Will All Perversions Soon Become "Normal"?

TooGoodReports ^ | 07/15/03 | Allan C. Stover

[Dustbunny]

Will All Perversions Soon Become "Normal"?

I frequently ask the same question and each time I do I notice that the perversions grow and the 'un-normal' becomes even more 'normal'.

[bedolido]

I gotta get home. Nice chatting with you.

Take care

[Junior]

No. Only those "perversions" practiced by consenting adults -- and, since they're none of your business, you shan't have to worry about it.

[Jeff Gordon]

if someones son was to say homosexuality is a sin. He would be looked at as a bigot.

That really depends upon the context.

For me to say that "I will not engage in homosexual acts because I believe it is a sin" is far different than saying, "you are a criminal if you engage in consensual homosexual acts." The latter is just as wrong as saying "You must engage in homosexual acts for (whatever reason)."

a Christian child is not allowed to speak his/her mind for fear of being criticized.

It is not a matter of the Christian child not be allowed to speak his/her mind. It is a matter of teaching Christian children how to be advocates for their faith while not offending others and avoiding the stigmatizing of their faith by their actions.

[Jeff Gordon]

I thank you for your efforts to educate me on this matter. I fear that the debate has crossed the line from logic to faith. You understand your arguments based upon your faith in what you believe it. I understand my argument based up my faith in what I believe. Since our faiths are not based upon the same beliefs, the best we can hope for is to agree to disagree.

I remain optimistic that mankind is evolving towards better goodness. This evolution is happening despite local, untoward perturbations.

[bedolido]

It is not a matter of the Christian child not be allowed to speak his/her mind. It is a matter of teaching Christian children how to be advocates for their faith while not offending others and avoiding the stigmatizing of their faith by their actions.

There's the rub. If a Christian child or adult says something is a wrong or evil he/she is stigmatizing their faith. Why is that? For something to be right, there has to be a wrong. For something to be good, there has to be a bad. For something to be positive there has to be a negative. If my (or whatever religion) cannot speak of that which is good because of fear of being stigmatized, then evil and good eventially become one, positive and negative as well, and so forth.

You have to see what is happening. Any call to repent is labelled and mocked by the liberals. You are falling into their trap.

you must see what I am saying. I am NOT saying kids should be taught to critisize or comdemn, I am saying kids are being taught to ignore what they're taught by their parents and ministers as wrong, and to accept the incrementalism of the NEA as truth.

[bedolido]

I am saying kids are being taught to ignore what they're taught by their parents and ministers, and to accept the incrementalism of the NEA as truth.

[Jeff Gordon]

kids are being taught to ignore what they're taught by their parents and ministers,

This has always been the case. There is a difference between being taught and learning. Well taught kids do not ignore what they have actually learned. I believe that if kids are taught effectively they can "walk through the valley of death and fear no evil." The most effective teaching any parent can do is by setting a good example.

[Jeff Gordon]

you must see what I am saying

I do see what your are saying. I really do. It is just that I do not agree with what you see. It is all to easy to confuse "right vs wrong" with "my way vs your way."

[Coleus]

We are going to lose God's protection.

[bedolido]

I've semi-enjoyed our repartee. I don't agree with you on this subject. Maybe, in the future, we'll find common ground.

take care.