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(...) Pardon? "Wholly arbitrary" would be a determination of "good" and "evil" based on nothing more than whim or random chance. As artifacts of our evolution, "good" and "evil" are cultural characterizations of certain behaviors and situations, (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
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(...) Yes, incest is prohibited in Leviticus. So are a lot of things BTW, like eating lobster;-) I think the issue predates the Bible. And I did a little research-- it appears that incest is taboo in virtually every culture (except in some (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I like the bit in the Bible where the men have harems--why can't I have my many women! K, I don't have a woman right now, yet enough to constitute a harem... so this point's rather irrelevant. <snip> (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) There's plenty of examples of inbreeding in the Bible. Does the Bible also specifically forbid incest? It's not something of great importance to me either way so I can see my forgetting these details... (...) It is my understanding that (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Okay, but you'd agree that it is taboo in our culture? If so, to what would you attest that value? I'll have to do a little research, but I think the taboo extends beyond any Judeo-Christian influence. (...) I don't follow you. Are you saying (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I'm no expert by any stretch but I think this is false on both counts. It's my understanding that if enough inbreeding occurs you actually get the same result as carefully avoiding inbreeding. I think there was evidence of this from (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Ecce Homo -- Mel Gibson's Passion (more fluff, sorta...)
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(...) In no particular order and not limited by national boundries, I give you... Thee List: 01. Prospero's Books (Greenaway) -- There's simply nothing else like it 02. Hamlet (Branagh) -- Closest film adaptation yet! Sorry, Mel -- not even close... (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Ecce Homo -- Mel Gibson's Passion (more fluff, sorta...)
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(...) (the sound of clothes ripping) Whaaa? You must be a closet metalhead who felt the jab of satire a little too close to home? :-) More proof that you and I don't see eye to eye on much-- as if that were needed:-) JOHN (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I'm shocked! I thought Liberals loved that film! JOHN (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Mysterious Ways (was Re: Ecce Homo )
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(...) I wonder if Jesus had cried out "RAT FART!" just previously.... Another art film on my list I'd forgotten! :-) JOHN (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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