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Originally Posted by Parkview_Pirate
No matter how many times you use the phrase "self-defeating" in reference to views other than your own, it doesn't make it true.
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It is true whenever a view is
self-contradictory. Of if you don't like the term "self-defeating", there's always
self-refuting upon which to fall back.
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The "Law of Love"? Really? It seems like you're just making up things now to justify your actions to constrain others. I might have given the woman advice that would have led to a similar outcome - but it would have been framed around the hazards of STDs and the phenomenon known as "gold digging", and would have included the human manipulation of worrying about what her neighbors thought.
This is where Natural Law has a big edge on Divine Law. It hasn't been polluted by interpretation, and can be used for purposes other than control.
Again, the self-defeating part of all this is the narrow views that some religions impose.
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Yes, really. Jesus clearly taught that the entire OT hinged upon his two greatest commandments -- love for God and love for neighbor. Besides, Mr. Pirate, what virtue is greater than love? What virtue on this planet motivates more strongly to do good for our fellow man. Love is patient, it's gentle, it's kind, it doesn't rejoice in or approve of unrighteousness, it isn't boastful or arrogant, it's not jealous, it's not self-seeking, etc., etc. Read 1Cor 13 sometime.
