Gazelam wrote:If we see a child being beaten, what is our instinct? Why do we care if we don't know the child and have no connection to it?
...because such an instinct benefits our survival as a species.
We can learn to ignore this inner voice, we can go off our own knowledge and place our faith in the best scholar that flatters our intellect the best, but that's a dangerous game to play.
It'd say it's a more dangerous game to play to refuse to use your brain in relation to such matters.
...each to their own though ;)
Oh - and I wouldn't place my trust fully in any 'scholar'. I'd listen to what they had to say - sure. I will also listen to politicians, rock stars, friends, family and even - lol - religious leaders on occasion!
But in the end, I'd always make up my own mind...
The name of God is Father, and the marriage between a Man and a Woman is the highest covenant that can be made between man and God.
...said the Mormon to the atheist...
This is because the highest lesson that can be learned is how to create and maintain life. Maintainign life includes instructing ones children in how to make correct choices that build character.
And yet when the homosexual forces themselves into a heterosexual life, and brings misery and heartache to their family as a result - it's still the homosexuals fault!
...priceless...
