On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Michael Madigan <[email protected]> wrote: > If God didn't want us to lust then he wouldn't have given us hormones.
God wants us to be one with our wife in spirit, soul & body. Hormones help with a third of his purpose (the "body" oneness), but can just as soon cause us the union to be destroyed, when the "lust" due your wife is given to another. - Publius > > --- On Fri, 3/5/10, Publius Maximus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Publius Maximus <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [OT] How Atheists win friends. >> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, March 5, 2010, 2:05 PM >> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:48 AM, >> Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Where does it say in the Bible that porn is bad? It >> only says not to lust >> > after your neighbor's wife. Nothing about an unmarried >> woman. >> >> Matt 5:28 seems to make no distinction between married and >> unmarried, >> and raises the bar to "merely" looking upon a woman and >> lusting. >> >> Really, the issue is the loveless brutality of it, and the >> manner in >> which it inflames the passions of the flesh. Merely looking >> upon a >> beautiful naked women or even a couple making love does >> not >> necessarily trigger this, but the subjugation, control and >> selfish >> nature of the sex acts typical in porn is ungodly. >> >> No great gift of spiritual discernment is required to know >> the >> difference. However, the total lack of spiritual >> discernment makes it >> a puzzling issue for many. >> >> > Repressing one's lust/desire (by the way if this is so >> bad why was it >> > invented?) only leads to what we see in the Islamic >> religion. >> >> Only for a carnal person. One guided by the Spirit >> overcomes these >> passions; there is no need to repress what has been >> overcome. >> >> > Woman are to >> > be covered up, beaten and, in general, brutilized >> because these religious >> > nuts have no other outlet for their feelings. >> >> Compare Christ's treatment of women to, say, Mohammed's >> treatment of >> them -- or their treatment little children for that matter. >> Mohammed >> was a psychotic murderer and pedophile, who taught only >> bloodshed and >> oppression. >> >> Christ taught love, and treated women with a love that was >> never >> lustful, and always unconditional. >> >> - Publius >> >> -- >> >> "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this >> country, >> under an efficient government, will probably be an >> increasing object >> of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that >> enterprises to >> subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of >> foreign >> powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted >> by some of >> them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can >> be >> avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but >> those whose >> situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the >> faithful >> and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers >> #59] >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
