back to basics

now, maybe I have been swimming around too long, but the whole issue that the Church of Scotland seems to have been discussing (or trying hard to avoid discussing) comes down to one basic point:  

do you believe God created mankind as male and female with the intention of them coming together to create, as the bible puts it 'one flesh' (which is as much a physical statement as it is a statement relating to marriage).  

If we believe that God's designed us, as he did with just about every other creature in the world, male and female, then we cannot belive homosexuality is right in God's eyes.  If we believe however that we came from primeval soup or monkeys then we have no design and so we could be anything.  In that case we must hold to the thought that God pressed the button at the beginning but that was all he did.  

I cannot logically work out why homosexuality can be natural.  I agree people may feel something towards another member of the same sex, but if we start saying that God designed people that way then we must be very careful, as we would have to say that God designed people who are born blind or with learning difficulties.  Yes God is in contol of the world, but so much happens which was not how he designed it to be.  If God designed people to be blind, and that was his intention, why did Jesus give sight to a blind man?  

We have first to separate in our minds what is God designed and what is the effect of our collective sinfulness as humans, before we worry about what verses condemn homosexual practices.   We need to reflect on the basics first.