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Originally Posted by Crazy Flamer
Ok, so if someone has the genetic predisposition of a black person, its ok if they are black, they just can't act black?? I don't understand your reasoning.
If its in their genetic code, how are they supposed to ignore it? You can't ignore how tall you are, or what color your eyes are...
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Ah but herein is where it goes beyond black and white (so to speak
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What about things such as alcoholism, there's a genetic component to that is there not? Not a "you will be or you won't be" situation but a genetic component that makes one person more prone to alcoholism. Decisions and environment still play a role obviously. But alcoholism isn't justified by the genetics.
And what about things like being overly aggressive or violent?
Or what about men being drawn to multiple partners? That's genetic, behavior shaped over many years of evolution. Yet now society values monogamy. We over come our genetic predisposition there. Society rejects polygamy for the most part.
I'm not agreeing that homosexuality is a sin independent of genetics, I'm just saying that we can't point at genetics as the end of all behavior; otherwise no one is "responsible" for their actions, it's genetically predisposed. There are plenty of things in ourselves that we overcome in order to be productive members of society.
So I don't think the argument that "sexuality is genetic therefore justified" is valid. There are plenty of other reasons to use.