Born That Way?

BeforeThereWas said:

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For those who believe in what has never been found nor proven, you will also be forced to admit paraphilias such as zoophilia and pedophilia as things people are born with, and therefore can't change. There's simply no escape from this. If we can blame genetics for sexual attractions and conduct, then I shouldn't be held responsible for stealing your large screen TV, jewelry, money, car, identity, raping your wife and/or children, and anything else you have that I desire beyond my ability to control or change.

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What nonsense.
So now wanting...anything, is the same as the attraction between two people in love? Seriously?

Why hasn't anyone labeled kleptomania (the insatiable desire to steal) as being genetic? There's just as much credibility in that as there is in sexual attractions.....or is there some sort of psychological brain washing out there that causes people to believe there's a difference? Oh, I'm sure there is. After all, we're now a culture of sheeple who put people like Obama in office.

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For the sake of argument, lets say it is genetic, and attraction to the same sex is not genetic, but then how would that change anything?
They are not looked at the same because they are not the same. For one thing, stealing infringes the rights of others, while having a attraction to the same sex does not.

If we can blame genetics for desires/attractions outside our control, then kleptomania certainly qualifies, among many other classified maladies of human desire and conduct. That means there are massive quantities of other desires and conduct that deserve special rights and protections that ultimately will blast our economy into the dirt, making this worse than a third world nation.

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Desire and orientation are not synonymous.
Special rights and protections, pah.
Just about any "special" right or protection I'm aware of applies equally to you, or is a right you already have; if anything, making you the one with "special" rights.

Oh. I forgot. Because homosexuality is socially acceptable these days, it's the only one that can possibly be linked to genetics. Right?

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No.
Both alcoholism and obesity, as well as other detrimental conditions are now thought to have a genetic components.

birth defect....so?
downs , clinfelders, turners, cry du che, lou gerigs....etc... gay , lesbian....
if born in sin, mark of sin, thoughts of sin, see no problem with thoughts or actions
for all that is within them lines up with their father -- John 10.10

some people love to drink... would love buy them a bottle of wine or hit of heroine or cocaine..... that which they loves is killing the body....

some crave that which is not profitable to their salvation, is it love to turn your head, to accept that which is wrong....

understand the person, understand that all of us are a work in progress, all of us wrestle with something... drugs, alcohol, sex....we are to help one another , not draw attention to one sin and side step another...