Hello All:
It has been demonstrated in research findings that homosexuality is really a matter of genetic predisposition rather than a lifestyle choice or behavior pattern that one "falls" into. The bottom line is that people are what they are, and whether or not the Bible is compatible with the way that the world really is, people in the real world must get along to go along.
Do we exclude people because they have green eyes, blue eyes, brown eyes? People may have 20,000 years ago, but experience taught us that this was, over time, only a way to generate conflict in society, not harmony. Rent the movie Clan Of The Cave Bear if a visual example would help your understanding of this.
The intellectually corrupt societal methods of exclusion and mass rejection really solve nothing in the long term, and only generate conflict. Rather, they are reflections of a selfish desire to keep things as they are in a blatant denial of the realities of the world. The failure of Apartied in S. Africa, and racial segregation in the USA have shown us all the fallacies inherent in the exclusionary approaches of societies to preserve the status quo.
I know that this is an almost impossible concept for conservative fundamentalists of any religion to accept, but in the long run, the world forces us all to accept the directions of nature whether we agree or not, simply because we are all a part of nature and cannot escape that fact.
Here is an article that I recently ran across in my research, part of which asks the question of why there seems to be an increasing degree of sexual ambiguity in many modern societies in our times.
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Homosexuality is in the genes, study claims
July 03, 2005 9:40 AM EDT
Sexuality is determined well before birth and is not the result of social influences, scientists will claim this week. The authors of a new book published on Thursday say that sexual orientation is decided by a mixture of genetic factors and hormonal activity in the womb " and that homosexuality cannot be 'cured'.
Born Gay by Dr Glenn Wilson of the Institute of Psychiatry and Dr Qazi Rahman of the University of East London has been welcomed by gay rights activists, who say it proves there is nothing 'unnatural' about homosexuality. But the book has also been criticised for suggesting that men who see themselves as bisexual should be classed as gay.
Born Gay summarises the latest research into the psychobiology of sex orientation, concluding that studies with twins show that around 30 to 50 per cent of sexual orientation is due to genes. The rest is the result of processes in the womb.
The genes involved in sexual orientation produce receptors in the brain which absorb male hormones released by the developing baby's testicles. It is thought that in gay men these receptors are less sensitive or are blocked. The absence of testosterone results in the brain developing certain female characteristics, including attraction to men.
It is also believed that the unabsorbed testosterone affects the body's extremities. This would explain, Dr Rahman said, why the finger lengths of adult gay men tended to be more male-like that those of heterosexual men, in that their index fingers are significantly shorter than their ring finger. (Women's index and ring fingers tend to be of equal length).
The hormone may also be responsible for increasing the size of the penis, another extremity. A number of studies have shown that gay men are better endowed than heterosexual men.
The scientists also claim that true bisexual men are extremely rare. Studies showed that heterosexual men respond to lesbian pornography, but not to gay pornography. 'What's interesting is that bisexual men do not response to both type of stimuli. Almost 95 per cent of bisexual men respond exclusively to gay stimuli,' said Dr Rahman.
According to the researchers, there is much evidence to contradict claims that homosexuality is caused by social factors, such as seduction, or that it can be learnt. 'Showing that homosexuality is not due to learning, or seduction, or smothering mothers has very clear implications for social policies, Dr Rahman added. 'Clause 28 emphasised the notion that homosexuality should not be talked about because that might encourage young people to experiment.
