Some defiitions

John W Burgeson (johnwilliamburgeson@juno.com)
Wed, 4 Feb 1998 14:43:21 -0700

Moorad -- you came up with some definitions. Not bad ones, but I
will add to them a little.

Before I do, in my "abortion" post I was imprecise. The word "murder"
means "willfully and with malice." Either I must remove the words "and
with malice" from the definition, which makes it at odds with the
dictionary, or I must remove the word "murder" from the life structure I
so carefully built. I'll have to think about it.

Here are your definitions (with my changes to them in [ ].

Homosexuality = physical, sexual contact between two men.

[Homosexual activity=physical, sexual contact
between two same-gender entities.]

[Human homosexual activity=physical, sexual contact
between two same gender humans]

[Homosexuality=a tendency or desire to perform homosexual acts]

Note that, with the definitions above, the difference between a tendency
to act and an act is delineated. I think this is important.
"Homoisexuality" is nowhere mentioned in Scripture; neither are railway
trains. Both words were invented less than 200 years ago. There are
people with homosexual tendencies, I believe, who refrain from homosexual
activity. I think you do not wish to include them.

Abortion= interfering with the normal, natural development
of a fetus with intent to terminate life.

[Abortion= interfering with the normal, natural development
of a zygote, embryo or fetus with intent to terminate life.]

Note that miscarriages, which happen "naturally,"
or by accident, are not included in the definition.

abomination= God's view of acts which disobey His laws.
[abomination=some behaviour or thing God specifically disapproves of]

Would you accept these definitions, Moorad? I did work on them a bit, and
I think preciseness is important here.

Burgy

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