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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Regarding sexuality being biologically determined...hmmm,
I remember the gene theory, but it was disproved a couple years back. I'm sure
more research is in the works though. With the cases of hermaphrodites, it's
quite possible that they have mixed feelings..However, from testimonies of
recent converts to heterosexuality, they said it was a conscious choice...a
choice that is made to look better and better all the time from Hollywood,
accepted norms, etc.. If God endorsed homosexuality, he would have created Adam
and Steve, not Adam and Eve... How about the destruction of Sodom and
Gomorrah?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=metzler@moscow.com
href="mailto:metzler@moscow.com">Michael</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:05
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Crazy
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<DIV><BR></DIV>There is some interesting data suggesting that sexual
orientation is biologically determined. A colleague of mine pointed out that
this thesis was more likely to be advanced by a man than by a woman. (The
author of the study was male -- I have his name in my notes but I can't
remember it -- and it was a study of males.)<BR><BR>Another friend -- who
happens to be a lesbian -- told me that her conversion was a matter of
conscious choice. She had it with men -- the lying, the cheating, the lack of
commitment -- and decided to switch teams. She is a lesbian to this day,
though I did try to tell her that her argument was an instance of the fallacy
of small sample.<BR><BR>--<BR>Joe Campbell<BR><BR>---- Michael <<A
href="mailto:metzler@moscow.com">metzler@moscow.com</A>> wrote:
<BR><BR>=============<BR> <BR><BR>>From Fallwell.com: "Not a single
mainstream psychological, psychiatric or<BR>medical organization believes that
changing one's sexual orientation is<BR>possible."<BR><BR> <BR><BR>I'm
not sure how helpful this sort of claim is, in part due to what seems<BR>like
an implied over-simplification of the issues. Compare, for example,<BR>what
the likely percentage of successfully heterosexual males were in 1930<BR>in
America with the percentage of successfully homosexual males in Sparta<BR>500
B.C. Human sexuality is a wildly complex and mysterious phenomenon
that<BR>is organically connected to physiology (that is the product of both
'nurture<BR>and nature') as well as broad cultural context and moral
experience of the<BR>individual. Apparently entire civilizations can to
some degree 'change<BR>sexual orientation,' which is what I took Ed's argument
to be. In Sparta,<BR>the men typically wanted to settle down with women
and have children when<BR>they were older, but this did not stop
institutionalized homosexuality the<BR>permeated the sexual experience of
Spartan men. Given the way our culture<BR>is going, perhaps 40 years
from now 60% of all men will be somewhat<BR>bi-sexual within their overall
sexual experience. If that was to happen,<BR>how would we even make
sense out of the analysis above from Fallwell.com?<BR>Almost all Spartan men
changed their sexual orientation at some point in<BR>their life. Or am I
missing something?<BR><BR> <BR><BR>Michael
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