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

["Michael M." <mcubed@slashmail.org>]

On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 14:53 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> 
> My point is simply that the Bible clearly views sacrifice as
> religiously valuable, and whatever the value may be, there's no a
> priori reason to assume it's less legitimate than nourishment. The only
> possible basis to attack the bible as condoning immorality is if one
> denies the basic premise that sacrifice is valuable.


The concept of "sacrifice" is significantly broader that the act of
animal sacrifice.  It's certainly possible to find value (religious or
otherwise) in the notion of personal sacrifice while nonetheless
condemning the practice of animal sacrifice.  The religious types can
sort out what's moral or immoral; personally, I think animal sacrifice
is distasteful, disrespectful, and just one of many unappealing aspects
of the Christian bible.


-- 
Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA
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of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to
dream." --S. Jackson