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Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 12 May 2000 05:02:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Peter Callaway writes:
> > Lar said
> > > ... and we are not our brother's keeper, ...
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> > Quoting the Bible, Lar?? Getting religious?? ;-)
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> I've said that before, you could look it up. It's not exactly a quote as I
> believe the quote is more along the lines of:
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> 'Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he
> replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"' (NIV Gen. 4:9)
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> and God answers in the affirmative.
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> So I'd say clearly that since I am denying what God said to be true, it's most
> definitely not a quote, although it's certainly an allusion.
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> It's been a while since I've read Genesis so I went and dug that up on the
> web, here specifically:
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> http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible
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> Note that NIV is not my favorite version, I prefer King James, but it's
> certainly more accessible to the modern reader who doesn't want to struggle
> with old forms. And it's what I found first. Wouldn't want to put TOO much
> time into it.
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> By the way, the fact that I've read Das Kapital does not make me a Marxist,
> nor does the fact that I've read Samuelson's macroeconomics text make me a
> Keynesian... :-) Although the fact that I've read Playboy makes me a hounddog
> I guess.
Unless you just read it for the "articles".
Sarcasm, Larry. I was being sarcastic, hence the winking smiley after the
statement. You could be no more religious than I could be an American.
Can I surmise that the rest of my post was so unprofound that you only
responded to the last sentence?
Pete Callaway
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| (...) I've said that before, you could look it up. It's not exactly a quote as I believe the quote is more along the lines of: 'Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"' (NIV (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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