I write this as a man married to a wonderful, godly woman of a different ethnicity. My position, therefore, is not theoretical, detached, or reactionary. It is personal, pastoral, and biblical.

Although this son saw all the evil of his father, he did not delight in it. Instead, he chose/desired a different path, a righteous path, and chose to be the opposite of his father. His desires – which are metaphysical – were different from his fathers’.