Yes we have genes, no those are not the final or even in most cases the overriding determinant in what we are, what we become. Some are prone to heart attack in the genes they were born with, others to cron's disease, others to tay-sacks, others to sickle-cell anemia. Some families are tall, others stocky, yet in each there will be a mix.
The fact that one is predisposed genetically to heart disease does not mean one will have it, but its does mean one should be more cautious and wary in things that raise that risk.
There was the greatest of runners -- Steve Prefontaine -- his body was all wrong for a runner, ye by determination he made himself the best.
We are a mixture of things and pre-exsisting conditions, however the future for each of us is in our own sway, in our abilities to change -- to radically change.
The significantly higher rate of single mothers, of illegitmate children, of hard STD's among urban blacks over non-urban blacks, how do you account for it?
From the conservative standpoint, that should be the end of the argument. But it's not for the likes of you. You get your jollies off by pointing directly to the bad then claiming that some genetic disposition is accountable for it, thus nullifying your statement that, "[e]ach and every one of us is a man, and fully accountable for acting like a man." If it's an individual(s)' failure, then call it just that.
You can't have it both ways, and I ain't buying your brand.
NO MERCY!