Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: brendan@cs.uq.oz.au (Brendan Mahony) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Gay Ordination in the Presbyterian Church Message-ID: Date: 14 Mar 91 09:13:34 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 20 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Moderator: >[You ask how we are to watch pain in our brothers and sisters without >telling them it's because they blew it. I think once people have AIDS >it's a little late to tell them about the advantages of monogamy. >That sounds like a more appropriate message for other contexts. In >working with people who are suffering, I think we need to be very >careful to avoid saying things that might reasonably look like (or be) >gloating. --clh] Well put. It seems that others are focusing more on the subject of AIDS than I am. The pain I was referring to was the pain involved in the lifestyle they lead, not in any resulting disease. Being in Australia AIDS tends toward the abstract for me, whilst the miseries of multiple dating, drugs, drunk driving and other unwise lifestyles abound. -- Brendan Mahony | brendan@batserver.cs.uq.oz Department of Computer Science | heretic: someone who disgrees with you University of Queensland | about something neither of you knows Australia | anything about.