Robert R. Reilly

5197. Making Gay Okay How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything, by Robert R. Reilly (read 11 Sep 2014) This is a 2014 book which aims at showing how some homosexuals seek to force society to condone and even approve what they do sexually. The author makes a powerful case that giving them what they want--not only tolerance but approbation-- presents some problems. I have never rejected what I was taught about morality and the need to avoid what to me is sinful, so I have show more no quarrel with the author's thesis that one should avoid what is clearly an unhealthy life style. He also raises serious questions as to whether homosexuality is immutable for all those who practice it. And he likewise shows that the vaunted change in the listing of homosexualtiy as not deviant behavior was the result not of study but of determined campaigning by some homosexual activists. The book is full of interesting argument and deserves study by all who are interested in the subject. show less

This book is an extension of an argument made by earlier writers (that vocal rationalists L. Sprague de Camp for one) that the critical division between Islamic and Christian culture came when al-Ghazzali successfully argued that revelation (as well as mystical experience) was superior to reason, while afterwards Aquinas and others argued reason was compatible with revelation. My own opinion is that although one branch of Islamic thought was undoubtedly bot hostile to reason and bigoted, the show more Christian tendency in the later middle ages in practical terms was also becoming less tolerant rather than more; the rationalist reaction against bigoted Christian in fact appealed to example of relatively tolerant Muslim rulers (even if idealized) and the enlightenment began to influence the Muslim world only perhaps a century after it began to influence the west. The contrast is not as sharp as Reilly supposes. show less

Why are Americans being forced to consider homosexual acts as morally acceptable? Why has the US Supreme Court discovered a constitutional right to same-sex "marriage", which until a decade ago, was unheard of in the history of Western or any other civilization? Where has the "gay rights" movement come from, and how has it so easily conquered America?

The answers are in the dynamics of the rationalization of sexual misbehavior. The power of rationalization—the means by which one mentally show more transforms wrong into right—drives the gay rights movement, gives it its revolutionary character, and makes its advocates indefatigable. The homosexual cause moved naturally from a plea for tolerance to cultural conquest because the security of its rationalization requires universal acceptance. In other words, we all must say that the bad is good.

At stake in the rationalization of homosexual behavior is reality itself, which is why it will have consequences that reach far beyond the issue at hand. Already America's major institutions have been transformed—its courts, its schools, its military, its civic institutions, and even its diplomacy. The further institutionalization of homosexuality will mean the triumph of force over reason, thus undermining the very foundations of the American Republic. show less

An excellent book, it might be difficult for someone within this faith to take and read this book. The author talks about the roots of problems/issues in the Islamic world. Basically, differences in theology, convictions and not having rationality in their theology.

I learned about the two sects within Islamic theology if you're familiar with Philosophy. This would be interesting and easier read, learned also about Al-Ghazali and Averroes. You'll enjoy this book if you are into theology, show more philosophy, and history.

Deus Vult,
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