carrdero Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 [quote]SJP writes: We, as Catholics do not believe that sex is all about pleasure. On the contrary, sex has two purposes. The first one being the creation of new life. The second one being the strengthening of the union between Husband and Wife. Thus any sexual act that is not open to both, the creation of new life, and the strengthening of the union between Husband and Wife is disordered.[/quote] Is this belief your loss or your gain?
carrdero Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 [quote name='Socrates' post='1289795' date='Jun 6 2007, 10:32 PM']As Catholics we believe sodomy is sinful for "straights" too. And homosexual men can only have anal sex and other forms of sodomy with one another. And it is [i]impossible[/i] for two persons of the same sex to have natural, life-giving sexual intercourse with one-another. That's not prejudiced -[color="#FF0000"]that's just biological fact.[/color][/quote] [color="#FF0000"]So is adoption and artificial insemination.[/color]
carrdero Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 [quote name='Sacred Music Man' post='1288833' date='Jun 5 2007, 05:28 PM']Anywho, maybe Carderro is confusing lust with love. That happens.[/quote] Carrdero is not confusing love with lust, carrdero has a very good understanding of what love is.
SJP Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 [quote name='carrdero' post='1290127' date='Jun 7 2007, 06:55 AM']Is this belief your loss or your gain?[/quote] It is most certainly a gain. It is liberation! When you realize that it is through sex that a new life is brought into the world, and thus the sexual act is sacred in and of itself, you appreciate sex for the gift that it is. It cannot be undertaken strictly for pleasure or for lust, it's too important.
SJP Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 (edited) [quote name='carrdero' post='1290120' date='Jun 7 2007, 06:04 AM']Never did I admit that homosexuality was natural but I did refer repeatedly that it was not immoral. Just becasue something is Natural or Unnatural does not imply that it is right or wrong or that it even cares what we think.[/quote] Can you refresh my memory about your standards for morality?? I thought it was something along the lines of different strokes for different folks [quote]A difficult question that I think no one human should have to answer for everyone. I do not believe that there is any scientific method to measure morality so we would most likely have to rely on our own personal principles, understanding and/or experiences[/quote] So how exactly do you know that homosexuality is not immoral? Edited June 7, 2007 by SJP
SJP Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 (edited) [quote name='Semalsia' post='1289650' date='Jun 6 2007, 07:31 PM']That I didn't actually know. My point was that in those kind of situations they get exactly the same from sex as do gay couples, still you don't say they are "using each other". Even though they could easily abstain from all sex.[/quote] I'm going to steal a quote from Aloysius that I found in a different thread: [quote]Aloysius writes: The procreative aspect is maintained during infertile periods in reference to fertile periods and the state of marriage and parenthood. the three goods of marriage, as listed by the Council of Florence in order of importance, are first procreation and raising of the children, second intimacy, and third stability and permanence. now, there's this little arrow running through those from the last to the first: stability and permanence are there to make intimacy good; intimacy is there to make procreation and parenting good. so one should be able to engage in the sex act as often as one desires with one's spouse (within reason, of course) without having to have periods of abstinence in which one is forced by circumstances not to engage in the conjugal act. but intimacy is a good because it makes for better parents, when it comes down to it. that's where the "procreative aspect" remains in sex during infertile periods or after menapause and such, all the intimacy remains directed towards that ultimate procreative good. and so there's nothing inherently wrong about sex when there's no possibility of procreation; where there is an imperfection is when the circumstances cause it so that you must refrain from sex during the infertile periods because you cannot, due to circumstances, have children at that time.[/quote]With respect to how NFP differs from Artificial Birth Control: Fr. Frank Pavone: [quote]NFP does not separate sex from responsibility. The act of intercourse has a twofold meaning: sharing of love and giving of life. Married persons who perform this act must accept both sides of the coin. While not every marital act will result in a child, it must nevertheless be open to the possibility of life. The act will be "open" to life as long as the spouses do nothing to "close" it. Here's the difference between artificial birth control and NFP. In the first case, one does something (takes a pill, uses a condom, etc.) to deliberately "close" the life-giving power of sexual intercourse. In NFP, however, no such step is taken. The spouses do not act against their fertility. They do not reject the link between the two meanings of sex (love and life). They simply follow the natural patterns of the body's fertility and infertility -- patterns placed there by God Himself. In the fertile days of a woman's cycle, if there are serious reasons to avoid pregnancy, the couple respectfully steps back from the act of intercourse. In using birth control devices, however, they attack the meaning of the act -- they do the action of intercourse and then undo part of it. In NFP, instead, they simply choose at times not to do the action in the first place.[/quote] Edited June 7, 2007 by SJP
jckinsman Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 [quote name='carrdero' post='1290128' date='Jun 7 2007, 06:07 AM'][color="#FF0000"]So is adoption and artificial insemination.[/color][/quote] First off, Adoption and artifical insemination are two very different things. The church is for adoption,and not for artifical insemination anyway.
jckinsman Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 [quote name='SJP' post='1290181' date='Jun 7 2007, 09:46 AM']Can you refresh my memory about your standards for morality?? I thought it was something along the lines of different strokes for different folks So how exactly do you know that homosexuality is not immoral?[/quote] thats a tough one! How???? hum??? I would like to know this also!
jckinsman Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 (edited) [quote name='carrdero' post='1290118' date='Jun 7 2007, 04:59 AM'][color="#000080"]Jckinsman writes: GOD did NOT create Anal-Sex, we in our own disturbed minds did, as a form of "getting off".[/color] Some people call this making love, even some heterosexual couples. [color="#000080"]Jckinsman writes: That is what Sex has been reduced to"what you can do for me".[/color] I understand that some people have these “sexpectations†as I understand that some people can misunderstand Love but I have also experienced that this is not the case for all relationships. [color="#000080"]Jckinsman writes: God DID create us for love.[/color] Then you can understand that our expression of love varies with each individual. That like snowflakes, no two loves are exactly equal. [color="#000080"]Jckinsman writes: We are the ones that messed with it and I think people like you, want what you want, so your not going to tell anyone anything different. [/color] I think it is important for everyone to define the kind of love that they will accept in their lives. [color="#000080"]Jckinsman writes: Your motives are self-serving. Defending what is wrong by saying" God created it" is a cop-out for justifiying your own sins.[/color] All I am demonstrating is that love is completely open ended. That it is not assigned to one’s opposite gender but that it can honestly be shared and returned by two (or more) consenting adults. [color="#000080"]Jckinsman writes: God gave us all Free-Will and we DO have control over any behavior that we may have.[/color] One cannot have rules, judgment and sentencing [b][i]and[/i][/b] the gift of free will. So which is it? Do we have the will to live and love freely or do we have the threat of a Supreme Being hanging over us? [color="#000080"]Jckinsman writes: We are still a notch above animals,remember? [/color] Animals don’t march off to war, so I think I just put us all on equal standing again. [color="#000080"]Jckinsman writes: So by your statement above you are saying it DOES boil down to one thing, SEX.[/color] No, what I am saying is that is boils down to Love and if sex is a way for two consenting adults to sincerely celebrate and extend that love to each other, who is anyone to judge dishonestly? [color="#000080"]Jckinsman writes: I have plenty of very loving relationships with woman, I do NOT have sex with these women. My husband has loving relationships with other men and does NOT have sex with them. [/color] Homosexuality is a preference and an individual’s choice. It may not be your choice, and it may not be mine but it is a lifestyle (that is not illegal) for other people. [color="#000080"]Jckinsman writes: Homosexual sex is WRONG[/color] Judging others is wrong. [color="#000080"]Jckinsman writes: You will be held accountable in the end.[/color] I am not sure that one could be held accountable for the collected explanations and reasonable deductions for the continuance of homosexuality. I don’t have the power to stop homosexuality, bi-sexuality or transsexuals even if I wanted to. If one has faith in a God, and if one has the faith that God is all-knowing and if one has faith that God has a serious problem or concern with alternative sexual preferences and if one has the faith that God has the power to stop these practices, it would probably have been best handled in the beginning when these activites started, not in the end. If you ask me, this is a great amount of faith for anyone to expend for something that they feel is so wrong in spite of any evidence from God that He feels the same way that they do. [color="#000080"]Jckinsman writes: I look at it as a sacred and holy act to be kept between a man and a woman. Look at the human body>The penis and the vagina were made for eachother during the act of intercourse.[/color] So with this line of reasoning rape between a man and a woman is acceptable. The parts all fit, the fluids still flow and a woman may still conceive a child so it must be a natural and sacred event. [color="#000080"]Jckinsman writes: You do not see it as such. I do. I know there will be consequences for are actions.[/color] I'm not sure you do know Jckinsman but am I willing to believe that you have put a lot of faith in it[/quote] I'am so sorry,I did not want to quote so much and have eveyone read all the distortion again. Although A little part of me would like it if you did though. I wish that others on PM would realize that this topic is key to what Christ has taught us about the sanctity of all of humanity. It is the one thing that Our Lord Holds most sacred and Holy,The act by which HE creates a human being, able to love and serve him. I know that we grow weary listening to the endless garbage,with little thought. Ask yourselves, What better to defend at its core,then the sanctity of marriage and the Sacredness of the act. Keeping it as pure and Holy as possible in this world. These are the people leading the next generation down the wide road of "go ahead and do it,if it feels good" Do you hear what she is saying? Read it over again,if you are unsure! They are "grooming" our children for their perverted behavior. How did a intercourse between a man and woman,switch to Rape! The whole thing sounds so unreal as I read it ,it was almost funny..... if it wasn't so sad. So many contradictions, my mind is going a million miles an hour. Did you actually hear the part about Homosexuality is a choosen behavior! Wow, thats news to me! I thought thay were born that way! I wonder what stops them from having sex with their Dogs???? I mean If they have loving feelings toward their dog, why not? ( I think that there's a name for that!) Hum???? Yah, that would be wrong, but the thought was there and the feeling was also. Hummmm????? Why then is it wrong??? Oh that's right! It's an animal! Yes, very wrong! So Sex with animals is wrong, right???? EVEN IF YOU WANT TO.Right?(KEY NOTATION HERE) Can we agree on that, or maybe you do think its okay,you have mentioned two or three people would be okay. Maybe its okay if the Dog is involved too????? Only under the context of "LOVE" and "self expression "though My point ,I think you can Grasp quite Clearly. Just Because there's a thought process, does not make it a Good or Right thought process. What if the thought was of a small child??? What is the difference? There is no limits to your way of thinking! No morals! No standards! And your mind is can be endless! Where is the self control? YOU may have the self control to stop at certain sick behaviors, but does the next guy and the next and then, when is it OUR problem???? I'll tell you when, When they want to teach MY CHILD the garbage that you spew! (ORIGINAL THREAD TOPIC) This does not even come close to what judgment is like, my friend! Sorry! JC ROM 1;27 1 COR 6;9 1 GN 19 TIM 1;9-10 Your right animals do not march off to war BRAVE MEN AND WOMAN SERVING IN OUR VOLUNTARY MILITARY DO! Edited June 7, 2007 by jckinsman
Semalsia Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 [quote name='jckinsman']Look at the human body> The penis and the vagina were made for eachother during the act of intercourse.[/quote] That's true, but it doesn't mean they shouldn't be used for other things. Proving one thing natural doesn't make another unnatural. Nor does it make it necessarily immoral. That's not something you can determine from biology alone. [quote name='jckinsman']I would have to say, I love the sinner, I hate the Sin.[/quote] You claim you do, but I don't think it's possible in this case. If you hate homosexuality, you don't just hate what the homosexual does, you hate what she is, her very nature. You hate her feelings, her happiness and her love. You can't love the person, if you hate the person. [quote name='jckinsman']Not messing with any of what he created. Do you understand that?[/quote] I understand what you mean, but you can't know what is messing and what isn't. If our bodies are created by God, then it's rational to assume that what feels good and natural is good and natural. If you say our feelings can't be trusted, then it's not possible to know how we should behave. [quote]I choose not to be blind![/quote] I believe we're both blind. But unlike you, I don't believe God would punish a blind man for bumping into a door.
Semalsia Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 [quote name='JSP']Aloysius writes: The procreative aspect is maintained during infertile periods in reference to fertile periods and the state of marriage and parenthood. [b]the three goods of marriage, as listed by the Council of Florence in order of importance, are first procreation and raising of the children, second intimacy, and third stability and permanence.[/b] now, there's this little arrow running through those from the last to the first: stability and permanence are there to make intimacy good; intimacy is there to make procreation and parenting good. so one should be able to engage in the sex act as often as one desires with one's spouse (within reason, of course) without having to have periods of abstinence in which one is forced by circumstances not to engage in the conjugal act. [b]but intimacy is a good because it makes for better parents, when it comes down to it. that's where the "procreative aspect" remains in sex during infertile periods or after menapause and such, all the intimacy remains directed towards that ultimate procreative good. and so there's nothing inherently wrong about sex when there's no possibility of procreation[/b]; where there is an imperfection is when the circumstances cause it so that you must refrain from sex during the infertile periods because you cannot, due to circumstances, have children at that time.[/quote] Gay couple can procreate and raise children together. Their relationship can have intimacy, stability and permanence. So could someone at least admit that they can produce good fruit? Make a family? A good family?
jckinsman Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 [quote name='Semalsia' post='1290527' date='Jun 7 2007, 06:38 PM']That's true, but it doesn't mean they shouldn't be used for other things. Proving one thing natural doesn't make another unnatural. Nor does it make it necessarily immoral. That's not something you can determine from biology alone. You claim you do, but I don't think it's possible in this case. If you hate homosexuality, you don't just hate what the homosexual does, you hate what she is, her very nature. You hate her feelings, her happiness and her love. You can't love the person, if you hate the person. I understand what you mean, but you can't know what is messing and what isn't. If our bodies are created by God, then it's rational to assume that what feels good and natural is good and natural. If you say our feelings can't be trusted, then it's not possible to know how we should behave. I believe we're both blind. But unlike you, I don't believe God would punish a blind man for bumping into a door.[/quote] I can Love my nephew, because he has been made in the image and likeness of our Lord! I do not have to LOVE the sin that he commits! When the Blind man Knows the door is there he, does not make the same mistake twice. Go and SIN no more! JC
SJP Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 [quote name='Semalsia' post='1290543' date='Jun 7 2007, 08:22 PM']Gay couple can procreate and raise children together. Their relationship can have intimacy, stability and permanence. So could someone at least admit that they can produce good fruit? Make a family? A good family?[/quote] How can two gay people procreate?
carrdero Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 [quote]SJP writes: When you realize that it is through sex that a new life is brought into the world, and thus the sexual act is sacred in and of itself, you appreciate sex for the gift that it is. [/quote]And what is your take on the 26,000 miscarriages, stillbirths, RH disease, umbilical accidents that occur every year or the 500,000 annual prematures that die after a few days/weeks? Do you consider these gifts too? How about the 6.1 million people in the U.S. alone who cannot conceive children or have never been given the gift of life? Do you believe that these “unholy” immoral people should be denied the pleasure that sexual intimacy brings? [quote]SJP writes: It cannot be undertaken strictly for pleasure or for lust, it's too important.[/quote] Important? Possibly. Overrated? Definitely. [quote]SJP writes: Can you refresh my memory about your standards for morality?? I thought it was something along the lines of different strokes for different folks.[/quote]My standards for what is moral or immoral are my own and my not be agreeable to other people. My standards for what is Natural and Unnatural is a whole other topic entirely (Post #81). [quote]SJP writes:So how exactly do you know that homosexuality is not immoral?[/quote] It doesn’t represent itself as immoral. There is not enough evidence to consider consenting homosexuality, bisexuality or transsexual a threat to anyone who does not prefer to participate in that lifestyle.
SJP Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 (edited) [quote]carrdero writes: And what is your take on the 26,000 miscarriages, stillbirths, RH disease, umbilical accidents that occur every year or the 500,000 annual prematures that die after a few days/weeks? [/quote]That's terrible and we should keep all people who have been through such situations in our prayers. However, I fail to see how that at all detracts from the sacntity of sex or the beauty of new life. Perhaps you could elaborate. I think your reasoning fails you. [quote]carrdero writes: How about the 6.1 million people in the U.S. alone who cannot conceive children or have never been given the gift of life? Do you believe that these “unholy†immoral people should be denied the pleasure that sexual intimacy brings?[/quote] Can please show me where I stated that people who could not conceive children are "unholy". [quote]carrdero writes: Important? Possibly. Overrated? Definitely.[/quote]I'm sorry you feel that way. [quote]carrdero writes: It doesn’t represent itself as immoral. There is not enough evidence to consider consenting homosexuality, bisexuality or transsexual a threat to anyone who does not prefer to participate in that lifestyle.[/quote] Well what evidence do you have to support your view that homosexuality is not immoral? [quote]carrdero writes: My standards for what is moral or immoral are my own and my not be agreeable to other people[/quote] Well by that line of reasoning, there is no truth when it comes to morality. There can be no Truth. You're believing it does not make it moral or true. So I fail to see why you make any pronouncements whatsoever about morality. By your own admission, morality should be left up to individauls, so why are you trying to push your views on me? Edited June 8, 2007 by SJP
carrdero Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 [quote]jckinsman wites: I'am so sorry,I did not want to quote so much and have eveyone read all the distortion again. Although A little part of me would like it if you did though. I wish that others on PM would realize that this topic is key to what Christ has taught us about the sanctity of all of humanity. It is the one thing that Our Lord Holds most sacred and Holy,The act by which HE creates a human being, able to love and serve him. I know that we grow weary listening to the endless garbage,with little thought. Ask yourselves, What better to defend at its core,then the sanctity of marriage and the Sacredness of the act. Keeping it as pure and Holy as possible in this world. These are the people leading the next generation down the wide road of "go ahead and do it,if it feels good" Do you hear what she is saying? Read it over again,if you are unsure![/quote]This is not a defense or a rebuttal, it is a fanatical soliloquy. [quote]jckinsman wites: They are "grooming" our children for their perverted behavior.[/quote] (Post 157) 7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children. Homosexuals, bi-sexuals, transexuals are coming from some where. Sometimes even from religious parents. No one can stop it no one can you cure it. [quote]jckinsman wites: How did a intercourse between a man and woman,switch to Rape! [/quote]The moment you decided to introduce your opinion of what is Natural and what is Unnatural to this conversation. [quote]jckinsman wites: So many contradictions, my mind is going a million miles an hour. Did you actually hear the part about Homosexuality is a choosen behavior! Wow, thats news to me! I thought thay were born that way![/quote] I have never met a child who has openly admitted to me that they wanted to have sex with another person of the same gender or who wanted to participate in a ménage a trois or wanted to have an operation to change their sex. Have you? It is a choice made at some time. [quote]jckinsman wites: I wonder what stops them from having sex with their Dogs???? I mean If they have loving feelings toward their dog, why not? ( I think that there's a name for that!) Hum???? Yah, that would be wrong, but the thought was there and the feeling was also. Hummmm????? Why then is it wrong??? Oh that's right! It's an animal! Yes, very wrong! So Sex with animals is wrong, right???? EVEN IF YOU WANT TO.Right?(KEY NOTATION HERE Can we agree on that, or maybe you do think its okay,you have mentioned two or three people would be okay. Maybe its okay if the Dog is involved too????? Only under the context of "LOVE" and "self expression "though [/quote]Why stop there, let us drop the practice of petting or physically interacting with our pets’ altogether? When our cat rubs up against our legs from now on we will all step aside to avoid further contact, this way we are not tempted to think anymore impure thoughts. Why should I ruin my chance of ever getting to heaven by showing affection or love to any animal? [quote]jckinsman wites: My point ,I think you can Grasp quite Clearly. Just Because there's a thought process, does not make it a Good or Right thought process. What if the thought was of a small child??? What is the difference? There is no limits to your way of thinking! No morals! No standards! And your mind is can be endless! Where is the self control? YOU may have the self control to stop at certain sick behaviors, but does the next guy and the next and then, when is it OUR problem????[/quote] You almost sound hopeful here as if you cannot wait for it to become your problem. [quote]jckinsman wites:I'll tell you when, When they want to teach MY CHILD the garbage that you spew! (ORIGINAL THREAD TOPIC)[/quote]It’s not going to go away, best if we try to understand why these preferences exist and how we will live with them. [quote]jckinsman wites: Your right animals do not march off to war BRAVE MEN AND WOMAN SERVING IN OUR VOLUNTARY MILITARY DO![/quote] Would you lend or agree to such a compliment towards the other army, I wonder.
carrdero Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 [quote name='jckinsman' post='1290549' date='Jun 7 2007, 07:35 PM']I can Love my nephew, because he has been made in the image and likeness of our Lord! I do not have to LOVE the sin that he commits! When the Blind man Knows the door is there he, does not make the same mistake twice. Go and SIN no more! JC[/quote] And how will you differentiate your love from the sin and the sinner? Provide me with some examples? What acts of love would you not contribute towards this relationship if the person were not homosexual?
Guest St.Lucy4eva Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 I think that we should just all pray for our Nation and its' leaders to conform their hearts to God. Like for example when people ask (in some cases, don't read this wrong) where is God? Why isn't he doing something about this? He is, he sent us. Just some food for thought.
carrdero Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 [quote]SJP writes: That's terrible[/quote]No, that’s reality. [quote] SJP writes: and we should keep all people who have been through such situations in our prayers.[/quote] Prayer won’t return that “precious gift” to parents. [quote]SJP writes: Can please show me where I stated that people who could not conceive children are "unholy". SJP writes: When you realize that it is through sex that a new life is brought into the world, and thus the sexual act is sacred in and of itself, you appreciate sex for the gift that it is.[/quote]Is not the opposite of sacred unholy (at least that is what my dictionary defines it as)? Did you not respond that the sacredness of sex is to bring a new life into this world? If a couple can’t conceive then by your definition and reasoning of sex they do not have the “gift” and therefore they should not be having sex and if they do, they are committing something “not sacred”. You may correct me if I am mistaken. [quote]SJP writes: It cannot be undertaken strictly for pleasure or for lust, it's too important. carrdero writes: Important? Possibly. Overrated? Definitely. SJP writes: I'm sorry you feel that way.[/quote] I’m not a great admirer of sex. It’s messy and it takes to long (and that’s if you do it correctly). It does challenge me to express my love in a less physical and more spiritual way though. [quote]SJP writes: Well what evidence do you have to support your view that homosexuality is not immoral?[/quote]One reason would be that it is not illegal. I am sure that if it is was really immoral, there would be laws implemented to halt these practices, even by God’s standards. Another reason may be all the wonderful people that I know who do practice such sexual preferences. These people are not evil or are they sinners nor or they immoral, they are just like you and me except that they have different ways to express their love for other people. [quote]SJP writes:Well by that line of reasoning, there is no truth when it comes to morality. There can be no Truth.[/quote] I would view homosexuality, bi-sexuality and trans-sexual more as a Personal Truth (for example, he/she is homosexual, you and me are not). I do not believe that there is a Universal Truth for sex, the laws of sexual Nature are too easy to hack.
SJP Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 (edited) [quote]SJP writes: That's terrible carrdero writes: No, that’s reality.[/quote]The two are not mutually exclusive, terrible experiences are a part of reality. [quote]Prayer won’t return that “precious gift†to parents.[/quote] You're right, but it certainly might help them find meaning in their suffering. It might strengthen their bond with one another and with God. [quote]carrdeo writes: Is not the opposite of sacred unholy [/quote]yes [quote]carrdero writes: Did you not respond that the sacredness of sex is to bring a new life into this world?[/quote] Yes, that is one aspect of why sex is sacred, sex is also sacred because of the strengthening of the bond that occurs between Husband and Wife. See post #170. [quote]carrdero writes: If a couple can’t conceive then by your definition and reasoning of sex they do not have the “gift†and therefore they should not be having sex. [/quote]No, there is a difference between a couple who cannot conceive and a couple who actively pursue measures to render the sex act sterile. In the first case, both the procreative aspect of sex and the unitive aspect of sex can be present. The couple can be open to life despite the fact that at that particular time they are not able to conceive. Thus the two purposes of sex are still present, the couple is open to procreation and they are strengthening their union. [quote]SJP writes: Well what evidence do you have to support your view that homosexuality is not immoral?[/quote] [quote]carrdero writes: One reason would be that it is not illegal. I am sure that if it is was really immoral, there would be laws implemented to halt these practices, even by God’s standards. Another reason may be all the wonderful people that I know who do practice such sexual preferences. These people are not evil or are they sinners nor or they immoral, they are just like you and me except that they have different ways to express their love for other people. [/quote]So when it comes to morality might makes right? Majority rules? But earlier you stated: [quote]My standards for what is moral or immoral are my own and my not be agreeable to other people.[/quote] So which is it? Is morality based on group consensus? Or is it based on the whims of the individual? Please clarify. Furthermore, if questions of morlaity should be left to the individual as you stated earlier [quote]My standards for what is moral or immoral are my own and my not be agreeable to other people[/quote]Then I fail to see how legality [quote] carrdero writes: One reason would be that it is not illegal[/quote] has anything to do with the question of morality. Why would you use the rules and laws of others as evidence to support your own beliefs when you believe that people have to come to their own conclusions about moral issues. Once again, I fail to see why you make any pronouncements whatsoever about morality. By your own admission, morality should be left up to individauls, so why are you trying to push your views on me? Edited June 8, 2007 by SJP
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