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

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 11 May 2007 11:40:20 +0200
Joe Hart <j.hart@orange.nl> wrote:

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> 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

I don't particularly care what they think. You are attacking the Bible
as advocating immoral behavior because the Humane Society disagrees
with biblical morality?

> 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.

I asked you for a logical justification for a distinction between
killing an animal for food and killing it for religious ritual, and
you're responding that the distinction is that that's how you and the
law feel. Surely you can do better than that!

> Joe

Celejar
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