Posted on 04/20/2015 5:01:58 PM PDT by xzins
Your problem is that you didn't read very well. In an above post, I suggested that the trait is heritable via messenger RNA; i.e., that it is an epigenetic consequence of an environmental input. That does not mean that it is either beneficial or to be tolerated.
We are not like animals. Humans possess the knowledge to project responses to inputs into the future, to build into a society a form of feed-forward stability. Your predilections are destructive to that stability and foster the almighty state.
We are all unique and made in God’s image. Fingerprints are an example of the effects of the environment on 2 identical DNA patterns. Although the environment is exact, our uniqueness expresses itself in many different ways.
http://multiples.about.com/cs/funfacts/a/twinfingerprint.htm
As I have said, it appears that homosexual traits are heritable but not genetic. They fade out if a society is disciplined. The Torah teaches that it takes three to four generations. Remember: it was written by herders who breed sheep. Gay sheep are eaten as soon as they are discovered before they can do any more damage.
“The only logical thing to conclude is homosexuals are naturally attracted to people of their own sex. Hormonal abnormality is the only thing that sounds semi-logical to me.”
“Only”????!!!
How about PREDATORY MOLESTATION?!?!?
How many studies would you like me to cite?
I didn't write that, driftless2 did.
And then you've got to answer the question as to why the molester had homosexual inclinations. At some point some person, who had never been molested as a child, started molesting children of his or her sex. Where did that come from?
YOU are the one who made the “only logical” constraint, not me.
Some people have a deep urge to start fires and burn down buildings. We punish people for that whether it's natural or not. Same with homosexuality. They can try to not act on those urges, but those urges are natural.
The course of action to take is to try to discover for sure what causes homosexuality. I believe it's abnormal hormones in the womb. If we can correct that, we can prevent many people from living sexually dysfunctional lives.
Sexualized as a child, close to it. Yes, sexual abuse of children is a lot worse than we think it is, especially by mass media.
Which is why Federalism is the answer. Let them burn down buildings in San Francisco. The insurance companies will love it when they can raise the rate base.
I never said it was beneficial or to be tolerated. I merely stated that the idea of normal people choosing homosexuality is not a viable theory. I view it, homosexuality, as an extreme mental disorder. I’d seriously like to see a cure for homosexuality.
That's fair enough, but I think that it should be tolerated in jurisdictions where people choose to tolerate it and not tolerated in places where people choose not to tolerate it. Then we all get to watch what happens and the lesson will be learned without Fed.gov getting into the act. It is the enforced uniformity of despotism falsely portrayed, educated, and enforced as benevolent that I fear the most.
Oh, yes, I understand.
I just wanted you to see my response.
What we know about homosexuality is that it leads to early death, debilitating defect, psychological devastation, and deadly disease. Those are not debatable. They are fact.
Nor is homosexuality natural. Since all sexuality is about procreation of the species, then homosexuality creates nothing.
So, what the 'genetic' special pleading has to do is come up with one reason why a deadly, unnatural BEHAVIOR could be inherent in a species. It certainly isn't explained by evolutionary principles and the survival of the fittest. And nature's God has amply demonstrated that it is unnatural.
So, WHY would such a genetic characteristic be carried forward? It doesn't enhance the species in any way. At best, it would be viewed as a defect. AND, there are no studies clearly demonstrating that this horrible defect is carried forward. Which is what one would expect.
It’s natural in the sense that it’s not from someone consciously choosing. They act on impulses. It’s not normal, but it is natural.
It is not natural to act on impulse. Impulsively jumping in some direction can, for example, take you over a balcony or into onrushing traffic.
I could make a case for acting on impulse being the opposite of natural.
Thank you for your comments and links.
I’m not sure I understand you here. Your use of the word heritable causes me to thing hereditary, but then you state not genetic. I don’t understand how that can coincide.
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