From: bivalve (bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com)
Date: Tue Nov 12 2002 - 21:03:07 EST
>David, normally your logic is sound. I wonder what happened here.
>ANY person has EVERY right to demand truthfulness before they "turn
>their life over" to an invisible God who places large requirements
>on their minds and their lives.<
I did not say you did not have the right. I said you did not have
the logical justification. What is truth? Why does it matter
whether you stick to it? Christianity claims to be true, and so
serious errors (as opposed to copying errors, figurative or everyday
language, etc.) in the Bible would indeed be an internal problem for
it. However, in criticizing Christianity as untruthful you are
trying to retain the moral standards of Christianity without the
justification of those standards. You may set truthfulness as your
own personal standard, but on what basis do you expect other to
follow suit?
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted
Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at
Droitgate Spa
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