"My conclusion is that if sexual orientation is one's enduring pattern of sexual attraction, then the Bible teaches both same-sex behavior and same-sex orientation to be sinful," Denny Burk, a biblical studies professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, wrote in a blog post for the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
Sexual orientation is defined as "enduring" and resistant to change, proving to be generally impervious to interventions intended to change it.
Sexual orientation, unlike sexual behavior, is believed to be "enduring".
Mittelstand companies have excelled by taking advantage of some of the enduring traits of family businesses: equity built up over decades, long-term orientation, a familial atmosphere, and a willingness to allow entrepreneurial space.
SOC is defined as "global orientation that expresses the extent to which one has a pervasive, enduring though dynamic feeling of confidence" [[ 8], p. 19].
SOC is defined as 'a global orientation that expresses the extent to which one has a pervasive, enduring and dynamic feeling of confidence; that one's internal and external environments are predictable and that there is a high probability that things will work out as well as can be reasonably expected' [ 8].
In Antonovsky's theory of salutogenesis, this coping capacity is defined as comprising a sense of coherence (SOC): a global orientation that expresses the extent to which one has a "pervasive, enduring though dynamic feeling of confidence", a feeling which derives from experiencing one's situation as meaningful, understandable and manageable [ 15].
Men and women who had lived in fear of being followed by the SIB (Special Investigation Branch), enduring degrading interrogations and searches, were told they could freely talk of their sexual orientation.
SOC is defined as a global orientation that expresses the extent to which an individual has a pervasive, enduring, though dynamic feeling of confidence that life is comprehensible, manageable and meaningful [ 27].
In many cases, the enduring (if low-intensity) erotic interest in she-males or males has led Paraphilic Hypersexuals to confusion about their sexual orientation or gender identity, referring to themselves hesitatingly as "mostly heterosexual" or as bisexual.
