nature vs. nurture vs. choice
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In a message dated 4/30/02 10:19:23 AM, ddzimlew@... writes:
<< If a man was beaten as a child and grows up to beat his own children,
does he have a valid reason? Is that nature or character choice? Do we
try to understand it? >>
If his mother was beaten by his good Christian father who forced him to go to
church, and he grew up and married a girl chosen by his parents and her
parents, and they tell them NEVER, under any circumstances, can they divorce,
and he beats her because the parents never let him associate with anyone
outside the family because of their evil influence and he had no other role
models, THEN was he "born Christian"?
<<Are people just BORN Jewish?
YES by God! <G> >>
Then is no one born Christian? Not Catholics who baptize infants?
Christianity isnt' genetic.
Is Hinduism? Is Islam inborn to 20th-generation Arabs?
When does the choice wear off and the genetic component kick in?
Does culture count?
If a boy's grandparents on four sides were Eagle scouts and his dad too and
his dad's a state BSA leader and the boy is an Eagle Scout, is that a Good
Thing, but his neighbor who's dad is the grand dragon of the Alabama KKK (or
whatever all the terminology would be) and he was taught to honor his father
and his mother and believes that anglo-saxon offspring are the TRUE
Israelites and chosen of God, he is a Bad Thing?
<<My head hurts. >>
My head stopped hurting years ago. <g>
But it seems imperative upon me to help other people's heads hurt from time
to time.
Sandra
<< If a man was beaten as a child and grows up to beat his own children,
does he have a valid reason? Is that nature or character choice? Do we
try to understand it? >>
If his mother was beaten by his good Christian father who forced him to go to
church, and he grew up and married a girl chosen by his parents and her
parents, and they tell them NEVER, under any circumstances, can they divorce,
and he beats her because the parents never let him associate with anyone
outside the family because of their evil influence and he had no other role
models, THEN was he "born Christian"?
<<Are people just BORN Jewish?
YES by God! <G> >>
Then is no one born Christian? Not Catholics who baptize infants?
Christianity isnt' genetic.
Is Hinduism? Is Islam inborn to 20th-generation Arabs?
When does the choice wear off and the genetic component kick in?
Does culture count?
If a boy's grandparents on four sides were Eagle scouts and his dad too and
his dad's a state BSA leader and the boy is an Eagle Scout, is that a Good
Thing, but his neighbor who's dad is the grand dragon of the Alabama KKK (or
whatever all the terminology would be) and he was taught to honor his father
and his mother and believes that anglo-saxon offspring are the TRUE
Israelites and chosen of God, he is a Bad Thing?
<<My head hurts. >>
My head stopped hurting years ago. <g>
But it seems imperative upon me to help other people's heads hurt from time
to time.
Sandra
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On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:26:52 EDT SandraDodd@... writes:
Deb L, born confused.
> My head stopped hurting years ago. <g>You are good at what you do....<G>
> But it seems imperative upon me to help other people's heads hurt
> from time
> to time.
>
> Sandra
Deb L, born confused.