Quick Hitter--The Shell Game of "Intrinsically Disordered"
I've talked before about the use of the term "intrinsically disordered" as it applies to LGBT people. As I said in that piece, I think the whole idea doesn't make any sense if you work your way through it. Who knew, though, that in coming to that conclusion, I was denying the doctrine of original sin? So says Mark Shea , in a classic example of a shell game. Shea's correspondent/foil asserts that he "does not believe that being homosexual is intrinsically disordered or a choice. . . ." To which Shea responds "You may not realize it, but you have just denied the entire doctrine of original sin. The Church’s teaching is not that homosexuals alone struggle with desires that are disordered, but that we all do." In other words, pace Shea, placing the label "intrinsically disordered" on homosexuality doesn't actually mean anything specific qua homosexuality that is not equally applicable to anyone regarding anything. Origin...