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To: melsec
"... Yet he does not submit to his temptations nor does he entertain them."

Why would one submit to something they don't entertain? Don't let this man disappoint you. I have never heard of such a non-practicing homo or hetersexual person in mind.

27 posted on 02/13/2008 4:25:56 AM PST by moonman
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To: moonman

Well put it this way - as much as is possible he makes every thought captive. I struggle with even wanting to struggle in the area of the mind most of the time.

Mel

He will not disappoint me as I don’t put my trust or hope in men.


36 posted on 02/13/2008 7:40:16 PM PST by melsec (A Proud Aussie)
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To: moonman

Well put it this way - as much as is possible he makes every thought captive. I struggle with even wanting to struggle in the area of the mind most of the time.

Mel

He will not disappoint me as I don’t put my trust or hope in men.


37 posted on 02/13/2008 7:40:36 PM PST by melsec (A Proud Aussie)
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To: moonman

You don’t seem to know the definition of “entertain” in this context.

In Catholic moral theology, to “entertain” a temptation is not the same thing as merely having a temptation. To “entertain” is to choose to keep the tempting thought or image in mind, to keep one’s attention on it deliberately.

Having a certain attraction, even being bothered by it, even being sometimes obsessed with it, or even suffering in the process of resisting it, is not the same as “entertaining” it.


42 posted on 02/13/2008 10:16:15 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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