Fesselfan wrote:Life itself is unhealthy...it invariably ends with death.
Besides that...you seem quite obsessed with what is "unhealthy" or not. Well, if that is a turn-on for you- fine. Just don't assume that your morals fit for everyone, or even a majority.
When did I say my morals should "fit for anyone else"? That is not the point. I do think a lot about truths larger than myself. Contrary to the notion that I know it all and everyone must conform to me, my Christian faith teaches me that there is an infinite God who knows it all and I know very little. I do admit that many who call themselves Christian do enjoy imposing their beliefs on others and lining out rules and regulations, but the Jesus of the Bible didn't do that and that says something to me. He did say there are places we should and shouldn't go, and He said we should seek daily to be more like Him. That is why it is so ludicrous for me or you for that matter to say we have a handle on the infinite.
A glimpse of the infinite can be seen through God's word, and through the lessons of history, which is why dismissing it out of hand is kind of silly. The statement that life itself is unhealthy and inevitably ends in death is tragic and fatalistic. It is sad to me that anyone would be so lost that they would look at life as just that. I would rather seek daily, or be obsessed by as you put it, an infinite, holy, and perfect God, rather than twittle away my few years of life on folly, only to find I missed out on so much.
No person is an island. There are wise choices to be made. Hence the question, where is the line? Behavior can become self destractive and harmful to others. Fetishes tend to be that way whether you acknowledge that or not so differentiating a hobby from a fetish is important to me. I don't think God as I understand Him objects to hobbies and healthy pasttimes, but orgies and fetishes He does. Each of us has a lot to contribute to this broken world. To spend one's entire life on orgies and fetishes is a loss to humanity.
As for TUGs, I see no evidence that they rise to that level of unhealthy, but they can. I won't answer that for you, unless you are causing harm. When society feels you are over the line, I do too.
Many strongly object to God then spend their lives looking for love and happiness in all the wrong places. There are 66 books in the Bible. That's a lot. But when they asked Jesus what the most important commandment was, His answer was hardly objectionable or imposing. He said to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and stregnth, and to love your neighbor as yourself. If the world spent its time obsessing over just that, it would be a better place.
So, am I some sort of a troll who came here to preach the gospel? No. You brought it up. I like TUGs and if kept to the limits the site says it adheres to, that is OK with me.
Now, excuse me but I can't write much more now
