> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 5:02 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Warning: This may offend if religious > > > Here's the problem. The way your making it sound below > basically says we have no choice in the matter. If you've got > the 'gay gene(s)' then your going to be gay no matter what. I > just can not accept that scientifically. And that's besides > the 'it's determined early in pregnancy". But that's just me. > I believe that I am not a machine controlled by my genes.
I also prefer to consider choice rather than fate (and what is genetic predisposition other than modern fate? And, lately, often a way to explain away responsibility?). I would agree that a person driven, genetically, to a behavior (homosexuality, eating, crime, picking your toenails, whatever) can overcome that drive mentally. However it will always be a challenge (of a greater or lesser degree) and it does have (I think) a greater potential for misery than for happiness. In this case my predisposition is to do what makes you happy (with the ever present "without harming others" caveat). If denying your sexual urges would make you happier than accepting them then do that. However in my experience people that have come out of the closet later in life are almost always happier than they had been. In most cases, if they're honest with themselves, the people around them are also happier. Or it seems so to me... But that's only personal experience. Jim Davis (Speaking of genetic predisposition... My four-year old just this instant ran across in front of my desk and slammed his face into the wall... I really hope he can overcome that behavior before high school. ;^) ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
