Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: brendan@cs.uq.oz.au (Brendan Mahony) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Biblical Sexual Morality Message-ID: Date: 22 Mar 91 03:54:03 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake) writes: >If the homosexual's conscience is not bothered by their homosexuality >then it is not for us to judge. But, the homosexual must also respect >the beliefs of those who feel that homosexuality is a sin. Certainly if >a homosexual were to seduce another who believed homosexuality to be a >sin then they both sin. (Certainly causing a neighbor to commit what >they consider a sin is not loving that neighbor.) I think that these observations remain equally valid if the word hetrosexual is used to replace the word homosexual. In entering a sexual relationship it is important to give serious thought as to the spiritual state of your prospective partner. Sex should not be allowed to become a sin. The church's traditional safeguard is the sacrament of marriage, were two people stand before God and their community and declare their willingness (eagerness) to entering into a state of sexual union with each other. -- 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.