TIGERassault wrote:The only grudge I have against homosexuals is that too many of them think they don't have a choice for their sexual orientation. Which to me screams out 'weak minded',
That's too easy to undermine: How many people here CHOSE to be straight?
How many of you CHOSE to be Gay for a while (ie: they chose to find their own sex attractive, and chose to find the opposite sex unattractive) - then they were into it for a while, and then they just woke up one morning and Chose to be straight again (chose to find the opposite sex attractive, and chose to find their own sex unattractive). Anyone?
Afterall it's a choice - if Gays can choose to be Straight, then Straights can choose to be Gay.
I'm sure it's just coincidence that everyone here who is saying that it's a choice - has NEVER made that choice themselves.
If you'll excuse me i'm going to go off and CHOOSE to be sexually attracted to ceiling fans - man this sexuality stuff is so easy, since everything is a choice i'll never be lonely again as i can just choose what i'm attracted to! When i find myself without ceiling fans, i'll just CHOOSE to be sexually attracted to chairs, or trees, or clouds, or the colour orange. Since i can now CHOOSE what turns me on, i'll never have to go without again.
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Sexuality is not a choice - it's a discovery.
You never CHOSE to be straight
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My question still stands…”Can Science grant you rights?” (Paraphrase) Because we still have to determine where Human Rights come from if not from a “Creator”.
Human Rights are a contemporary invention. They are rights granted by a culture - based on the ideals of that culture, they are much like laws.
You could say they have a biological basis, but i believe (unless pressed*) it's more based on culture - as all humans are relatively the same biologically yet
cultures throughout history can differ vastly in their respective local "Human Rights".
Religion is a part of culture.
I wonder if this is where the term "God Forsaken Place" comes from - reference to places that do not recognise the same Human Rights as the Christians who visited, thus if Human Rights were thought of as "God Given" - then God must have missed that place for some reason. It effectively shows that Human Rights are subjective, and CULTURE is everything.
Most nations agree to a same basic Human Rights thesedays because international communication allows nations to reach censensus. Things such as the United Nations.
*and Thorne does seem to be pressing.