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Cleric: Unveiled women burn men to ash
And, he says, they should be punished like thieves and murderers.
Tracy Clark-Flory [2008-04-10]

  • Virtue is valueless without temptation

    I must say that I have too much respect for men to claim that they are all mindless bundles of tinder just waiting around for a naughty lady spark to set them off.

    I believe that men are capable of actually exercising self-control and freedom of choice when faced with a woman in shorts and t-shirt. After all, although I myself am of an avaricious nature, I can control myself sufficiently to the point where I don't rob banks or rip Rolexes off of random passersby. Can men do no less?

    I could make a further argument, referencing Milton's Paradise Lost, that young women wearing enticing clothes are in fact enabling heterosexual men to strengthen their faith on a daily basis. Adam and Eve were able, after the Fall, to choose between good and evil -- and thus became infinitely more valuable to God than even angels, who cannot choose to do anything BUT good.

    So if a Christian young man sees a teen temptress in Daisy Dukes but is still able to put a lid on his fiery loins and return to his copy of the "National Review," has he not had his moral strength TESTED and PROVED thereby?

    Ladies! We have a moral imperative here! I, for one, am planning to don my lingerie and march enticingly forth herewith, with the express purpose of enhancing our nation's Christian character! On! On! On!

    Are you with me?

    -- jfwlucy
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    Thursday, April 10, 2008 01:00 PM
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