(June 20, 2015 at 3:03 pm)Cato Wrote: Now we come to lust. So what is really being claimed is that sex is sacred, but I'm not allowed to consider it except in a very prescribed manner or else I have committed a sin with potentially severe consequences. This is a thought crime. Thought crimes are inimical to any just moral theory. There is nothing inherently immoral with lust; there's no victim. Effectively criminalizing the act or the 'improper' thought of it in order to influence behavior is the true crime here.
I just have an honest question for you regarding the whole thought crime thing real fast:
Do you think someone who hates gays and would love to have them all tortured and killed and actively day dreams about it for pleasure (yet is too cowardly to actually do anything about it outside his head), is still doing something wrong? Or a better question - does the fact that he chooses to think that way about gays and have that opinion about them still effects his character even if he never acts on it outside his head?
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
