On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 10:42 -0700, Lan Barnes wrote: > > Why are all strong desires _bad_ in your universe? What about the strong > desires to sacrifice for a greater good, to contribute during your time on > earth, to raise fine children, to run a sub-6 mile, to love someone with > all your heart AND body (and maybe only for one night and maybe you don't > know her last name)? > > I've had overwhelming physical desires -- lusts, really -- for a slice of > pizza, a beer, an orange. So where is that in faith, the sin of gluttony > or the joy of the flesh? > > Just putting in a good word for strong desires. >
As he said, strong desires is a reference to other writings the define what strong desires are. Some of them he listed. The desire for a good orange is not bad. Stealing an orange would be a bad thing. PGA -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
