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To: Smartass

We should always remember that the words, "You are intolerant," are only *half* a sentence.

The other half is, "...of something **I** think should be tolerated."

That's all. "You are intolerant of something *I* think should be tolerated."

And yet, when you leave off the second half of the sentence, "You are intolerant," becomes an accusation of moral turpitude, like "You are dishonest," or "You are a child-molester."

Thing is, it's not really that kind of accusation. It merely notes a difference of opinion on what should and should not be tolerated.

Same-sex attraction disorder is a mental problem like any other. Sufferers should be pitied, and charity requires that we encourage them to seek help. It is a curable disorder, after all.

Wrong thinkers can insist that right reason requires us to regard it as healthy and good, but they can make no case for that position. The evidence is all against them. And even if it weren't, God's word is against them.

Intolerant? Yeah, of things God calls abominations. If somebody has a problem with that, well, then I think we can truncate that sentence too: they have a problem.


73 posted on 07/10/2004 8:28:23 PM PDT by dsc
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To: dsc
"You are intolerant of something *I* think should be tolerated."

Excellent point.

133 posted on 07/11/2004 11:33:38 AM PDT by sweetliberty ("A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left." (Eccl. 10:2))
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To: dsc
Same-sex attraction disorder is a mental problem like any other. Sufferers should be pitied, and charity requires that we encourage them to seek help. It is a curable disorder, after all.

Wrong thinkers can insist that right reason requires us to regard it as healthy and good, but they can make no case for that position. The evidence is all against them. And even if it weren't, God's word is against them.

If I remember correctly, the SSAD "phase" was coined her at FR a few years ago.

How long ago was it that the AMA gave in to the Homosexuals blackmailers and took Sodomy off of the list of Mental Disorders? Twenty, 30 years?

Thanks for the post. (That is as far as I have read on this thread.) I am surprised that there are still some people here that think Homosexuality comes from Genetics

169 posted on 07/11/2004 1:40:35 PM PDT by Syncro
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