Re: How Should We Respond to Homo***uality?

In article <ApgIj.12494$oE1.485@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Dave says...
>
>On Mar 30, 9:35=A0pm, shegeek72 <karmictara...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> To anyone who still thinks being gay is a choice: do you honestly
>> think someone would voluntarily subject him or herself to potential
>> taunting, ostracizing, discrimination, verbal or physical violence,
>> even murder? It just doesn't make sense and when something doesn't
>> make sense it usually isn't true.
>
>People make all kinds of illogical decisions that lead to their
>suffering. I'm sure that you can name a few right off the top of your
>head. Why do you think a decision to be gay is different? That's
>illogical!

In Tara's case, the reason would be because Tara does not believe it is a
_decision_ in the first place. And indeed, if you accept the commonly held
notion of what the human will is, this is the _natural_ conclusion. But
this is
exactly why it is _so_ im****tant to go _beyond_ the commonly held notion,
and
realize what "free-will" really means. But Calvinism confuses many people,
keeping them _far_ away from this understanding.


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