There are plenty of neurologists who have done plenty of research on the issue.
I've even cited them before, numerous times.
But people don't want to actually read about science and other nerdy stuff. They just like to pick a direction and run until the ground no longer supports them.
See, this is why I have come to cite things less frequently. I get tired of repeating myself and re-hashing the same citations repeatedly, only for people to turn around and say: "Yeah, well, that's what you think, man. Common sense is on my side!"
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" Other writers have noted the connection as well, although the numbers they cite vary depending on which studies they reference. Drs. Stanton Jones and Mark Yarhouse analyzed data from what is probably the best survey of sexual behavior in America. They write, “Experience of sexual abuse as a child, in other words, more than tripled the likelihood of later reporting homosexual orientation.” They continue, “Other studies have reported the same trend.” (4) In 1995, Dr. Thomas Schmidt, author of Straight and Narrow, cited two different studies about high rates of sexual abuse in homosexual and bisexual men. He writes:
Nevertheless, it is disturbing to find that although under 4 percent of boys are molested by men, a recent major study found that the rate of childhood molestation by men among homosexual or bisexual men was nearly ten times that (35 percent). It is also notable that 75 percent of homosexual men report their first homosexual experience prior to the age of sixteen, as compared to 22 percent of heterosexual men reporting their first heterosexual experience. (5) "
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" 4.) A study of 425 homosexual males, ages 17 to 22, reported that 41.4% reported an occasion of forced ***. 79 of the boys reported beginning **** *** with men when they were ages 3 to 14.
(Lemp, G., Hirozawa, A., Givertz, D., Nieri, G., Anderson, L., Linegren, M., Janssen, R., Katz, M., (1994) Seroprevalance of HIV and Risk Behaviors Among Young Homosexual and Bisexual Men. Journal of the American Medical Association)
5.) The Archives of Sexual Behavior reports "One of the most salient findings of this study i sthat 46% of homosexual men and 22% of homosexual women reported having been molested by a person of the same gender."
(Marie E. Tomeo, "Comparative Data of Childhood and Adolescent Molestation in Heterosexual and Homosexual Persons, "Archives of Sexual Behavior 30 (2001): 539)
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1.) Dr. Dickson's study showed a relationship between early childhood sexual abuse and a child's later involvement in homosexual behaviors. According to Dickson, an alarming 49% of homosexuals surveyed had been molested compared to less than 2% of heterosexuals.
(Dickson, Gregory, Ph.D., "An Empirical Study of the Mother/Son Dyad in Relation to the Development of Adult Male Homosexuality: An Object Relations Perspective.")
2.) Researchers at the Kinsey Institute have found "a strong relationship between those whose first experience was homosexual and those who practiced homosexuality later in life."
3.) The 1995 Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance found that gay, lesbian and bisexual lifestyle orientation was associated with having had sexual intercourse before the age of 13, and with having experienced sexual contact against one's will.
(R. Garafolo, "The Association between Health Risk Behaviors and Sexual Orientation Among a School-Based Sample of Adolescents," Pediatrics 101 (1998): 895-902)
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6.) Noted child *** abuse expert David Finkelhor found that boys victimized by older men were over four times as likely to be currently engaged in homosexual activity than were non-victims. The finding aplied to nearly half the boys who had such an experience...Further, the adolescents themselves often linked their homosexuality to their sexual victimization experiences."
(Bill Watkins & Arnon Bentovin, "The Sexual Abuse of Male Children and Adolescents: A Review of Current Research, "Journal of Child Psychiatry 33 (1992); in Bryen Finkelman, Sexual Abuse (New York: Garland Publishing, 1995): p. 316) "
It is, biologically, impossible for the same depth of bonding to occur between individuals of the same ***.
That is not to say that members of the same *** cannot share a bond - a deep one, even. It is just that it is not possible for the two to bond in the way that people of the opposite *** can. Now, this is from my own personal opinion, as there is little research to either support or contradict this view.
In this case, homosexuality represents a sort of shorting of one's self. It is foregoing the ideal for the expedient and is accepting a condition that has been foisted upon one's self as opposed to realizing the true self.
You're just all over the board.
First, I do not make false scientific claims.
Second, if I -really- didn't like Homosexuals, I would welcome their practice and encourage everyone I didn't like to participate in behavior that would ensure they do not reproduce.
You know the 'hateful' facebook jokes about how we all know someone who we believe shouldn't reproduce? The fact that there are people who believe an individual has something worth passing on to future generations is indicative of what I said, before. Abuse is a very insidious process that turns you against the people who care about you and toward the people who perpetuate the abuse.
The people who championed social Darwinism 100 years ago were the people who served as the direct and ancestral mentors of those who are advocating most strongly for gay rights, now.
You are a pawn - a tool to be used by them for their gain, and their gain, only.
The problem is that these disorders and statistics transcend cultural and societal boundaries.
You should try reading comprehension, next time.
I wasn't born with a set of knee pads to bend down and suck your ****. You've been raised in an era where that is what you believe you are entitled to - and deluded enough to honestly believe it is not the case.
It's okay. Though you do not understand, I bear you no ill-will. Everyone has already been saved, but not everyone can be spared. It's funny how it works out like that.
There are a few.
I am generally rather quiet when it comes to VMs. It has nothing to do with my military affiliation. That's purely a product of your perspective.
The list of people who have put me in my place is fairly small. On this forum there is really only one who can claim to have done that, and there was a reason I spoke to her in the poetic language that I did.
There is, also, a method to my madness.
When two people agree upon the foundations of what constitutes the standards of reality - IE - the scientific method - and the limitations of its use - a debate can be productive and result in the growth of an individual(s) understanding of the subject. Two people from two different schools of thought can review similar sets of data and debate two different interpretations of that data and the merits/demerits/limitations of the data.
When two people are in fundamental disagreement about what forms the basis of objective reality - it is impossible for the discussion to be very productive. When I am speaking in terms of science and others are speaking in terms of consensus - it's a debate where one side is talking color and the other side is talking flavor. The debate can only serve as an illustrative platform.
So, why the apocalyptic and poetic language?
The foundation of the misunderstanding is the powerful lie of a world we live in. We live in a world of convenience and political consensus. Power is wrought not from the achievements of individuals - but from compliance and servitude to a cadre of political castes who assert control through schemes of partial truths and empty promises. It will come to an end.
The apocalyptic talk is a window back to the reality that was obscured by the illusion, before. Because when the first lie ends, there are sure to be more lies scrambled to further obscure the truth in the future.
Which is what I mean when I say that most of what I say is meant for the future and a time yet to come - or that 'it does not make sense, yet.'
You misunderstand.
I don't see the world through the lens of the present. The world we live in, currently, is ancient history to me, and everyone here is a part of that history ('here' meaning the Earth).
It makes little difference to me where I am at any given point in time, or who I am speaking to. You and I do not understand the concept of greatness to be the same thing.