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Originally Posted by photon
Ah but herein is where it goes beyond black and white (so to speak  )...
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. |
First of all, from what I have read, the gene that determines a person's sexual orientation is a "You are or you aren't gene." It does not make you predisposed to being homosexual or straight, it actually makes you one or the other. That is a huge difference from an alcoholism gene where your likelyhood of being an acoholic increases but as you said, its far from set in stone.
Second of all, I think we as human beings can make the discinction between good and bad behaviors. Alcoholism is a destructive behavior, so is being too violent. Homosexuality is not in the same category as these things, not even close. Yes, some people are genetically predisposed to being a certain way. But the humanity in us all tells us whether its good to act upon it or not.