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- From: dward@scf.nmsu.edu (Dan Ward)
- Subject: Re: Education Regarding Alternative Family Units (Re: The Analogy Be
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.012107.19383@nmsu.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 01:21:07 GMT
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- Ted Krueger (krueger@galileo.physics.arizona.edu) wrote:
- : In article <1992Dec27.151922.10864@nmsu.edu> dward@scf.nmsu.edu (Dan Ward) writes:
-
- : > I agree that people who search through the Bible to find some
- : > phrase which supports their particular form of bigotry are NOT
- : > the kind of Christians I would want my kids around... Dan
-
- : Yeah! That's right! Can't have anyone judging others. You know, all that
- : Judge not lest ye be judged stuff. We wouldn't want our children to think
- : that murder, theft and covetousness were wrong now, would we. You know,
- : I thought that all of our problems would be solved once we got those pesky
- : 10 Commandments out of our classrooms. Maybe the problem is that they are
- : still hanging on the walls of congress, and, you know, they do open the
- : congress and supreme court with prayer. Damn! When will they ever learn?
-
- : Ted
-
- You know, Ted, I have the feeling a response is probably a waste
- of time - but I'll type reallll slow so you'll have a better chance
- of understanding my point. First, I am all for teaching my kids
- (and everyone elses) what works and what doesn't work in a social
- situation. Murder doesn't work in our society. Being a thief
- is not going to work. There a lot of things that don't work - and
- I would be remiss if I didn't give my children all the help possible
- in learning what works. The reason these things don't work is
- because society is avengeful society. If you steal - you pay the
- price. Same for the other laws of society. (I would recommend
- an excellent book called "Constructs of Reality" by Berger and
- Lackman. Gives an excellent description of HOW society makes
- rules." Second, what I am opposed to is people using the Bible to
- promote their own particular forms of bigotry. I believe the
- Bible has great value. It certainly does to me. However, I don't
- understand everything in there. I don't think you do either.
- Therefore, I don't want you telling me what I think/feel/believe
- is wrong because of your interpretation of the Bible.
-
- I would like to point out that murder is wrong because someone
- is harmed. As a result, the harmed person has the "right ?" to
- justice and society has a right to exact justice in order to
- prevent future reoccurrences. However, there are some "illegal"
- or "unacceptable" situations where - so far as I can tell -
- no one is harmed. An example is a case where a child is raised
- by same sex partners. The child may have been better off in
- a two-sex home. But, if you carry this truism to its logical
- point of absurdity - then you will find that most children would
- be BETTER off in another home. I, for example, would have been
- much better off had I been born to RICH parents. The fact is -
- the child exist. While he/ she might be better off elsewhere -
- he/she could be a lot worse off. For example, homeless.
-
- And, for what it's worth, how many same-sex parents do you
- know? I know about 6 couples in my neighborhood. Most of
- these parents are active in Parent teacher organization. (That's
- where I met most of them.) Their kids appear at least as well off
- as other children. In fact, most are better dressed and appear
- healthier - in body and in spirit.
-
- If I misunderstood your point - sorry. But, I think you took
- MY statement out of context.
-
- Dan
-