Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: alfalfa!fullmer@dover.sps.mot.com (Glen Fullmer) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: SOM Message-ID:Date: 24 Sep 89 20:41:34 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Motorola, Inc., Semiconductor Products Sector Lines: 24 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Stan Reeves says: > Should the "cut off one's hand, pluck out one's eye" in the Sermon on the > Mount be taken literally? Well, sorta. I believe Jesus was > that serious about people dealing with the sin in their lives. The problem > with actually carrying this out is, as Darren Provine pointed out, that sin > can never really be traced to a particular part of the body. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Can't sin be traced to the brain? i.e. "If your brain offends thee cut it out!" You go first! -- ___ _ "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence" {__/ // "over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." \ // _ ___ Dick Feynman, Appendix F of Shuttle Disaster Report {__/