11.7
percent), and for heavy drinking (7 percent compared to
2.7 percent).
Violence in Lesbian and Homosexual Relationships
·
A study in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence examined
conflict and violence in lesbian relationships. The researchers
found that 90 PERCENT of the lesbians surveyed had been
recipients of one or more acts of verbal aggression from
their intimate partners during the year prior to this
study, with 31 percent reporting one or more incidents
of physical abuse.
· In a survey of 1,099 lesbians, the Journal of
Social Service Research found that "slightly more
than half of the [lesbians] reported that they had been
abused by a female lover/partner. The most frequently
indicated forms of abuse were verbal/emotional/psychological
abuse and combined physical-psychological abuse."
· In their book Men Who Beat the Men Who Love Them:
Battered Gay Men and Domestic Violence,D. Island and P.
Letellier report that "the incidence of domestic
violence among gay men is nearly double that of heterosexual
population."
· The Bureau of Justice Statistics (U.S. Department
of Justice) reports that married women in traditional
families experience the lowest rate of violence compared
with women in other types of relationships.
High Incidence of Mental Health Problems
Among Homosexuals and Lesbians.
A national survey of lesbians published in the Journal
of Consulting and Clinical Psychology found that 75 percent
of the nearly 2,000 respondents had pursued psychological
counseling of some kind, many for treatment of long-term
depression or sadness:
Twenty-one percent of the sample had thoughts about suicide
sometimes or often and 18 percent had actually tried to
kill themselves. . . . More than half had felt too nervous
to accomplish ordinary activities at some time during
the past year and over one-third had been depressed.
Reduced Life Span
A study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology
on the mortality rates of homosexuals concluded that they
have a significantly reduced life expectancy: In a major
Canadian centre, life expectancy for gay and bisexual
men is eight to twenty years less than for all men. We
estimate that nearly half of gay and bisexual men currently
aged twenty years will not reach their sixty-fifth birthday.
Whenever you hear someone promoting homosexual behavior,
remember how dangerous that kind of lifestyle really is.
Share this information with them and allow the compassion
of God to come out of you.
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