>As an honest God fearing heterosexual man, you must admit to being occassionally caught off gaurd by the attraction of a woman other than your wife.<
Me? Never. (grin)
>I would not for a second entertain the thought of punishing you for the thoughts that race through your brain at such a moment.<
Well. That comes to me as a relief since were you to give me a fitting punishment you'd no doubt have to kill me.
>If however you do not take control of your self and devert you gaze and attention from such attractions and as a result find yourself acting on the temptation, forbidden by your God, then I would surely hold you accountable for your acts.<
So then I may lust in my heart for this lovely woman, but until my lust “bubble's up” such that it manifests itself into behaviour, you will do nothing. I think this quite preferable, as opposed to having you probing my home and interviewing me for my thoughts.
>Adultery though it "bubbles" up now as the norm and causes severe and damage on the surface and to the depths of our society has become an invisible plague to the monitors of health and safety in our society.
It is actually not very invisible. I happen to think adultery should be outlawed, as it creates an ethical disparity. When a man swears on oath before God and man his undying faithfulness to a woman, he had better keep the oath. It is likely the most solemn contract he will ever make. When he breaks it, he directly assaults his wife and children, her parents and grandparents, in fact he assaults his wife's entire heritage and legacy. He assaults society and the entire structure of oaths upon which society depends. Lastly, he brazenly assaults God. Most marriages in this country occur in Christian churches. The couples involved stand upon an altar, sacrificing their freedoms, their very lives on that altar to one another and to God. They seem typically to have no idea the seriousness of the thing.
>Nice try, I am afraid not. And when it does not [cause harm] Johannes?<
I spoke here concerning society's response to self-corruption. When should society get involved with punishing an act of drunkedness? I think it should get involved when the act directly threatens others. As I have said before, both drunkedness and homosexuality represent corruption of organic human identity and so should be discouraged somehow by society. It should pass laws against them and then generally stay away from individuals until it has cause to investigate. That cause would be a threat against another. It should diligently teach itself against them. But I do not think society should generally have the right to monitor our homes to find such acts. However it discourages these things, it must allow the individual the freedom to corrupt himself and no other. Otherwise with our current unprincipled society one should not be surprised to one day find oneself completely oppressed Orwellian fashion. |
