RE: Religion and LGBT people
February 18, 2013 at 7:55 pm
(This post was last modified: February 18, 2013 at 7:56 pm by catfish.)
(February 18, 2013 at 7:18 pm)Zone Wrote:(February 18, 2013 at 6:58 pm)John V Wrote: The modern western mainstream paradigm of sexuality is modern and western, and serves a political purpose.
You may as well say people decide their height for a political purpose. People aren't born with that that height of course but it does develop naturally as they enter maturity. No-one sits down one day and decides they would like to be 6ft 2. And there isn't a 6ft 2 gene you can point out it's a complex combination of factors.
So, you claim there's no 6'2" gene, right?
Are you then implying that being gay doesn't have a gene either? That's it is also a complex combination of factors? Like say, 1 from a set of identical twins come out of the womb as gay and the other straight might be caused if one of them had a penis or vag in their face for 4-6 months?
(February 18, 2013 at 7:55 pm)Question Mark Wrote: The modern take on sexuality, any sexuality, is that it is determined by a combination of genetics, brain structure, and environmental pressures. It's no one thing. Almost all respectable medical organisations that study the subject agree that sexual orientation is a natural, intrinsic aspect of individual people. It can't be chosen, and the mere fact that people are just now beginning to politically fight for equality does not make orientation political in its nature. That would be something that requires proving.
Do you have proof that genetics are a contributing factor?
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