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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 23:37:18 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > I would think a gay gene implies that we don't have a free will.
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> 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.
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? :-0
Bruce
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| (...) Essentially, it implies that similarly being homosexual is the same as being heterosexual :) IE if I sinned by thinking that the waitress is hot, I sin equally by thinking that a waiter is hot. Again, as long as I know not to act on my (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: gay by birth vs. gay by choice
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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