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To: SeekAndFind

I’m not sure where I stand on this one. On the one hand, it seems obvious that you don’t have to act on any and all of your behavioral urges. On the other, for myself, I’ve never experienced that particular urge. So if I didn’t make a choice to be straight, then why is someone else seen as choosing to be gay?


14 posted on 05/31/2018 9:32:57 AM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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The behavior has existed in every culture, in some considered normal (see Sparta) and in others a capital crime (see Leviticus). If they kept it private, just as most heterosexuals keep their between the sheets hobbies quiet, and away from children (ditto), it would be nobody else’s business but theirs and God’s. But waving it in peoples’ faces, who are revolted by it, is akin to monkeys throwing feces. It’s only going to make the ultimate reaction (and there will be one) worse.


34 posted on 05/31/2018 9:52:00 AM PDT by katana
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Cause God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8a5I0yv0Dw&feature=youtu.be


70 posted on 05/31/2018 4:15:50 PM PDT by the jogger
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To: Behind the Blue Wall
Yes. It's a mistake to assume every behavior is either nature or nurture, when many of them are parts of both.

The presence or absence of certain genes can predispose a person towards certain behaviors. This doesn't mean they're *doomed* to behave that way; it just means they have to work a lot harder than others to avoid the behavior.

There are genes that predispose you to alcoholism, obesity, angry oubursts, and perhaps even Internet addiction (via OCD, which is probably partially, maybe mosty, genetic, and is associated with various other addictions).

Having these genes doesn't FORCE YOU to be fat or an alcoholic or whatever else. But having them means you'll have way more of a struggle than the average person to not fall into those behaviors.

I read an article almost 30 yrs ago of a massive study done on "identical twins raised apart". They found correlations in such behaviors as homosexuality, dog ownership, cat ownership, occupation / profession , etc.

Naturally, you'd expect to find 100% correlation on things like both twins having the same eye color, and 0% on things like having an even or odd street address. But most things lie somewhere in between 0% & 100%, thus having some part each of Nature & Nurture.

Too bad that study pre-dated FR, so we don't know if our genes predisposed us to belong here.

71 posted on 05/31/2018 7:26:47 PM PDT by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC ("Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt" - Pr. Herbert Hoover)
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