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Re: gay by birth vs. gay by choice
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 4 Dec 2001 23:29:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> I would think a gay gene implies that we don't have a free will.
Nah. I would say that we still have the ability to overcome the desire given
to us by the gene. Just like I might have the urge to cheat on my wife.
Genetic? Of course! I mean, that waitress is hot! Why do I think so?
Instinct! But I still have the ability (free will) to resist the urge and
remain faithful.
DaveE
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| (...) I was only speaking from a hypothetical standpoint and not voicing my own opinion. My viewpoint is the same as yours, but from the Catholic standpoint, you just commited a sin (the thought is the same as the action), so what does that imply? (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Idunno - as I said, that's their problem to wrestle with (I am not a literalist). I'm tempted to say the problem is one of their own making, but I am hardly enough of a Bible scholar to actually say that with any certainty. I don't know of (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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