Teen with Lesbian Desires Asks What Could Be Wrong About Love?

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

What could possibly be wrong with "following our heart"? Isn't that what culture always tells us to do? In this week’s solo podcast episode, Frank responds to a troubling email from "Jane", a self-identified lesbian teenager struggling with conflict at home since coming out to her mother. Tune in as Frank walks through a series of thought-provoking questions designed to help Jane reflect on the long-term consequences of her choices. During the episode, Frank tackles key questions, including:* Why is theology the foundation of all knowledge?* Why shouldn’t people define themselves by their sexual desires?* What should (and shouldn't) parents do if your child comes out to you as same-sex attracted?* Should your attractions determine your actions?* What are three reasons why homosexuality falls short of natural marriage?* Do sexual desires ever change over time?* If no one is harmed, why shouldn’t people simply follow their hearts?* How do sexual patterns among homosexuals differ from those in committed heterosexual relationships?Do you have a question for Frank? Send it to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])!BOOK: Correct, Not Politically Correct - https://bit.ly/3qws2ZL (https://bit.ly/3qws2ZL)BOOK: Born Again This Way by Rachel Gilson - https://a.co/d/9XMdcSu (https://a.co/d/9XMdcSu)BOOK: Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age by Rosaria Butterfield - https://a.co/d/7IsnzdP (https://a.co/d/7IsnzdP)YOUTUBE: Should You Follow Your Heart? Presentation - https://youtu.be/8yNyvlf2zqM (https://youtu.be/8yNyvlf2zqM)

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0:00.0	We have a very difficult question to address here on the I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist podcast.
0:11.1	It comes via email from a young woman by the name of Jane.
0:17.0	That is not her real name.
0:18.8	I'm trying to protect her privacy.
0:24.1	But here is what she wrote me.
0:33.0	She said, I would like this not to be a theological debate, but rather a human conversation where we share our experiences.
0:41.2	I'm an atheist. And the standards I believe in are freedom to the extent of not harming others.
0:42.4	Reasonable, right?
0:46.9	So I'm a lesbian teenager who's madly in love with a girl.
0:52.3	She's so kind and she has dark humor and she's a really talented violinist. I get butterflies when I'm around her. I worry if I said
0:57.0	something weird to her. You can relate with all those feelings from when you were a teenager, right?
1:02.3	Is there anything substantially different from you loving the opposite gender and me liking the
1:07.2	same gender? The fact that this is seen as shameful by my family makes me really sad.
1:14.2	My mother took all the pictures of me down from the wall when I came out to her, which made me
1:20.5	feel really unloved. She said I was disgusting and that I should be kept a secret.
1:29.3	Forget about what God is telling you.
1:31.7	Look at what you're doing.
1:33.4	For all that it matters, I could be your daughter.
1:37.2	Would you say all that to your daughter?
1:41.1	You are hurting people.
1:43.4	If you don't mind, can you share a time when you felt unwelcome or judged?
1:50.5	Have you ever met a gay person, gotten to know them? We're people too. Thank you and have a good day,
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