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- From: brumleve@iboga (Dan Brumleve)
- Subject: Re: Will the -REAL- Christians please stand up? Was: What did Judas be
- References: <01050133.ohmnd7@distant.uucp> <1k1fn8INNa51@pith.uoregon.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:17:12 GMT
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- delancey@darkwing.uoregon.edu (Scott C DeLancey) writes:
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- >In article <01050133.ohmnd7@distant.uucp> edw@distant.uucp writes:
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- >>Not to inject reason into this, but could you ask these questions for me?
- >>
- >>Assuming, for the sake of argument, that God says homosexuality is immoral,
- >>can you tell us why He says it's immoral? If it's because He says so, please
- >>tell us *why* He says so. Now, we have your *real* reason for thinking that
- >>homosexuality is immoral. Unless you can explain *why* God says homosexuality
- >>is immoral, you're making your god look pretty arbitrary, or, alternatively,
- >>you're making morality beyond human comprehension, which would make me wonder
- >>why we're being held accountable for things that we can't even begin to
- >>comprehend.
- >>
- >>You see, the Divine Command theory of morality doesn't work, even to fellow
- >>believers. You're going to need to fall back onto some other moral theory.
- >>
- >>I'll be looking forward to your *real* justification for condemning
- >>homosexuality.
- >>
- >>Ed
- >>
- >>
- >Huh? Was this addressed to *me*?
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- >Scott DeLancey
-
- I think he misinterpreted your quote from the Bible as slimy
- fundamentalist drivel, instead of a demonstration that the Bible does
- indeed comdemn homosexuality.
-
- -Dan
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-