Off the main topic of this, but as a person with possible mild autistic-like traits and a rather nebulous grasp on my identity, could you explain this segment further, or consider writing more about it? "[H]e will “come to himself” like the prodigal (Luke 15:17) and begin building his house on the rock (Matthew 7:24–27) or he will double down on his folly (Proverbs 26:11) and plot how to kill Christ within himself (Matthew 12:14). For in the collapse of the persona is the calling of Christ – in the suffering, salvation. And in rejecting this, he rejects Christ."
"To have sex within the marital relationship, even for the sake of quelling lust, is better than abstaining but resorting to a box of Kleenex and pornography."
How would you explain this to a homosexual, who has no such legitimate outlet? Would kleenex and pornography for the sake of quelling lust be better than resorting to sodomy? If there is some non-sexual way of quelling lust, like "directing one's sexual energy into a hobby or some other task," why is it not good enough to require of heterosexuals within marriage as well?
Off the main topic of this, but as a person with possible mild autistic-like traits and a rather nebulous grasp on my identity, could you explain this segment further, or consider writing more about it? "[H]e will “come to himself” like the prodigal (Luke 15:17) and begin building his house on the rock (Matthew 7:24–27) or he will double down on his folly (Proverbs 26:11) and plot how to kill Christ within himself (Matthew 12:14). For in the collapse of the persona is the calling of Christ – in the suffering, salvation. And in rejecting this, he rejects Christ."
"To have sex within the marital relationship, even for the sake of quelling lust, is better than abstaining but resorting to a box of Kleenex and pornography."
How would you explain this to a homosexual, who has no such legitimate outlet? Would kleenex and pornography for the sake of quelling lust be better than resorting to sodomy? If there is some non-sexual way of quelling lust, like "directing one's sexual energy into a hobby or some other task," why is it not good enough to require of heterosexuals within marriage as well?