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 05/11/07 04:40, Joe Hart wrote:
> Celejar wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 May 2007 11:40:01 +0200
>> Joe Hart <j.hart@orange.nl> wrote:
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>>> Ron Johnson wrote:
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>>>>> I am playing the Devil's advocate here.  So I might as well fulfill my
>>>>> role.  So, you're saying God was merciful on Isaac because a lamb was
>>>>> sacrificed instead.  Fine.  So God demanded cruelty to an animal, which
>>>>> is also against our modern laws.
>>>> Cruelty?  Where does that come from?
>>>>
>>>> Or are you a vegan?
>>> No, but I don't think it is right to kill an animal for any purpose than
>>> to eat it, or perhaps to end it's suffering.  But, that's where we can
>> What possible logical / moral justification do you have for that
>> distinction? If one believes that there's some purpose to animal
>> sacrifice, and the Bible clearly does, than how on earth can you
>> conclude that that purpose is any less of a legitimate one than
>> nourishment?
> 
> Well, just try it.  Go out and sacrifice a few dogs or cats and watch
> the Humane Society step in.  Do it in front of the police headquarter
> building to save a bit of time.  Oh wait.  We don't eat dogs and cats
> (well in some places they do) go sacrifice a little lamb.  Make sure you
> steal it from Mary. ;)
> 
> To me, animal sacrifice is immoral.  To the law it is too.  That is my
> logical justification.

There's not a whole lot of difference between a person killing a
lamb on an alter, then hanging it on a hook to "dress" it than what
a slaughterhouse or farmer does with a lamb.

- From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
[gcide]:
   4. To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically:
      (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render
          suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to
          dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather
          or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden;
          to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress
          grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to
          dress ores, by sorting and separating them.

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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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