Born this way (1): Genetic determinism and moral revolution
Looyenga examines how genetic science has been misappropriated in contemporary moral discourse to justify rapid cultural shifts regarding human sexuality, arguing that this represents a departure from biblical anthropology. The article demonstrates how society has inverted the proper theological understanding of human nature and genetic composition, using scientific claims about determinism to overturn traditional Christian ethics rather than to glorify the Creator. This work serves as a Reformed apologetic critique of genetic determinism as an ideological tool in the contemporary moral revolution.
"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me." Psalm 51:5 The last two decades of social development in western nations has seen an almost incomprehensible shift in moral reasoning that is so vast in its reach that it has been rightly called a "moral revolution." Rather than a gradual slide in private morality, this revolution has come in the virtual blink of an eye and within plain view. What was once taboo -- especially in the sphere of human sexuality -- is not...
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