tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post6957648365948996225..comments2024-03-23T12:05:23.537-05:00Comments on The Wild Reed: A Little Too Fluid?Michael J. Baylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-88426075287056805082008-09-22T13:53:00.000-05:002008-09-22T13:53:00.000-05:00Interesting critical analysis.Perhaps when O'Murch...Interesting critical analysis.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps when O'Murchu talks about "being intimate with each other" he is not necessarily meaning in a sexual way, just in a caring and loving way.<BR/> <BR/>I also don't think it's just in the "homosexual world" where "desire is often equated with sexualized behavior rather than with deeper psychological needs." This type of equating seems to me to be a predominately <EM>male</EM> thing - regardless of orientation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-62497777582101983892008-09-22T10:53:00.000-05:002008-09-22T10:53:00.000-05:00I've mentioned Kinsey's name in other posts, but o...I've mentioned Kinsey's name in other posts, but once again, I suggest "Go read Kinsey." Not that his research should be uncritically received. But a zoological look at human behavior is highly informative. Incorporating that look into theological anthropology is another matter, but I'm digressing a little.<BR/><BR/>My point is "Human beings are capable and of and actually engage in a very wide range of behaviors. Of what theological import is that wide array of behaviors?" Some place the theological locus on acts, others on the actor's intent, still other's on 'quality of the relationship' within which acts occur and/or the actor participates.<BR/><BR/>I can't think of the citation, but an Eastern Orthodox theologian (I'll see if I can find the precise quote) I read said that a theology too informed by the social sciences results in a catalog of the unredeemed behavior of unredeemed persons. I don't know that I am quite that pessimistic, but I take the point made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com