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- From: adams@spss.com (Steve Adams)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: To the discussionaries!
- Message-ID: <adams.722102384@spssig>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 15:59:44 GMT
- References: <1992Nov11.190043.8658@iscsvax.uni.edu> <adams.721594875@spssig> <1992Nov18.013041.8795@iscsvax.uni.edu>
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- clifton9220@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
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- >In article <adams.721594875@spssig>, adams@spss.com (Steve Adams) writes:
- >> If you can convince people to follow your moral standards willingly,
- >> then there is no problem. But to write Christian moral standards into law
- >> is wrong. The New Testament tells us that no man is saved by the law, nor
- >> can we be. Passing laws making certain sins illegal does nothing to
- >> further God's cause, nor does it prevent the sin.
- >
- >That scripture taken out of context was refering to the LAW of God not man.
-
- Not so! Paul *was* referring to the "Laws of Moses" when he wrote about
- this. There is no justification in following the law, for to gain such
- justification, you would have to follow it perfectly, and you cannot. As
- such, laws are meaningless in terms of salvation...
-
- >> Work instead to educate people as to *why* they should willingly follow
- >> the strict moral code you propose.
- >
- >I propose nothing. I only act as God tells me.
-
- Fair enough. Just don't propse laws based on any such alledged communication.
-
- -Steve
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