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- From: joeb@pdnfido.fidonet.org (Joe Beiter)
- Newsgroups: rec.scouting,alt.discrimination,chi.general,alt.atheism,alt.politics.homosexuality
- Subject: Re: BofA and UW can now support discrimination against blacks and Jews
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.151215.23015@pdnfido.fidonet.org>
- Date: 13 Sep 92 15:12:15 GMT
- References: <BuBHpq.E8@acsu.buffalo.edu> <1992Sep9.154723.21575@cs.yale.edu> <1992Sep10.200436.566@hilbert.cyprs.rain.com>
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- In article <1992Sep10.200436.566@hilbert.cyprs.rain.com> max@hilbert.cyprs.rain.com (Max Webb) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep9.154723.21575@cs.yale.edu> rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Eric Rescorla) writes:
- >>This argument started with someone claiming that the golden rule
-
- >can be ambiguities. Fundamentalists appear to be much less
- >capable of this - I can usually predict their moves in a debate, but
- >they have trouble doing the same.
-
- So you are thus correct due to your mental superiority?
-
- >
- >Fundamentalists have admitted to me in the past that they can't even imagine
- >what the mental state of a nonbeliever (or other-believer) is like, and some
- >have even claimed that it is a _good_thing_. They simply cannot shed any
- >portion of their memetic parasitic - it is compulsively held.
- >
- Oh? I take it these 'Fundamentalists' have been believers from birth?
-
-
- >It shows up in circular proofs of the Bible via Bible proof-texting. They
- >can't even drop the assumption of biblical inerrancy, even while trying
- >
-
- If the Bible is in error then either 1) The God of The Bible is not real or
- 2) Hes a wimp and can't even keep his own word straight.
- People who say they live by the Bible but belive it can be wrong in places
- just need a 'spiritual security blanket' to save them from fear of the dark.
-
-
- >None of these things are flawed, simply because fundamentalists find
- >difficulty in honoring them. The fault lies not in the Golden Rule,
- >but in their own concrete skulls. To apply the Golden Rule, you must
- >admit that other viewpoints exist, and honor them. This the fundamentalist
- >cannot do.
-
- So you're proposing the Golden Rule REALLY means "Treat others as THEY would
- have YOU treat THEM"?
-
- I think you'd better call it something else.
-
- I find it interesting that there is so much Bible related discussion going
- on in here. Its clear the Bible condems homosexuality (Old and NT). Why
- do you even care what the book says if your only concern is your lifestyle?
-
- If you're looking for change thats another thing, I know several homosexual
- friends that have changed. They seem much happier these days too.
-
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