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FIRST COUSINS GET MARRIED IN MARYLAND :whacky:
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FIRST COUSINS GET MARRIED IN MARYLAND :whacky:
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Oh my now isn’t that a dangerous statement? Yes you can control who you fall in love with.“You can’t control who you fall in love with,” Andrews said.
I don’t think so. It’s a purely hormonal reaction.Yes you can control who you fall in love with.
Wow.:ehh:I have much less of a problem with 1st cousins marrying than with homosexual “marriage”.
Who you have a strong sexual attraction to is purely hormonal. Who you love is definitely a choice and it’s spiritual, not hormonal.I don’t think so. It’s a purely hormonal reaction.
You can, however, control what you do with it.
I don’t think so. It’s a purely hormonal reaction.
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Purely a hormonal reaction? So like my pet cat can “fall in love” with the neighbor’s cat.
I lived in Virginia for many years, and always had my suspicions about Marylanders.http://forums.catholic-questions.org/images/icons/icon12.gif
I disagree. “Pair bonding” isn’t a choice, sorry.Who you have a strong sexual attraction to is purely hormonal. Who you love is definitely a choice and it’s spiritual, not hormonal.
Is pair bonding true love?I disagree. “Pair bonding” isn’t a choice, sorry.
Gee. I always thought that was more of an Arkansas thing.FIRST COUSINS GET MARRIED IN MARYLAND :whacky:
Think of it this way too. Love is the main reason God gave us free will. We are to love Him freely of our own choice. If love is not freely given, but just a random act of nature, then it is not love.I disagree. “Pair bonding” isn’t a choice, sorry.
Nonsense. The initial infatuation may be uncontrolled. That’s “eros”. But the *decision *to fully love another (agape) is conscious and fully controlled. It may be *strengthened *by eros, but is in no way dictated by eros.I disagree. “Pair bonding” isn’t a choice, sorry.
Well, this is one of those times.
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I agree completely. The original statement I was defending was “you can control who you fall in love with.” Falling in love is the inital attraction, and has nothing to do with true love.The initial infatuation may be uncontrolled. That’s “eros”. But the *decision *to fully love another (agape) is conscious and fully controlled.
And yet we’re in complete agreement. I guess that makes us both wrong.Well, this is one of those times.
Gee. I always thought that was more of an Arkansas thing.