AIS intersex people prove that God does not condemn gay marriage

I did not "retroactively define" anything. If you knew anything about Christianity, you would know that the God of the Old and New Testament is the SAME GOD. I mentioned God and the Bible twice in my opening argument. You should have taken the time to read the entire statement before you agreed to debate me. As for the commandments and precedents of Jewish law, most Christians would agree that God established them for Israel during the Old Testament, but we are no longer under the law, but under grace (Romans 6:14). If you choose not to continue to debate me because you misunderstood that I was referring only to the "Christian God", you need to tell me and we call this debate to an end. "My opponent has attempted to refute my argument that the existence of AIS individuals does not show God approves of gay marriage, in the same manner that the existence of those born without limbs does not show God approves of your cutting you right arm off." You would need to show evidence that God does not approve of homosexuality in the first place. There is no evidence that homosexuality is a sin according to the Bible. Second, AIS hermaphrodites are tangible proof that people are born BOTH SEXES and since they will straight and GAY with anyone that they are with, it contradicts the position that God only made male and female. Again, your entire argument is based on GENDER. As for your quote above, I don't know if God approves of you cutting off your arm or not. I stand by my original answer and He obviously does not approve of all our choices. I would like to add, He has no problem with you removing the foreskin of a penis and I fail to see where the Bible condemns such a practice of cutting off one's arm. In fact, some would argue that Jesus encouraged it! Let's look at Matthew 5:30, shall we? "And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell." " Black widow spiders naturally exist, so why doesn't this justify killing and eating your husband? He cannot refute this point because the resolution of this debate lends to these sorts of justifications." As I have already explained, we are not animals or insects. Genesis 1:27, "So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." I have never argued that ANYTHING found in nature is right in God's eyes. My opponent is attempting to put words in my mouth. His examples have nothing to do with what we are talking about. He has failed to show how they do, once again. Furthermore in Genesis 1:28, God shows that humans were above animals, "...Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground." So let's review so far: 1) His arguments about cutting off limbs or black widow spiders prove ABSOLUTELY NOTHING as far as this debate goes. In fact, some would argue that Christ encouraged it. 2) My opponent blamed me for not understanding that I was talking about the Christian God of the Bible when I clearly mentioned God and the Bible in my opening statement. 3)My opponent has offered no scriptural evidence for his position of the subject of either homosexuality OR AIS individuals. "He does not contest the existence of religious exemptions for disabled or unable individuals, and that such exemptions could exist for intersex individuals - he even quotes it!" I don't contest religious exemptions for disabled or unable individuals, simply because you have not offered evidence that the exemptions exist in the first place. All you did is REFER to the Torah; that is not evidence. I need chapter and verse, please. By the way, what I quoted was a verse to prove that God is just; that's it. Once again, you are reading things that are not there. Go back and read the verses before you respond next time. You said that celibacy is "simple one argument you could make", however, you have not given a rebuttal to my reply that God would be going against His "just" nature. Furthermore, you would still need to explain what scriptural evidence you have to support that position. Your opinion does not matter in this debate. You would still need to show evidence of why God would make these people suffer by being without a mate because of the way they were born. You listed 3 things in reference to God. The only one that I agree with you on is that God is "just" and I offered evidence. Galatians 5:14 makes it clear that God's laws HAVE changed, "For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." We do not live under the Old Testament laws anymore, Romans 10:4, "For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." Where in ANY of those verses is homosexuality mentioned? Need more? I got more! Heb. 8:13 In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first OBSOLETE. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away." It is clear that my opponent lists opinions instead of evidence of his views. My opponent also never answered the following questions: 1) If your argument is based on position that God made male and female and they are only supposed to choose the opposite as a mate, who should intersex people choose? 2) What scriptural evidence do you have to support that they should remain celibate? 3) He never explained or offered scriptural evidence of why a "just" God would make one set of rules for on person and not another when they were born a certain way. To summarize, there is simply no way around it, if God is so hung up on sexual orientation, why did He create people that were born as BOTH GENDERS??? If your entire argument is based on gender, in other words, you argue that if one is born a woman (GENDER) they should be with a man( GENDER). If one is born a man (GENDER), they should be with a woman (GENDER). If you are BORN as 2 genders, then your argument completely falls apart. They will technically be gay and straight at the same time because they are both sexes. Sorry to be repetitive, but my opponent never explained this contradiction.