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Summary: So just how many homosexuals are out there - Really?
Review: "The best book on homosexuality written in our lifetime..." - Congressional Review: May, 1996
As we look around in contemporary society, it "seems" that at every turn we are face to face with the male or female homosexual personna. Otherwise rational friends may confide to us that they didn't realize that such a large segment of the U.S. population is gay, and they marvel that so many have been closeted for so long.
These conclusions are wrong-headed for two primary reasons. First, one of the essential elements of the "homosexual" personality is narcissism - "self" flaunting and "self" promoting - making them more likely to be noticed in a social setting. Secondly, the true "homosexual" population, if there is one, is less than 5% of the total, and probably more in the 2% range. Oh, and there is no credible scientific basis to the "gay gene" myth.
And if you haven't heard of NAMBLA (North American Man-Boy Love Association), don't miss pages 63-66, for the sake and safety of your sons - and their normal life expectancy.
But don't take my word for it - read Dr. Satinover's competent and compelling analysis, and you will believe.
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Summary: Not Objective. He Clearly Went Into This To Prove Something
Review: Some of his ideas are interesting, but unfortunately he is so bent on proving homosexuality is a bad thing that he repeatedly uses unsound premises for his arguments. For example, comparing the possibility for a gene that determines sexual preference with a gene for basketball players was obsurd. And hence the resulting argument had no meaning. I realize he believes sexual preference is determined by many social and genetic factors (like good basketball players). But, with that logic, heterosexuality wouldn't be the necessary norm (like bad basketball players). Difficult to believe this guy is from Harvard. After the first two chapters you realize you are just reading one more religious book disguised as science. I would look for something more objective and scientific.
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Summary: Amazing! Very intellectual!
Review: This book was great. It was very profound, professional, and tactful. It shows that the arguments against homosexuality are simply rational concepts, not wacko religious ideals. A must read!
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Summary: You will either Hate or Love this Book ...........
Review: This book is a fair even handed analysis of issues relating to Homosexuality. Satinover seems to have done a reasonable job to convey the complex nature of homosexuality and how it relates to the individual. Categorisations are difficult to avoid and with this in mind, this book seems to have achieve the balance between explanations (via categories) while describing the variability of individuals who have a homosexual orientation. A weakness would be the lack of thorough scientific discussion on recent studies by scientists (on both sides of the idealogical fences) with the associated scientific facts and "interpretations" presented. This book is suitable for both Christians and Homosexuals who are serious about entering into dialogue and challenging their understanding of the complex issues involved.
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Summary: Buy it.
Review: I'm writing a review before all the activists from GLAAD get here. Buy this book if you want to know about the religious philosophies undergirding each view. More than science, that's what makes it an important book. And as to the ad hominems and propaganda that has already started. The life expectancy is indeed low, that's just empirical fact. What Santinover calls "Brute Facts" in Chapter Three "Is Homosexuality Desirable". Numerous studies back him up. It's this simple: "There are some desires that are not desirable." G.K. Chesterton - Orthodoxy
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Summary: It's junk science for fundamentalists
Review: Dr. Jeffrey Satinover's book is chock-full of "fairy tales," errors and half-truths--including the classic whopper about *all* gay men dying at age 40 or so, based on obits in gay newspapers (! ). Gee, somebody should have told raging queen Quentin Crisp, recently deceased at age 90, that he'd taken up two gay men's average lifespans all by his little old lonesome. Satinover's other book postulates that there is a hidden computer code in the text of the Bible.That should tell you all you need to know about the scientific integrity of his data. But hey, y'all, just keep touting this garbage--its sheer laughability is the best PR the lesbian and gay rights movement could have!
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Summary: Outstanding; spiritually compassionate, morally grounded
Review: Dr. Satinover does a terrific job of providing scientific evidence (& a great deal of common sense) that repudiate modern judgements on the nature of homosexuality. The fact that so little is known about precise causes makes the moral dimension of his book even more appropriate. His views will not at all be welcomed in the secular world (but one would hope that some activists would have the courage to challenge the data & conclusions in an equally dignified manner); rather, his message is most needed within the church today, where we seem to have the never-ending divide between the "hate the sinner" mouth-frothers & gutless humanists. Dr. Satinover provides a way of looking at the problem that glorifies God's compassion & the positive impact it can have on mankind's existence. My only quibble (which would be significant were this book intended for theological purposes) is Dr. Satinover's views on Christianity being a variant of Judaism. While Christianity certainly is born OUT OF Judaism, it is not a variant; it is a new covenant. And by the way, Jesus never taught that time itself would end (pg 218); He taught the continued standing of the Law until "all was fulfilled" regarding covenantal promises. Nevertheless, this book captures well the Christian (& perhaps Judaistic) nature of healing & forgiveness, & is a terrific complement to the earlier, fascinating section regarding the science & psychology of homosexuality.
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Summary: Important Reading in a Time of Gross Societal Deviance--
Review: The author brings far more than enlightenment to the subject of homosexuality, though his treatment of that is extraordinary. But his book also challenges us all to examine compulsions and convenient rationalizations that tempt or take each of us outside of the morality of God's laws as derived through Judaic-Christian beliefs. This book will surely lead "stragglers" back to their faith home.
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Summary: One gay man for truth
Review: As an openly gay man having lived in the lifestyle for 12 years, I found Dr. Satinover's book refreshing and poignant. His book reflected an amazing and timely understanding of homosexuality and current gay culture, and its position in our society as a whole. His analysis of the role of religion in this issue is refreshingly objective for such a controversial and emotional subject. This book will challenge the perspective of openly gay people--whether atheist, agnostic, or persons of faith--who honestly answer the questions it poses in their own lives.
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Summary: The best book I've ever read on the subject
Review: Dr Satinover is to be praised for tackling such a contentious subject with only one goal in mine, the truth. Thanks to Dr Satinover I now have a keener understanding of homosexuality and can offer this book as practical advise to anyone who feels the need to know more. Every educator, every pastor, every physician should read this book. It wouldn't hurt if everyone read it. I couldn't put it down.
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