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   XPost: alt.horror.cthulhu, alt.evil   
   From: canadamike@hotmail.com   
      
   I'm not saying I agree with the banishing of thoughts.   
   I'm just saying I see the logic in it.   
   If taken to extremes then obsessing over something may give you the courage   
   to try it.   
      
   And also, if someone were to think "Well I am already committing a sin by   
   thinking about it, so I might as well earn my punishment" and go ahead and   
   do it.   
      
   Thoughts are perfectly healthy and natural, and I don't belive you should go   
   to hell for thinking something.  Ever try to stop a thought that pops up   
   into your head?  SINNER!   
   There are certain times that you can go "This thought process will do me no   
   more good to dwell on, I'll try not to think about it anymore"  is the   
   guideline I think the Bible is trying to put forth, in a heavyhanded way.   
   But then, thats a personal opinion.   
      
   And as for the Lesbianism thing, I confess that I havn't read the whole   
   Bible (I'm working on it, I want to make sure I know what I'm talking about)   
   but the thing I semi-quoted was something my friend told me, and I looked   
   that first passage up for verification.   It is interesting to quote things   
   back at people who take the Bible literally.   
   Thanks.   
      
      
   ----- Original Message -----   
   From: "C.S.Strowbridge"    
   Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu,can.ai,alt.evil   
   Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 5:13 AM   
   Subject: Re: Cthulhu is EVIL, the DEVIL created it !   
      
      
   > Canadamike wrote:   
   >   
   > > Don't Covet/Thinking of sin is as bad as sin = If you don't banish   
   certain   
   > > thoughts from your head, you may be more likely to do something that   
   harms   
   > > others.   
   >   
   > I've got to disagree with you here. Having thoughts about committing a   
   > 'sin' is normal. Calling them a sin is very likely to cause   
   > psychological distress, which could lead to an increased likelihood of   
   > committing the act in reality.   
   >   
   > Take the Sailor Suit Fetish in Japan, which I've heard described as   
   > Pseudo-Pedophila. I read about it from a link from Fark.com, apparently   
   > a lot of men in Japan have fantasies about underage girls, (there's a   
   > whole sector porn industry dedicated to this, (18+ year old girls   
   > dressed up in High School / Sailor Suit uniforms)) but they only have   
   > relationships with woman their own age. I remember one quote from the   
   > news story in which the man said, 'In the fantasy the girls represent   
   > innocence and exuberance, but in reality they are just immature.'   
   >   
   > However, the actual number of child molestation cases in Japan is   
   > actually very low when compared to the population size. Certainly lower   
   > than it is in Canada and the U.S. where that kind of porn would be   
   > (nearly) universally condemned.   
   >   
   > So having an outlet for destructive thoughts may help prevent   
   > destructive actions.   
   >   
   > > There are hundreds of others that have certain logics to them, but I   
   can't   
   > > remember them all.  (oh an interesting note, the Bible only says man may   
   not   
   > > sleep with man, but it says nothing about woman sleeping with woman...)   
   >   
   > Lesbianism is mentioned once in the Bible, and not in a good way.   
   >   
   > Romans Chapter 1 Verse 26   
   > Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women   
   > exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.   
   >   
   > C.S.Strowbridge   
      
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