Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-k Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Pucc-I:Pucc-K:agz From: agz@pucc-k (Andrew Banta) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Bible on sacredness of human life Message-ID: <664@pucc-k> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 16:07:59 EST Article-I.D.: pucc-k.664 Posted: Mon Dec 3 16:07:59 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 09:00:43 EST References: <228@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> <945@aecom.UUCP> <1544@pur-phy.UUCP> Organization: Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University Lines: 19 > I'd like to ask the following thing: Suppose that someone with a different > religion came up to you, and tried to convert you to their religion. The > above quotes from the Bible seem to say that you should immediately beat them > up, if not kill them. Is this what you would do? If not, then you would seem > to be disobeying God's rules. Ok, this God has made up "The Rules". We take this for granted. Now, why should it ask us to carry out judgement and sentencing on these rules? If it wants to make the rules, it whould be the one responsible for carrying them out. I mean it would seem far more reasonable to have a God, who is all knowing and all powerful carry these out. Humans are a little to adept at making mistakes ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andy Banta {decvax!allegra!ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-k!agz Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University --- "I'm OK, You're a CS Major" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------