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Re: Problems with Christianity
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Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:22:09 GMT
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SRC wrote:

> > Can you prove that someone having an abortion is being selfish?
> > What if by the abortion, the mother could live to produce more children?
> 
> I was referring to the 99% of abortions where only the life of the
> unborn child is in jeopardy.

Show the statistics saying that it's 99%.



> I find "David morality" fundamentally flawed - it is based upon an
> evolutionary foundation of sand.  I doubt you would be surprised that I
> reject evolution as a baseless theory for which there is no scientific
> evidence.

So instead you believe in Creationism, for which there is ZERO evidence?  Just the
word of a 2K year old book?

Fossil evidence points very highly to evolution being right.

I suppose you believe that the fossil evidence of dinosaurs and other animals that
existed far before the written word were just put in the ground for kicks by a
being creating us out of nothing?




>  A similar point to above - Are you now going to try to defend
> evolution while I scientifically dismantle it, or will I be expected to
> defend attacks on creation?  Past experience would suggest the latter, but
> I don't want to go down that "branch" - that's not the debate I joined.

Well tough, you brought it up ;-)


> > You keep trying to suggest that the only benefit I'd get is some
> > sort of physical benefit. Mental benefit is actually...
> 
> I'm not suggesting there is benefit, either physical or mental or
> anything to doing good.  Again - I don't "give" in order to "get",
> I help someone because I love them.

I doubt it, or you'd "love" a lot of strangers.  I give to strangers I'll never see
or hear from.  It's not because I love them.


--
| Tom Stangl, Technical Support          Netscape Communications Corp
|      Please do not associate my personal views with my employer



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  Re: Problems with Christianity
 
I made a print-out of your post to read over - Do you realize we're up to six pages even before I reply? :-) (...) I'm trying to show the difference between these court "proofs". No I wouldn't say that case proved O.J. guilty or innocent, but let's (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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