Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdcsu!dmcanzi From: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Re: A pridefull man's reaction to a Holy God. Message-ID: <715@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Nov-84 01:11:50 EST Article-I.D.: watdcsu.715 Posted: Fri Nov 30 01:11:50 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 19:19:22 EST References: <516@watdcsu.UUCP>, <246@qantel.UUCP> <543@watdcsu.UUCP>, <263@qantel.UUCP> <1071@trwrba.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 19 > >From Lary Bickford: > > Where there is sin, there must be payment for sin. Finite man can never > > fully pay for his crimes against God; therefore justice demands an > > infinite time in the lake of fire. > > Hmmm... It seems to me that man, who is only finite when he atones for > his crimes, was only finite when he committed them. How does finite > man, in finite time, manage to commit infinite crimes? > > "This is just me nitpicking." David Canzi Larry's answer to this (as found in another article, and as received via mail) is that the crime is infinite when committed against an infinite being. Well, I don't quite understand the logic in this. It sounds about equally reasonable to argue that mere finite mortals can not hurt an infinite being enough to be noticed. "Adequacy -- is it enough?" David Canzi