mostly true, in eusocial organisms there is some evolution also driven by kin theory. Though not as powerful as direct offspring aiding genetically similar helps continue the genetic line hence gay uncle theory. Their is a weak non-zero r^2 correlation between genetics and homosexuality. It would be an awful answer to explain homosexuality as genetic but it is not completely explained away by your evolutionary model. Gay people also still reproduce especially women. If it was a completely detritous evolutionary effect it wouldn't;t occur in nature. Ultimately it isn't a yes or no thing unless we define a more specific definition of natural.
“...26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature, 27 and likewise the men, too, abandoned natural relations with women and burned in their desire toward one another, males with males committing shameful acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper, 29 people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are gossips, 30 slanderers, [w]haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unfeeling, and unmerciful; 32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them...”
Given how people are increasingly identifying as gay, bi, trans, etc, it seems clear that there is at least some cultural influence. I don’t know if there is any genetic cause or influence as well, but nurture is certainly something that can cause more people to be gay in a society.
But... I believe that God is the greatest "ENGINEER" to ever existed.
So this means I believe he created a "MANFACTURING" type of process to produce people.
Just like all manfacturing.
There are "DEFECTS" that can occur.
Some of these defeats are physical, mental or both.
I strongly think that it's a chemical defect that occurred.
Which means it's a natural error that occured during the creation process.
Is it natural? Yes. Is it sinful? Exceptionally. Is it perverse and unnecessary? Absolutely. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. I view it as a power thing and that's it. Most of the history of homosexuality has been related to extreme circumstances where there is no women and a power structure exists. Male dogs will attempt to mount other male dogs as a sign of dominance, There was the Secret Band of Thebes. All homosexuals. They would let the older veterans have homosexual relations with the young recruits. Even more recently pirates and mariners got lonely. There's a reason buggery was a crime 300 years ago. There was a whole Greek island dedicated to lesbianism. I maintain. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Modern homosexuality takes absolutely normal people and makes them unfruitful. In modern times homosexuality less about dominance and more of a pleasure game where a homosexual is addicted to orgasm and nothing else. We have allowed it and our enemies have turned into a weapon to attempt to control our population by attempting to normalize it. Avoid it at all costs.
Personally I think it's a choice. God did not create man and woman to be attracted to one another. That was created by the ideas of humans. If you see even now, it's the idea coming from people that you can love who ever and it's completely normal. It's the same reason sick pedophiles have with 'loving children.'
In the end, it's the person who chooses it. Although, with all the sickening propaganda around now, children are being taught that this is right, that it is normal......but it's all the dealings of the devil.
In the Bible it tells exactly what God thinks of it.
That's not true, in my opinion. From what I read human men have the biggest male organ of all primates BECAUSE women wanted it. That would indicate attraction.
I think its both with a third one. There has been a feminization of men over the last couple generations. There are chemicals in containers, hormones in our food and a social influence that has steadily increased. Go to Macys mens dept and see all the pinks and lavenders. Women are being raised with more male tendencies and dominance over men(boys). Watch any TV show or commercial and see how the Man (usually white) is made to act like the "oldest child" in the family setting. There are studies that show the sperm count in 18-30 year old men are about 60% less than their generational counterparts from the 1960s - 1970s. I dont belong to any of those women-hater groups because I believe the problem is much bigger than that. Its a real thing.
Basically said that the vaccinations children get are upwards of 50 to 70 now. And in those vaccines are fetal stem cells which carry x or Y chromosomes.
What Chance is there that you are receiving a ton of male or female chromosomes from the opposite sex? And if by chance you received say 50 percent or more of female when born a male, would that affect your attraction to the same sex? It seems logical. And horrifying.
This is something I am pretty educated about. It is natural in the sense a good amount of diseases are. The biggest biological influence is prenatal hormone exposure particularly during the 2nd trimester. This is why we see high incidences of twins having similar sexuality. It is certainly an evolutionary disadvantage and is not very genetic because it clearly does not help the passing of genes to an offspring, the mild evidence in evolution would be the gay uncle theory but has a weak evolutionary benefit. The more children a mother has the more likely they become to be gay because of the androgenic antibodies the mother can develop. I think that as we mess with our hormones and food in this artificial world we certainly spike the amount of homosexual children, another huge factor is the large societal pressure we have created and issues of inappropriate adults as well as things like drugs and pornography that stunt and intervene in sexual maturity. So yes I would say it is natural in a sense but in a sense it is not what nature intended to happen but rather a consequence of sexual characteristics being so sensitive in humans and hormones that influence development.
I think it is a sin just like any of the other sexual sins without getting into intricacies of specific sins. So by natural I guess I could say yes since the desire to sin is natural but none the less it goes against God’s image he cast us in. I think homosexuality should be treated like porn watching, it is unhealthy and love should be used to encourage people to walk away from it and get in fellowship which Christ.
I do think it is. As a way for nature to control the population. But I don't think pedophilia is, except as a way of execution, bc cavemen weren't letting Joe next door bang his little girls without getting bludgeoned (& I don't even mean this as a reference to Pedo Joe).
The thing is, we're all "born this way" as far as being born into a broken world, born sinners with things we need to overcome and turn away from and turn over to God. John Piper has some interesting commentary on this topic on DesiringGod.com. We're all here trying to figure out how to be okay and the only way is Jesus. It won't matter if you put your sexual kinks on display and people don't recoil in fear and disgust, the inner knowledge that something is still broken and empty will still be there.
It doesn't matter if you decide you might be happier identifying as some other gender or race or type of person. You'll still know that something is wrong and broken inside you. That's borne out clearly by the trans movement and the unchanging suicide rates within that community.
All questions about these things are just semantics until we fully and clearly identify that the true broken wrongness inside each of us is because we were meant to seek God and love Jesus, and we were born into a world and a condition that only seeks to keep us from that.
A God shaped hole can never be adequately filled with anything else.
If homosexuality was natural, it would be an evolutionary dead end.
On top of that, it doesn't come with sandwiches.
Which is the reason it is extremely rare in nature.
mostly true, in eusocial organisms there is some evolution also driven by kin theory. Though not as powerful as direct offspring aiding genetically similar helps continue the genetic line hence gay uncle theory. Their is a weak non-zero r^2 correlation between genetics and homosexuality. It would be an awful answer to explain homosexuality as genetic but it is not completely explained away by your evolutionary model. Gay people also still reproduce especially women. If it was a completely detritous evolutionary effect it wouldn't;t occur in nature. Ultimately it isn't a yes or no thing unless we define a more specific definition of natural.
“...26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature, 27 and likewise the men, too, abandoned natural relations with women and burned in their desire toward one another, males with males committing shameful acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper, 29 people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are gossips, 30 slanderers, [w]haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unfeeling, and unmerciful; 32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them...”
It is a mental disease....period
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Yep. This is beyond obvious.
Given how people are increasingly identifying as gay, bi, trans, etc, it seems clear that there is at least some cultural influence. I don’t know if there is any genetic cause or influence as well, but nurture is certainly something that can cause more people to be gay in a society.
Yes. I grew up with a kid whom you could tell was clearly gay in the second grade. 25 years later, he is as gay as ever.
Who cares? I’m not going to start dictating who they can have sex with, just as I expect them to do the same for me.
Fine discussion.
And completely off-topic here.
Here is why I say "YES".
I so do not want to disrespect anyone on this.
But... I believe that God is the greatest "ENGINEER" to ever existed. So this means I believe he created a "MANFACTURING" type of process to produce people.
Just like all manfacturing. There are "DEFECTS" that can occur.
Some of these defeats are physical, mental or both.
I strongly think that it's a chemical defect that occurred. Which means it's a natural error that occured during the creation process.
Is it natural? Yes. Is it sinful? Exceptionally. Is it perverse and unnecessary? Absolutely. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. I view it as a power thing and that's it. Most of the history of homosexuality has been related to extreme circumstances where there is no women and a power structure exists. Male dogs will attempt to mount other male dogs as a sign of dominance, There was the Secret Band of Thebes. All homosexuals. They would let the older veterans have homosexual relations with the young recruits. Even more recently pirates and mariners got lonely. There's a reason buggery was a crime 300 years ago. There was a whole Greek island dedicated to lesbianism. I maintain. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Modern homosexuality takes absolutely normal people and makes them unfruitful. In modern times homosexuality less about dominance and more of a pleasure game where a homosexual is addicted to orgasm and nothing else. We have allowed it and our enemies have turned into a weapon to attempt to control our population by attempting to normalize it. Avoid it at all costs.
Personally I think it's a choice. God did not create man and woman to be attracted to one another. That was created by the ideas of humans. If you see even now, it's the idea coming from people that you can love who ever and it's completely normal. It's the same reason sick pedophiles have with 'loving children.' In the end, it's the person who chooses it. Although, with all the sickening propaganda around now, children are being taught that this is right, that it is normal......but it's all the dealings of the devil. In the Bible it tells exactly what God thinks of it.
That's not true, in my opinion. From what I read human men have the biggest male organ of all primates BECAUSE women wanted it. That would indicate attraction.
I think its both with a third one. There has been a feminization of men over the last couple generations. There are chemicals in containers, hormones in our food and a social influence that has steadily increased. Go to Macys mens dept and see all the pinks and lavenders. Women are being raised with more male tendencies and dominance over men(boys). Watch any TV show or commercial and see how the Man (usually white) is made to act like the "oldest child" in the family setting. There are studies that show the sperm count in 18-30 year old men are about 60% less than their generational counterparts from the 1960s - 1970s. I dont belong to any of those women-hater groups because I believe the problem is much bigger than that. Its a real thing.
IET did a great theoretical post on this subject.
Basically said that the vaccinations children get are upwards of 50 to 70 now. And in those vaccines are fetal stem cells which carry x or Y chromosomes.
What Chance is there that you are receiving a ton of male or female chromosomes from the opposite sex? And if by chance you received say 50 percent or more of female when born a male, would that affect your attraction to the same sex? It seems logical. And horrifying.
This is something I am pretty educated about. It is natural in the sense a good amount of diseases are. The biggest biological influence is prenatal hormone exposure particularly during the 2nd trimester. This is why we see high incidences of twins having similar sexuality. It is certainly an evolutionary disadvantage and is not very genetic because it clearly does not help the passing of genes to an offspring, the mild evidence in evolution would be the gay uncle theory but has a weak evolutionary benefit. The more children a mother has the more likely they become to be gay because of the androgenic antibodies the mother can develop. I think that as we mess with our hormones and food in this artificial world we certainly spike the amount of homosexual children, another huge factor is the large societal pressure we have created and issues of inappropriate adults as well as things like drugs and pornography that stunt and intervene in sexual maturity. So yes I would say it is natural in a sense but in a sense it is not what nature intended to happen but rather a consequence of sexual characteristics being so sensitive in humans and hormones that influence development.
No :o)
Pfyeah, naturally gay
Yea I think it’s naturally gay
I think it is a sin just like any of the other sexual sins without getting into intricacies of specific sins. So by natural I guess I could say yes since the desire to sin is natural but none the less it goes against God’s image he cast us in. I think homosexuality should be treated like porn watching, it is unhealthy and love should be used to encourage people to walk away from it and get in fellowship which Christ.
I do think it is. As a way for nature to control the population. But I don't think pedophilia is, except as a way of execution, bc cavemen weren't letting Joe next door bang his little girls without getting bludgeoned (& I don't even mean this as a reference to Pedo Joe).
The thing is, we're all "born this way" as far as being born into a broken world, born sinners with things we need to overcome and turn away from and turn over to God. John Piper has some interesting commentary on this topic on DesiringGod.com. We're all here trying to figure out how to be okay and the only way is Jesus. It won't matter if you put your sexual kinks on display and people don't recoil in fear and disgust, the inner knowledge that something is still broken and empty will still be there. It doesn't matter if you decide you might be happier identifying as some other gender or race or type of person. You'll still know that something is wrong and broken inside you. That's borne out clearly by the trans movement and the unchanging suicide rates within that community. All questions about these things are just semantics until we fully and clearly identify that the true broken wrongness inside each of us is because we were meant to seek God and love Jesus, and we were born into a world and a condition that only seeks to keep us from that. A God shaped hole can never be adequately filled with anything else.
In my opinion, is natural. There are many researches on this topic and in nature we have many homosexual animals. The human is only one of them.
(I'm not taking into cosideration the ones that fake to be gay, to get money or fame, bcs there are also these people)
Define natural for me.
I agree. Some are born that way due to epigenetic influence, some are influenced by their environment (incl possible molestation)