It was not my intention to imply that all instances of homosexuality or the like are relevant to or based on a sexual addiction, though surely there are some instances where it can be. (Though this is just guessing.) Perhaps I should have stated that in the initial post. And in my opinion, on the matter of homosexuality and Nature VS Nurture, it's likely more to do with Nurture than Nature. Curiosity can be factored in as the "nature" element and the whole "I wonder what this is like" system of thinking, but even so, there's quite a bit of information now available to help address and answer peoples' curiosities in terms of subjects such as health and psychology.mlynchrules wrote:So I just wanted to address a few things FlawedIntellect stated. I identify as bisexual. This being said, I can say that sexual addiction or addiction to pornography has nothing to do with homosexuality. I am a virgin and I don't watch pornography so I find it difficult to believe that I could possibly be addicted to either thing. Next I want to address the whole "born homosexual" statement. I do agree that nurture has quite a bit with how a person may end up sexually. Unfortunately, then we are getting into the whole Nature vs. Nurture argument. It would be incredibly difficult for one to pick out instances from a person's childhood (or life in general) that may lead them towards becoming homosexual. First of all, how can we determine what events or conditions are "homosexuality inducing"? Obviously the best way to experiment with this would be to find twins, one of which identifies as heterosexual and the other that identifies as homosexual and figure out what events in their lives are different. This would be incredibly difficult though, because you would have to identify every single event in the two individual's lives as the person remembers the events. Plus, you run into the fact that there is something psychological that homosexual people are simply born with that is different than heterosexual people. Finally I want to address the statement that homosexual people are "oppressed" by demons/Satan. I think that this is something that you would find very difficult to prove. I think that you can find a lot of homosexual people who are very Christian and very good people. I personally consider myself to be a very Christian person. I love Jesus and God and I do everything I can to live what I find to be a Christian lifestyle. I do not personally believe that I am in any way being "oppressed" or "possessed" by Satan/demons.
Still, homosexuality is indeed a choice, though it may not always be as simple as "Hey, I guess I'll be (insert sexuality here) today!" Feelings and impulses are quite fickle and we seem to have only some degree of control over our emotions. (The music we listen to, for example, influences our mood. If we're angry we can take some time to cool down. Etc...)
Pardon my overall generalizations and baseless speculation, though.
Curious question: Is this topic fine where it is, or would it be better in a different section? (Like the "Moral and Ethical Affairs" section.)
