Canon Kendall Harmon posted at Titusonenine a piece from the Salt Lake Tribune. I think that the posted piece may be a bit misleading, but much less than the revisionist misstatements. If my memory serves me right, similar research exists for alcoholic abuse. Does anyone want to say that genes are an excuse of abuse of substances?
First as a scientist I would say that most that can be said is some certain groups of genes are correlated to being homosexual. This is not the same as saying that they cause homosexual attraction. I get sick of people willfully confusing correlation with cause and effect.
The strongest anti-hypothesis which can be stated being consistence with the data is that certain genetic makeup provides a proclivity for homosexual attraction. To say more is to ignore the identical twin studies. This should end the discussion about being born gay and having no choice. A person is no more born gay than they are born an alcoholic. As a free moral agents people make choices.
We are born sinners and each has their own set of sins which are particular problems to them. The proclivity to some particular sin may be from our genes or it may be from the environment. This proclivity does not matter. We are called to avoid sin, when we do sin we are called to repent and to avoid that sin.
Sunday, 4 March 2007 at 7:05 am |
[...] with the data is that certain genetic makeup provides a proclivity for homosexual attraction. See a paper I have written 5 Schori Interview: What are you: a [...]
Thursday, 8 March 2007 at 12:37 pm |
I think what Scott is trying to say is that there is no rock solid proof that no person is born a homosexual. Scott, I thank you for writing a piece such as this. This has been my argument to gays and lesbians for years in the church, and they just don’t hear the argument. I ask for unbiased evidence, and they just call me a homophobe… I guess that is just their knee-jerk reaction…
Sunday, 29 July 2007 at 7:43 am |
[...] with the data is that certain genetic makeup provides a proclivity for homosexual attraction. See a paper I have written 5 Schori Interview: What are you: a [...]
I answer;
I have been an engineer for 32 years and I have been a traditional priest for the past few years. I have seen a good deal of junk science used in this and other political charged topics. The willful misuse of data, to distort cause from correlation is a common event.
After all milk causes homosexual attraction, as proof, I suggest that almost all those with homosexual attraction drank milk as children. Bad use of data? Of course but not nearly as bad as some “science” I have read concerning homosexual attraction.