To: DBeers
Another point about feelings or desires is that everyone has all kinds of feelings, thoughts and desires passing through the mind. What our job as humans is to discriminate between which desires to enact, and which to reject. And the funny thing is, the more we reject a desire, it loses its strength, and gradually diminishes. Even goes away. THe more we indulge, it grows in strenth, and makes more demands.
No one could possibly follow every desire that pops up. And we're meant not to.
25 posted on
02/26/2006 12:07:54 AM PST by
little jeremiah
(Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. CS.Lewis)
To: little jeremiah
Bingo! As humans we are expected to conduct ourselves as members of society. I believe the term what what you are describing is "Impulse control" If we have an impulse to murder, on the spur of the moment, we are expected to suppress it, using reason, logic, and conscience. And rightly so, be it murder, robbery, adultery, and yes Homosexuality. Among other things.
It what differentiates us from animals, the conscience of humanity.
30 posted on
02/26/2006 9:49:58 AM PST by
gidget7
(Get GLSEN out of our schools!!!!!!)
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