Is there any but a biological explaination for the fact that humans rarely develop the desire to have sex until their bodies start to mature?
Clearly not. Therefore, biology creates the desire for sex. We also know that because we can suppress the desire for sex pharmacologically. Sexual orientation is another matter. How the biologically created desire for sex is expressed by an individual is clearly a complex matter, apparently the product of socialization in large measure, although clearly sexual desire is expressed in heterosexuality at least the majority of the time. I think you're so obsessed with fighting ideas about whether homosexuality is "natural" or whatever that you are missing the point.
If *you* look back at the archives it would be clear to you that nobody has written anything supportive of religious ideas about homosexuality. Unless you don't take people at their word, I don't think you have any worry about that here. I think everybody here is trying to find a concordance between left theory and social practice.
boddi
On 11/22/05, Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu> wrote:
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> On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Charles Brown wrote:
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> > CB: I'd say it is y'all's side that has the goofiness in this debate. Miles
> > discusses this like he's dealing three card monte
> >
> > Here's your goofy argument:
> >
> > There is no . one root cause of heterosexual behavior.
> > There are only a complexity of co-equal causes.
> >
> > Therefore
> >
> > There is no biological cause of heterosexual behavior
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> > How could so many alleged materialists try to palm off biology ?
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> If that's what you consider to be an accurate and fair
> reading of my argument, I may as well as banging my head
> against the wall. I disagree completely with every sentence
> of what you claim is "my goofy argument". I'm growing a
> bit weary of this; if you consult the archives and
> carefully read my posts on this, and I think you'll see
> that you're missing the point.
>
> Miles
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