Nature vs. Nurture

[PyroManiak]

You guys should make your'e own religion...usually people good at writing are good at it...for example the sci-fi author hubbard created scientology

Sci-Fi writers usually aren't good at writing.

well..I didn't say most sci-fi writers I only said one specific one so to try to knock down my opinions like every1 loves doing u'd have to say hubbard isn't good at writing...

[DarkLadyNyara]

Homosexuality is something you are born with. I don't consider that debateable.

Most traits are a mixture of nurture and nature, and it's fairly pointless to try and sort it out.

[Martyr]

I'll call that.

Hubbard is a good con artist. Not a good writer.

I've read his work.
And I've read hella better.

[Mirage]

He rolls a d10, ofcourse. 1 = homosexuality :p.

More seriously, I'd say it's a combination of both, but never something you can decide yourself. After all, other animals have gay sex aswell.

[Sakura]

Thanks you guys, you all proved me wrong since the debate I was picked to argue was that people WERE born homosexual =.=

[PyroManiak]

Thanks you guys, you all proved me wrong since the debate I was picked to argue was that people WERE born homosexual =.=

Well I'd have to argue with the "everything is relevant" quote in this situation...Everything involving someone is probably somehow related to their sexuality...

[Roto13]

It's caused by demons.

[Mirage]

Let me exorcise yours, Roto.

[Bunny]

The gay is strong in that one, Mirage. Not even Father Karras can get rid of them demons.

[Moon Rabbits]

What do you mean by "things like"? What in terms of biological or societal can be compared to sexual orientation?

[Giga Guess]

Let me exorcise yours, Roto.

He exorcises it every night.

[Iceglow]

In the animal kingdom there is no such thing as gay or straight, some species of apes use sex to make ties amongst the group tighter this can be sex with either gender and in some instances every member of the tribe will have sex with every other member. Humans are just apes really when you think of it, so homosexuality is in your genes its just our desire to reproduce (also genetic) that makes us see it as not the normal thing to do.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

I think that either way it does not matter for both sides (those who accept homosexuality and those who do not) will just use either (nature or nurture) to prove their own point or to disprove their opponent.

To actually answer the question, I think it is mostly nature and perhaps a bit of nurture.

[PyroManiak]

I bet the US gov has culture deprived lab humans they perform tests on to see things such as sexuality...

My bet is the primitive humans would more likely have a natural sexual attraction to the opposite sex and that genes would usually be working against people becoming homosexual...But there are always exceptions and those small mental retardations passed on to us by our parents that make us who we are...

So like almost everything in life its usually not one factor but a mix of things...

so I'd say Nature and Nurture...and If I had to choose one I would say nurture because I have had experiances in my life that have affected my sexual orientation....

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

Yeah. Um. No. I believe that it is just a matter of personal taste. I don't like mustard. Personal taste. I like chicken. I like steak. I don't like shrimp. I don't like pushy religious people(usually). I like women. I like men. I don't like barbeque sauce. It is all a matter of personal preferance or taste.

Or are you telling me that the fact that I no longer like mustard is genetic? Is the fact that up until just a few years ago girls were my only interest, but now I am looking for guys too, is that genetic like my mustard dilemna?

Hm. I wonder.

No.