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Is Homosexuality a Learned Behavior?
TV -The Dr. Phil House: House of Hatred ^
| 10/30/06
| Dr.Phil
Posted on 10/30/2006 3:10:16 PM PST by dcnd9
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:10:18 PM PST
by
dcnd9
To: dcnd9
A sexual orientation is inherited; you are wired that way. Prove it.
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:12:31 PM PST
by
A message
(We who care, Can Not Fail)
To: dcnd9
so it is a birth defect...or a non beneficial mutation which by Darwinian beliefs should either make the species extinct or the the non benificial mutation should bread itself out.
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:13:56 PM PST
by
john316
(JOSHUA 24:15 ...choose you this day whom ye will serve...)
To: dcnd9
A sexual orientation is inherited; you are wired that way. Hmmm...well based on that very scientific explanation, he's got me convinced.
At the risk of asking the obvious, exactly what does he mean by "wired"? Is he talking about genetics? If he is, he might want to brush up on his facts before he spouts anymore nonsense.
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:13:59 PM PST
by
The Blitherer
(You were given the choice between war & dishonor. You chose dishonor & you will have war. -Churchill)
To: dcnd9
"A sexual orientation is inherited; you are wired that way."
And the scientific evidence to back this up is...? Shame on this "doctor." He is confusing PC lore with medical science.
If sexual orientation was "inherited," it would eventually have passed out of the human race because of lack of progeny.
While I agree that homosexuality is not a "choice" in the conscious sense, neither is it genetic. Rather, it arises from an urgent need for closeness with the same sex, perhaps from a lack of an emotional bond with the father. This drive simply becomes sexualized in adolescence.
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:14:53 PM PST
by
Elpasser
To: dcnd9
Scary....How about the ex-gays and gays who "hate" ex-gays?
oh, and what about the millions of people who are so terrified of their homosexual feelings that they become absolutely "homophobic" in their efforts to insulate themselves from their true feelings....................................................................................
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:16:54 PM PST
by
WhiteGuy
(DeWine ranked as one of the ten worst border security politicians - Human Events)
To: dcnd9
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:17:10 PM PST
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: dcnd9
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:20:22 PM PST
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: WhiteGuy
"millions of people ..." Hogwash!
They are "Abnormal feelings" and not true to self!
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:20:46 PM PST
by
dcnd9
To: dcnd9
I think there is a tiny minority of born homosexuals but for the most part it's learned behavior.
Back when I was in school in the late 70s and early 80s was when they started trying to teach it. They told us that all "normal" boys have occasional homosexual thoughts and feelings. Basically they told vulnerable 12 and 13 year old kids that they weren't normal if they didn't have homosexual thoughts and what kid doesn't want to be normal?
I was lucky to be among the earliest attempts at socially engineered homosexuality and it didn't take. I assume they have refined their methods and have become a lot more successful.
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:20:51 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:22:30 PM PST
by
dcnd9
To: dcnd9
"millions of people ..." Hogwash! They are "Abnormal feelings" and not true to self!
So, are you suggesting that homophobic feelings are abnormal - AND - that there are not millions of homophobes who secretly harbor homosexual feelings?
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:25:20 PM PST
by
WhiteGuy
(DeWine ranked as one of the ten worst border security politicians - Human Events)
To: dcnd9
So attraction to little kids and animals must also be "wired in".
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:25:55 PM PST
by
nativist
(Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft.)
To: dcnd9
ALL BEHAVIORS can be learned, or unlearned...
If not, the Dr. Phil and EVERY PSYCHOLOGIST ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET NEEDS TO STOP NOW! If behaviors are not modifiable, and if behaviors are "hard-wired" then the entire pscyhological profession is a FRAUD! (and it is, but that's a different subject for a different day!)
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:26:50 PM PST
by
woodb01
(ANTI-DNC Web Portal at ---> http://www.noDNC.com)
To: The Blitherer
I think you're born gay. If it's "normal" to be born with a birth defect, then homosexuality is also a defect and it would occur "normally" in "x%" of the population. To me, it's a mental defect.
Yes, there are some people who choose it, but for true "gay" people, it's not a choice.
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:28:18 PM PST
by
Paco
To: Elpasser
If sexual orientation was "inherited," it would eventually have passed out of the human race because of lack of progeny. You mean like cancer, leukemia, heart problems and stuff like that? As long as sperm and eggs are present, mankind will survive. Look at what comes on Jerry Springer ... and they somehow manage to produce offspring like crazy.
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:28:59 PM PST
by
Hodar
(With Rights, come Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
Comment #17 Removed by Moderator
To: john316
Simply DNA Methylation ~ most likely something we can resolve in the near future with a chemical or modified virus.
Some DNA methylation is "permanent", e.g. the methylation that "turns off" teeth in birds, and some of it occurs during the life of the critter. For the most part it's not "inherited".
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:31:53 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: Paco
If it's "normal" to be born with a birth defect, then homosexuality is also a defect and it would occur "normally" in "x%" of the population. To me, it's a mental defect.I agree completely. There is some percentage of the population born with a congenital defect (heart, limb, whatever). I think the 'truly' gay people are simply 'deformed'; but it's very un-PC to call them disabled, or otherwise disabled. But, that is exactly what they are.
Meanwhile, we also have a certain segment of the population that has an 'anything goes' approach to sex. Any one, anytime, anything. This is a lifestyle choice. If one takes a long view; these people will either die, or settle into a hetero- or homosexual lifestyle. The truly 'gay' (in my LIMITED experience) tend to stay orientated this way throughout their life.
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:32:41 PM PST
by
Hodar
(With Rights, come Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
To: cripplecreek
Since large families have become a thing of the past, that segment of the homosexual population which consists overwhelmingly of younger brothers in large families is disappearing rapidly.
That's probably why the gay crowd is so insistent on "importing" foreign gays as "refugees".
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posted on
10/30/2006 3:33:38 PM PST
by
muawiyah
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