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Re: hindu homosexuality
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: hindu homosexuality
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From: pp002963@interramp.com
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Date: Fri, 18 Aug 95 17:42:35 PDT
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From news@usenet1.interramp.com Fri Aug 18 20: 18:39 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link
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References: <40otrg$b5f@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
In article <40otrg$b5f@babbage.ece.uc.edu>, <susarla@owlnet.rice.edu> writes:
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> There is no real possibility of love in the material world, because real
> love should be both selfless and eternal, whereas so-called love, whether
> it is in a homosexual or heterosexual relationship, is neither of these.
> So called love in the material world is better known as lust because it
> is the desire for one's own sense gratification... the desire to exploit
> someone else. And no relationship can be eternal in the material world
> because everyone has to die at some point.
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> Therefore, the only real love is love of God, something which I hope to
> achieve someday.
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> This is not to say that people should not get married. The sex desire is
> difficult to control, and that is why it is acceptable in sastra to
> harness it for the procreative function. In this way, no karmic reaction
> will result, so long as the child is brought up as a devotee.
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My two cents:
Cannot agree with the last sentence! The child is born to a chosen set of parents
precisely because of a karmic relationship. This fact is not altered whether or not
the child is brought up as a devotee. The latter is up to the child and the childs's
previous samskaras in addition to God's grace.
Cheers
Mukti
