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Summary Against Modern Thought: Nature’s Law
Previous post. The beginnings of natural law! THAT SOME HUMAN ACTS ARE RIGHT ACCORDING TO NATURE AND NOT MERELY BECAUSE THEY ARE PRESCRIBED BY LAW 1 From the foregoing it…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Love Your Neighbor (The People Near You)
Previous post. Puritanism is not a viable option. HOW MAN IS ORDERED BY THE LAW OF GOD IN REGARD TO HIS NEIGHBOR 1 From the things that we have said…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Eat Up!
Previous post. Enjoying your meal is not gluttony. If you get kicked out of the all-you-can it, it is. THAT THE USE OF FOOD IS NOT A SIN IN ITSELF…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Not All Sex Is Sinful
Previous post. Puritanism is not a viable option. THAT NOT ALL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IS SINFUL 1 Now, just as it is contrary to reason for a man to perform the…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Incest Is Out
Previous post. Notice carefully that none of the arguments below are related to genetics or biology, which is important because some wag will always claim it is possible to "cure"…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Marriage Is One Man, One Woman
Previous post. No sharing. THAT MATRIMONY SHOULD BE BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN 1 It seems, too, that we should consider how it is inborn in the minds of…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Matrimony Should Be Indivisible
Previous post. We know every one of these arguments, so it's sad that we reject them. THAT MATRIMONY SHOULD BE INDIVISIBLE 1 If one will make a proper consideration, the…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: The Consent Fallacy Applied To Fornication And Sodomy
Previous post. Our good saint did not use the name Consent Fallacy, but we see it in the first argument. No real comment is necessary here: the saint's words are…