For the Strength of Youth

[Bernard Gui]

On 8/26/2018 at 6:54 PM, changed said:

All I can say - Adam and Eve - and we all agree on Adam and Eve here - in a perfect world with perfect people, the dress code was to go naked... so.... 

And now for the rest of the story..........

[Hamba Tuhan]

4 hours ago, changed said:

Anyone the world over understands the question, "are you sexually attracted to males, females, both, or neither"  

I don't think you have any idea how socially constructed and culturally bound the whole concept of 'sexually attracted' is. Attracted to what, exactly?

It's like a fish trying to see through water, but consider this point: before the late 19th century, not a single known language on this planet had a discrete word that meant 'sexually attracted to the opposite sex' or one that meant 'sexually attracted to the same sex'.

[cinepro]

23 hours ago, changed said:

 

It states again "while you are free to choose your course of actions" - this is not true.  We are not always free to choose our course of actions.

It doesn't say "you are always free to choose your course of actions." 

It's talking about sin and obedience.  If someone doesn't have a choice, then it isn't a sin. 

I think part of the problem is that the pamphlet is written in a way that can be understood by someone who has at least a sixth-grade reading level, and you're approaching it with a second grade, hyper-literal reading level.  I don't think there's anything they can do about that.

[bluebell]

On 8/26/2018 at 7:54 PM, changed said:

All I can say - Adam and Eve - and we all agree on Adam and Eve here - in a perfect world with perfect people, the dress code was to go naked... so.... 

Not really.  The second they knew they were naked (the second they were not longer innocent), God created clothes for them.  Their clothing didn't have anything to do with being in an imperfect world.  They weren't even in the imperfect world yet, they were still in the garden at that point.