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| Nature Boy Florida wrote: | | bonnie knox wrote: | Okay, that's the genetics part, which I understand very well. But are you going beyond saying we are smart not to marry our siblings or cousins and saying that we are naturally not sexually attracted to them? I thought the reason we weren't sexually attracted to our relatives had only to do with cultural conditioning. (I remember being fairly flummoxed as a preschooler who was told she couldn't marry her best pal, her little brother. Then I branched out to the other boys my age that I knew. I was informed that I could not marry any of those 3 boys because they were my cousins. I decided I couldn't wait for first grade to pick out a boyfriend. I picked out 10 eligible bachelors the first day!)
| Dave Dorsey wrote: | | bonnie knox wrote: | | I think the aversion is not "natural," just a cultural taboo. And of course the cultural taboo wouldn't have existed in Cain's time. |
There is a very natural aversion to it. When people inbreed, they are much likelier to combine recessive genes, resulting in the presence of recessive diseases (since there is no dominant gene to overpower them).
Some scholars suggest the possibility that genetic diseases were less likely in biblical times, owing to being closer to a perfect creation.
Nowadays, however, inbreeding is very, very naturally dangerous. This can be seen particularly clearly in very insular groups and societies like the Ashkenazi Jews. |
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yeah - if Cindy Crawford was my cousin - I probably wouldn't have had an aversion to her.  |
thats a high maintenance woman. She would demand several camels and multiple tents. |
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Dave Dorsey |
| bonnie knox wrote: | | Okay, that's the genetics part, which I understand very well. But are you going beyond saying we are smart not to marry our siblings or cousins and saying that we are naturally not sexually attracted to them? I thought the reason we weren't sexually attracted to our relatives had only to do with cultural conditioning. (I remember being fairly flummoxed as a preschooler who was told she couldn't marry her best pal, her little brother. Then I branched out to the other boys my age that I knew. I was informed that I could not marry any of those 3 boys because they were my cousins. I decided I couldn't wait for first grade to pick out a boyfriend. I picked out 10 eligible bachelors the first day!) |
Okay, I see what you are saying.
I don't know. That's a very interesting question. |
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