Posted on 05/17/2012 8:43:32 AM PDT by Paladins Prayer
According to modern dogma, homosexuals are like sprinters: born and not made. Thus, even though psychology’s longstanding nature-nurture debate has concluded that many traits are the result of both factors, it isn’t politically correct to consider even this possibility with respect to homosexuality. But does this biology-is-destiny theory hold water with respect to same-sex attraction? And, if so, what does this say about the behavior’s moral status? Let’s examine the matter.
When discussing same-sex attraction’s cause, the first thing usually mentioned is the much touted “homosexual gene” theory. In fact, the idea has been repeated so often that many today accept it as fact. But the reality is this: Neither the groundbreaking Genome Project nor any other research endeavor has found any such gene. Moreover, it makes no sense from an evolutionary (or selective breeding, if you prefer) standpoint. After all, such a gene would greatly reduce the chances of its bearer procreating, would be unlikely to be passed on, and thus would be a dead-end mutation unable to survive many generations. And, I must say, it’s a testimonial to the emotion-oriented decision-making of secular modernists — who are generally staunch evolutionists — that they would glom on to a theory so contrary to Evolution 101.
Next we have the intrauterine development theory. It states that if a boy’s body fails to provide him with the necessary amount of testosterone in the womb, his brain won’t be fully masculinized. This, presumably, accounts for that rare boy we’ve all met who, from the word go, has very effeminate mannerisms. Anyway, the idea is that his more feminine brain will militate in favor of attraction to other males. It’s a logical theory, as far as it goes.
Yet it isn’t airtight.
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I have been covertly sampling peoples opinions around here and have come to the conclusions that most people are clueless. 20 years ago they had an excuse which was limited information sources, but now that they all have internet and many have it on their phones that excuse goes away.
I cant tell you how many people just believe what the politician in charge claims(better if it's something they want to believe), or whatever the News says, even those who vote for the other party.
Ask Republicans in work or neighborhood what Citizens United was about and most will just repeat what Obama said, and, maybe argue against that.
I think it comes down to a couple things. For the younger set. Logic and critical thought have been eliminated from ciriculum from K-PHD level. A populace unable to form a critical thought is open to anything fed them.
Second, most people are in fact willfully ignorant to ‘get along’. They seek to avoid conflict at any price. To get along with co-workers/friends/family/teachers et all. There is also fear for their jobs/grades to consider in this category.
As nuts as it sounds, the perfect (IMO) summation of this situation was a line by Tommy Lee Jones in the original Men in Black movie. Yes, it’s a dumb movie, but the quote itself has a profound truth at it’s core.
“A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it. 1500 years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was the center of the universe. 500 years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was flat. And 15 minutes ago, you knew that people were alone on this planet. Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow.”
I get the point, Norm, but in a way the quote is emblematic of the problem. First, even 500 years ago educated Europeans knew that the world wasn’t flat. Secondly, the Earth very well could be the center of the Universe because we don’t know where the Universe’s boundaries are.
So my point it, while the quote makes a point about ignorance, it does so in two ways - one of which is unintentional. Because it was formulated by someone who fell victim to myth/revisionist history and who exhibited a failure to think a matter through thoroughly, it reflects ignorance itself.
” I cant tell you how many people just believe what the politician in charge claims(better if it’s something they want to believe), or whatever the News says, even those who vote for the other party.”
Leaves everything wide open for evil to flourish.
Sure a few people knew. But the context is the general population following the herd based solely on what the crowd thinks.
The crowd believe gay marriage is good, ergo it must be the truth.
The crowd believes in global warming so it must be the truth.
The crowd believes the earth was flat...except it isnt. Likewise for many ‘crowdsourced’ and self perpetuating bits of ‘fact’. The whole self-fulfilling prophecy thing. That’s all I’m getting at and IMO the point of the quote.
I’m not criticizing you, Norm. And as I said, I got the point of the quote. My only point is that a lot of people believe silly things like “everyone” 500 years ago thought the world was flat. And what bothers me is part of the reason why people believe these things: it is another way that liberals discredit Christianity (Ooh, look what people believed when Christianity reigned).
A lot of what people believe about the Middle Ages simply isn’t true.
I don’t think you’re criticizing me at all. Nor I you. It just seemed like we were going in different directions. My bad ;)
People just don’t want to pay public welfare benefits for two lunatics sodding off all day.
Muslims would just kill homosexuals.
Taking into consideration broken clocks tell the correct time twice each day, maybe “spread the other cheek” is not a good public policy.
In your unabridged Oxford Dictionaries, the word “faggotry” denotes the bundling of steel to be hammered or rolled together.
Mammalian evolution is entirely heterosexual.
Monogamy is not required for evolution, monogamy is a tenet of religion.
To prohibit polyandry and polygyny is an ecclesiastic rule of law.
To establish an ecclesiastic standard of monogamy for homosexuals is nothing but RELIGIOUS FAGGOTRY.
Democrats live in a fantasy world where fairies wave magic wands over their anus and babies materialize out of thin air.
All men are born of a woman.
If you have to tell grown men that babies will not come out of their rectums, there is no hope for any rational discourse...
born gay = birth defect
(They hate that.)
born gay = birth defect
LOL!
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