iod), Frank became involved in homo-

sexual activities. Before reaching his

teens he began to engage in homosex-
uality with some regularity. Homosex-
ual sin may first have begun out of
curiosity or in order to act "smart."
Frank's sin had a typical beginning
when a group of young boys gathered
together in a hideout on a vacant lot to
fon.n a club. All was innocent enough
until someone got the idea that admis-
sion to membership in the club should
be restricted to those who were willing
to take off their clothes. However de-
tails of any particular story may go,
homosexual sin does not appear to have
been the result of genetic factors,? but
is, as in Frank's case, a learned activity.
Endnotes
!November 3, 1967. .
2J. Sanborn Bockoven. "Community
Psychiatry, A Growing Source of
Social Confusion," Psychiatry Digest,
March, 1968, p. 51.
3compare Thomas Szasz, The Myth
of Mental Illness (New York.: Dell,
1960). Yet the pastor is called upon to
become a chief proponent of the mental
health view; he is urged to "help both
(he family and the community at large
to accept mental illness as sickness and
not as a disgrace" (Archibald F. Ward
and Granville L. Jones, Ministering to
Families of the Mentally Ill. New
York: The National Association for
Mental Health, n.D., p. 4).
4Cf. 0. Hobart Mowrer, Crisis, pp.
81-102 (esp. pp. 83-91) where Mowrer
sets forth Tim Wilkins' "Dick Tracy
Theory of Schizophrenia." In this view,
the counselor is thought of as Dick
Tracy rather than ~ e n Casey. A recent
illustration of this viewpoint, is found
in Walter C. Stolov's work at, the
University of Washington's hospital in
the rehabilitation of patients with
severe ambulatory problems. Cf.
Medical News, Vol. 209, No. 10,
Se{!tember 8, 1969, p. 1442.
5Bizarre behavior of this sort must
be viewed (like all other sinful
behavior) as the product of a "deceitful
heart" (cf. Jeremiah 17:9).
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Don Crowe Is a minister In lhe
Refonned Presbylarlan Church In the United
Slates and a leache( at Chalcedon Christian
School.
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Hospers, the utilitarianism of J.S.
Mill, the trait-deontologism of Roman
Catholicism, the existentialism of
Joseph Fletcher, etc. All of these ethi-
cal systems suffer from dialectical ten-
sion inherent within them.
Due to the amount of space taken
above, I will forego responding again to
your view of sin. I would just urge you
to read the Scripture references in my
earlier Jetter. Those are the foundation
for my view.
I have enjoyed our interchange of
ideas and would be willing for them to
continue, if you so desire. Do be as-
sured that I respect your willingness to
discuss these matters, though I have
strong and diametrically opposed con-
victions. I, too, respectfully (and I do
mean that) disagree with you.
May we bow together before the
Christ of Scripture.
Sincerely,
Ken Gentry
[To be continued]
"Lying Wonders"
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