tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post3002104752737616184..comments2024-03-28T15:39:28.239-04:00Comments on Vital Remnants: Ten animals Ed Brayton would like to ignoreMartin Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-90914569773148183982010-11-09T08:10:37.969-05:002010-11-09T08:10:37.969-05:00Can we blame Rousseau for this? That is, the noti...Can we blame Rousseau for this? That is, the notion that nature is somehow the arbiter of all that is good, and that man's best moral option is to throw off his "chains" (i.e., the Church) and embrace his natural self?Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974887002402743628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-49813560980578274342010-11-09T08:05:23.865-05:002010-11-09T08:05:23.865-05:00Martin,
I have to agree that looking at the behav...Martin,<br /><br />I have to agree that looking at the behavior of other species to support the appropriateness of human behavior isn't very useful. Even our closest living relatives are separated from us by millions of years, and species evolve behaviors which are useful for them in their own context. Human sexual behavior should be analyzed on its own merits within the context of human KyCobbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-22608587081338638962010-11-08T22:37:20.157-05:002010-11-08T22:37:20.157-05:00KyCobb,
I don't know where you got the idea t...KyCobb,<br /><br />I don't know where you got the idea that I got a Catholic education, unless you are referring to what I have read as an adult. I was actually educated in Lutheran schools. And I don't know where you got the idea that I was "comparing" sexual self-gratification with murder and torture.<br /><br />In many of my posts you seem to simply misunderstand my Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-23012717662632980772010-11-06T22:34:48.445-04:002010-11-06T22:34:48.445-04:00Martin,
It is a sad testament to how badly a Cath...Martin,<br /><br />It is a sad testament to how badly a Catholic education has warped your values that you think cannibalism, murder and torture are the activities which make the most apt comparison to masturbation, a perfectly normal and harmless activity if not engaged in in excess (which is true of most activities). Is it any wonder that the Catholic Church has had so much difficulty with itsKyCobbnoreply@blogger.com