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#7 The Facts on Homosexuality
7. Is homosexuality really a learned
preference?
If homosexuality has no
biological basis, then it must be a learned behavior. Wainwright Churchill
observed in Homosexual Behavior Among Males: "There are no sexual
instincts in man...Human sexuality is entirely dependent upon learning and
conditioning. The individual's pattern of sexual behavior is acquired in
the context of his unique experiences and {is} in no sense innate or inherited."
Writing in Sexual Preference, Bell, Weinberg, and Hammersmith argue
convincingly that "the experiences of homosexual arousal during childhood and
adolescence and involvement in genital-type homosexual activities were very
strong indicators of future, adult homosexuality." This conclusion is
underscored by the Family Research Institute of Colorado Springs, CO, which
conducted a national random survey of 4,340 adults. In that survey, 96 percent
of heterosexual males and 97 percent of heterosexual females indicated their
first sexual experience was heterosexual. But 85 percent of homosexuals and 29
percent of lesbians reported their first experience as bisexual or homosexual.
All this is why Dr. Van den Aardweg, author of The Battle for
Normality: A Guide for (self) Therapy for homosexuality and Hope, noting the
biological view "has become less justified than ever, " concluded: "In my
opinion, any one who tries to approach the available physiological and
psychological research literature open-mindedly will have to admit that the best
fitting interpretation of homosexuality must be the idea of a neurotic variant
{i.e., a psychological or emotional disturbance}.
But further, an alleged biological basis for homosexuality isn't even
the real issue:
Are we to think that because something
might be genetic in origin, it is therefore normal or "natural?" What, then, do
we say about genetic deformities or birth defects?...Even if it can be proven
that genetic or biological influences predispose people toward homosexuality,
that will never prove homosexuality is in and of itself normal. It will only
prove what we already know-that genetic variances can and do affect future
behavior, sometimes in undesirable ways...
Let research conclude what it may bring about the causes; genetic
origins do not justify sinful behavior.
Taken from The Facts On Homosexuality, by John
Ankerberg and John Weldon, Published by Harvest House Publishers.
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