My friend brought up the argument that her God enabled her to love unconditionally, and that if that was the case, homosexual love was certainly fine by God.
This is a similar argument to that made by another friend of mine. He used the following example to highlight this point.
“The greeks thought that homosexuality was more pure than heterosexuality, because one of the main purposes of heterosexuality is the option of reproduction. The greeks considered heterosexuals desire for only this to be greedy, where as homosexual love is more about true love for the other person, not just the desire to reproduce. Also, because homosexual love isn’t the dominant culture. It’s different.”
Again this is a case of unifying love into a singular type. One can see why it is wrong. We are able to love the people around us with different types of love regardless of the degree. The extend of love does not justify the type of love a person bears for another.
The second point that is wrong with such an argument is the assumption that the main purpose of heterosexuality is the option of reproduction. This point is moot because both heterosexual and homosexual love are different only in terms of choice of gender pairing. Claiming that one motive to enter a romantic relationship is more selfish than another, is somewhat biased. If we are going to justify the correctness of a romantic relationship based on personal motives, then it will impossible to do so from a point of complete objectivity.
Finally, romantic love otherwise known as Eros in Greek, is simply not akin to unconditional love. It is possible and most likely for one to love a person with a compound of different types of love. A homosexual relationship certainly involves Eros and can contain unconditional love. However, both heterosexual and homosexual love are types of Eros. Therefore it is not reasonable to tie either type of romantic love to the state of selflessness. Neither should selflessness be tied to Godliness to begin with. Just because God has unconditional love does not make unconditional love Godly.
This is a similar argument to that made by another friend of mine. He used the following example to highlight this point.
“The greeks thought that homosexuality was more pure than heterosexuality, because one of the main purposes of heterosexuality is the option of reproduction. The greeks considered heterosexuals desire for only this to be greedy, where as homosexual love is more about true love for the other person, not just the desire to reproduce. Also, because homosexual love isn’t the dominant culture. It’s different.”
Again this is a case of unifying love into a singular type. One can see why it is wrong. We are able to love the people around us with different types of love regardless of the degree. The extend of love does not justify the type of love a person bears for another.
The second point that is wrong with such an argument is the assumption that the main purpose of heterosexuality is the option of reproduction. This point is moot because both heterosexual and homosexual love are different only in terms of choice of gender pairing. Claiming that one motive to enter a romantic relationship is more selfish than another, is somewhat biased. If we are going to justify the correctness of a romantic relationship based on personal motives, then it will impossible to do so from a point of complete objectivity.
Finally, romantic love otherwise known as Eros in Greek, is simply not akin to unconditional love. It is possible and most likely for one to love a person with a compound of different types of love. A homosexual relationship certainly involves Eros and can contain unconditional love. However, both heterosexual and homosexual love are types of Eros. Therefore it is not reasonable to tie either type of romantic love to the state of selflessness. Neither should selflessness be tied to Godliness to begin with. Just because God has unconditional love does not make unconditional love Godly.
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