Re: [OT] Good, evil and religion [WAS] Re: A way to compile 3rd party modules into deb system?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 05/09/07 08:24, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
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>  3) Anything God does is, by definition, right.

While true from a Believer's POV, relying on it for justification is
an EXTREMELY slippery slope towards theocracy.

1500 years of state involvement by the Roman Catholic Church (with
all the absolutely non-Christian stuff that members of it's
hierarchy did), the 17th century Protestant witch hunts in northern
Europe (the Massachusetts hunts paled in comparison), the Thirty
Years War and, lastly but not least, *Islamofascism* all point to
the problems that can occur when the ruling class convinces the
demos that they (the ruling class) speaks for God, and that "God
Says" to go do something.

Actually, though, Biblical Inerrancy and a population well-versed in
the Bible that can think on it's own *should* be a buffer against
such blatantly non-Christian activity.  This is because they should
easily be able to determine that certain activities just manifestly
go against the tone of the New Testament.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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