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- From: mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus)
- Subject: Re: Violence in the bible?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.162350.7234@jcnpc.cmhnet.org>
- Organization: Homebrew Virtual Reality Labs
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- References: <1992Dec31.023231.26314@arden.linet.org>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:23:50 GMT
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- Joe Beiter (joeb@arden.linet.org) wrote:
- : >>This applied to the jews for the jews to carry out. The jews were to be
- : >>submissive to the law. A death sentance is not 'murder' but justice.
- : >>It is made clear from book one that the wages for sin is death.
- : >
- : >So are you saying you think it's fine to kill people because they
- : >have broken the laws as set out out in the bible? Be honest.
- :
- : Me personally? Hell no I think its damm harsh. What sane human being could
- : stand up and say "I think you should die because you thought of 'doing' Mrs.
- : Henderson"? (knowing full well I thought of it myself).
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- So, if I never thought of "doing" Mrs. Henderson (I'm assuming we are talking
- about sex with a married woman who is not your wife) then I am justified in
- executing the man who did "do" Mrs. Henderson (assuming he is not Mr.
- Henderson)?
-
- As you point out, no sane person could condone such "justice".
-
- : God (of The Bible) is not like us. You're talking a different set of scales
- : here.
-
- If the "justice" is immoral by our limited standards, how can it be moral by a
- "different set of scales"? From human experience, justice tends to become more
- humane as peoples philosophical basis expands.
-
- : Not that I'm trying to convince you there is a God. I'm just trying to defen
- d
- : my own belief and hoping one of you can help me with my "self deception" (if
- : it is such) and at the same time try and understand how you people can be
- : so convinced Hes not there. Just to restate my intentions for being here.
-
- I'm "convinced Hes (sic) not there" because he has never given me any evidence
- that he is there. Nor has any other diety given me such evidence.
- --
- Mike McAngus | You are a fluke of the Universe. You have no
- (mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org) | right to be here, and whether you can hear it
- The Truth is still the Truth | or not the Universe is laughing behind your
- Even if you choose to ignore it. | back. -- National Lampoon, Deteriorata
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