key2thecup Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cr8zyCanuck Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 One of the most influential studies on the genetics of homosexuality was done by Dean Hamer and his co-workers at the National Cancer Institute in Washington DC (1993). Hamer's research involved studying thirty-two pairs of brothers who were either "exclusively or mostly" homosexual. None of the sets of brothers were related. Of the thirty-two pairs, Hamer and his colleagues found that two-thirds of them (twenty-two of the sets of brothers) shared the same type of genetic material. This strongly supports the hypothesis that there is an existing gene that influences homosexuality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cr8zyCanuck Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 One could just as easily argue that everyone is born in a state of submission to God and then become indoctrinated into something else at some later point in life. I believe a major three-year Oxford study declared this concept to be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VICanucksfan5551 Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 One could just as easily argue that everyone is born in a state of submission to God and then become indoctrinated into something else at some later point in life. I believe a major three-year Oxford study declared this concept to be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Evil Twin Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Do you have a link to the study? Seeing as Robert Trigg is a professor of theology, I kind of question its scientific validity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthNinja Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 No it declared none of it to be true. A 3 year old can not understand the concept of a diety as much as he/she can understand the concept of molecular biology. Oxford is saying religion is a common phenomenon. Not just single God religion. Not just multiple God religions. EVERYTHING. Wow I never could have figured that one out on my own. Religion is a cultural phenomenon. There is research showing certain people (ala Republicans) are more likely to "believe". However the path to their belief is a social one, not a common genetic "I'm born believing in God" one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthNinja Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Do you have a link to the study? Seeing as Robert Trigg is a professor of theology, I kind of question its scientific validity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Evil Twin Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Here is a summary directly from Oxford's site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryBoy Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Evil Twin Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Saw a few of these in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryBoy Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Also, with the babies aren't religious thing, they literally can't be religious. They don't develop a hippocampus until ~18 months so they can't remember information or past experiences. By my understanding, they cannot know causality and therefore cannot form a belief system. As in, they can't go "this causes that to happen". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi Babe Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Evil Twin Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 So do you believe that or not? Or are you just posting it for $@#!s and giggles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I totally believe that. I think it's right on the money. Don't worry, I had the same reaction until I read the first two lines. Reading more than the title helps, I speak from experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi Babe Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I totally believe that. I think it's right on the money. Don't worry, I had the same reaction until I read the first two lines. Reading more than the title helps, I speak from experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 So have we all come to an agreement or will this religious debate go on for another millenium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 So have we all come to an agreement or will this religious debate go on for another millenium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmployeeoftheMonth Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 So have we all come to an agreement or will this religious debate go on for another millenium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 There are plenty of actual scientists and actual intellectuals who are Christian as well. If I was Christian, I'd probably be insulted by the insinuation that anti-intellectual charlatans like Kent Hovind are representative of Christianity as a whole. You're creating a false dichotomy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 That'll learn me to skim read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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