Norms

... of your posts that you have a very poor knowledge of the Bible. Might I suggest that you refrain from judging a book you haven't read? Cultural norms have probably shaped the idea for many that biblical characters shared european traits. Very true; artists have traditionally painted Biblical ...

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... Adam and Eve's skin color. In fact, so far as I know, the only book that mentions skin color is Psalms, poetically describing body parts. Cultural norms have probably shaped the idea for many that biblical characters shared european traits. My understanding of white-skin origin is that after diverging ...

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... adoptees had been hospitalized for malnutrition. Nontheless, they went on to develop IQs 10 or more points higher than their adoptive national norms. By contrast, Black and Mixed-Race (Black/White) children adopted into White middle class families typically perform at a lower level than similarly ...

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... etc." It could be argued that those ideals are extensions of moral codes rooted in supernatural belief-systems and adapted to new cultural norms. They have certainly been adopted by religions, whether or not they are part of a canon. "As an evolutionist, I see natural selection working ...

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It's biological to a point. yes i agree. i think that everything is biological to some degree. People simply ignore social norms. If they choose to ignore social norms, be controlled by their biological aspects, then they will choose to be homosexual. how do we define social norms? ...

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