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To: Publius6961

I see your thinking, but might we be confusing cause and effect?


71 posted on 11/16/2006 10:37:02 AM PST by conservativecorner
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To: conservativecorner
I see your thinking, but might we be confusing cause and effect?

In my mind, not in the slightest!
But I believe I have an open mind.
You choose, or propose a third hypothesis.

Hypothesis #1:
Cause: A normal healthy male joins the Church, which requires voluntary celibacy.
Effect: Celibacy effects his conversion into a homosexual, unable to resist sexually abusing boys.

Hypothesis #2:
Cause: A male with homosexual tendencies joins the Church, which requires voluntary celibacy.
Effect: He succumbs to the tendencies of his nature and is unable to resist sexually abusing boys.

Occam's Razor makes the more likely hypothesis crystal clear, as to cause and effect.

Unless you can devise a third reasonable hypothesis.
I was addressing specifically the absurd notion that celibacy causes the inability to resist abusing boys.

84 posted on 11/16/2006 10:57:12 AM PST by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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