Re: OT: Religion, Good and Evil (was Re: A way to compile 3rd party modules into deb system?)
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 05/04/07 13:15, Joe Hart wrote:
> [snip]
>> Well,
>
>> Good is a relative term. To some people something is good while other
>> people think the same thing is not good. For example good food.
>
> Human sacrifice was considered Good by the Aztecs, as was burning at
> the stake and hanging by the Protestant witch hunts and Spanish
> Inquisition.
>
Exactly, but we consider human sacrifice today to be a bad thing.
Historically Americans also thought that destroying Indians (more
politically correct to say Native Americans) but that was certainly
genocide, which is now an international crime and frowned on by almost
everyone.
>> Evil is generally considered a bad thing, but Evil is also the first
>> name of a good motorcycle stunt man.
>
> Evel, not Evil, Knievel.
My bad. At least it is pronounced the same.
Joe
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