A Helpmeet for Man

In creating the world, God was careful that everything he created would have what it needed to survive and thrive.  When God created the man, he provided for both the physical needs and the emotional and social needs.  Genesis 2:18 tells us this was deliberate.  “And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.”  Man needed someone with similar intellectual and emotional development who could relate to him and help him do what needed to be done. 

God had formed all the animals from the matter he first created.  He brought all of them into contact with Adam, who observed them and named them, according to Genesis 2:19-20.  “And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Ge 2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.”  The interaction with the animals showed that none of them had the mental and emotional makeup to meet what mankind would need.  

Contrary to what some believe, humans can live a full and satisfying life without sexual relations, but they desperately need to communicate with other people for their emotional health.  There were no other humans for Adam to communicate with, and even the most understanding animals would be unable to communicate fully on his level.  Genesis 2:21-22 tells how God rectified this problem.  “And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.”

Adam had been formed from the dust of the ground.  God took one of his ribs to make the woman.  While she closely resembles the man, she is intrinsically different, although the differences may appear subtle.  .  These differences go beyond just the different sex organs, including the wiring of the brain, the production of different hormones, and sensitivity to environmental factors.    These differences start at the cellular level with the woman having a slightly different genetic code than a man.  Sex change surgeries and hormone therapies ofr psychological training does not eliminate those genetic differences.  Despite all their efforts to change gender, the transgender person is still biologically the same sex as when he was born.   By trying to change their gender, whether he realizes it or not, the person is rebelling against God’s authority to make them as he chooses. 

Interestingly, studies have shown that if allowed to interact with both sexes normally, gender confusion among young children usually resolves itself within a couple of years.  If they are isolated from role models of one gender, however, the confusion may become deeply ingrained, creating serious psychological problems in the future.  Unfortunately, children growing up in divorced home often do not have proper role models, which frequently results in confusion as to what is normal for men or women.  Thirty years ago, studies indicated thad5t boys raised by a single mother were more than four times a slikely to become homosexuals as thowe who had both parents living together.  Other studies have shown similar results for girls becoming lesbians and for transgender individuals. 

The scientific principles of genetics indicate that unless something intervenes to change them, such as a disease that only attacks one genetic group, the overall ratio of genetic traits in a population will remain essentially the same.  Thus, if homosexuality were a genetic trait, the percentage of homosexuals should remain the unchanged throughout the centuries.  That the percentage of homosexuals and trans-genders has grown in the last few years indicates that something other than genetics is causing the growth.  The various studies lead me to believe it is largely the result of the breakdown of the traditional family, although that is not the only factor involved.