(Well, it was about this breakaway section of the Deep South that was entirely ruled by Southern Baptists, who claimed that homosexuality was viral. The protagonist is a closet case who tries to convince himself that he caught teh gay from a psychiatric patient. It's a good story, actually.)
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
The spiritual hazards of promiscuity (homosexual or otherwise) are far less than those of a great many other sins which nevertheless don't seem to get nearly as much attention. As for demonic possession, I think that a quite rare circumstance; a well-documented hazard of dealing with psychic and supernatural phenomena is to start to see them everywhere whether they're there or not. An association of exorcists strikes me as a potential breeding ground for consensual hallucinations of this kind, members sharing the same predisposition.
"Among the causes of homosexuality" is requiring Catholic priests, bishops (and on up the ladder) to be celibate! I'm glad I gave Catholicism up for Lent decades ago...
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Date: 2008-08-17 06:16 pm (UTC)(Well, it was about this breakaway section of the Deep South that was entirely ruled by Southern Baptists, who claimed that homosexuality was viral. The protagonist is a closet case who tries to convince himself that he caught teh gay from a psychiatric patient. It's a good story, actually.)
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Date: 2008-08-17 08:00 pm (UTC)The spiritual hazards of promiscuity (homosexual or otherwise) are far less than those of a great many other sins which nevertheless don't seem to get nearly as much attention. As for demonic possession, I think that a quite rare circumstance; a well-documented hazard of dealing with psychic and supernatural phenomena is to start to see them everywhere whether they're there or not. An association of exorcists strikes me as a potential breeding ground for consensual hallucinations of this kind, members sharing the same predisposition.
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