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==Modern studies==

==Modern studies==

Some studies indicate environmental factors can be involved in persons becoming homosexuals. Stanton L. Jones, Mark A. Yarhouse state in ''Homosexuality: the use of scientific research in the church's moral debate'', "The origins of homosexuality are not clearly understood by scientists, and the topic is a subject of hot debate. Theories and and empirical studies, which often contrast sharply, abound. The theories about the etiology  of homosexuality fall into two very large categories: theories that point to nature (that is, biological variables) and theories that point to nature (that is, the influence of experience, of psychological variables." (p. 52).   

Some studies indicate environmental factors can be involved in persons becoming homosexuals. Stanton L. Jones, Mark A. Yarhouse state in ''Homosexuality: the use of scientific research in the church's moral debate'' (and a main source for this section),  

The origins of homosexuality are not clearly understood by scientists, and the topic is a subject of hot debate. Theories and and empirical studies, which often contrast sharply, abound. The theories about the etiology  of homosexuality fall into two very large categories: theories that point to nature (that is, biological variables) and theories that point to nature (that is, the influence of experience, of psychological variables." (p. 52).

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Those who emphasize nurture, sometimes known as the ''psychoanalytical theory'', see powerful psychological forces at work, shaping and molding children from their birth, while those who emphasize nature contend that early homosexual traits attest to a biological cause. (p. 53)

Those who emphasize nurture, sometimes known as the ''psychoanalytical theory'', see powerful psychological forces at work, shaping and molding children from their birth, while those who emphasize nature contend that early homosexual traits attest to a biological cause. (p. 53)