16-May-2012, 4:05 PM
Quote:ANY time you are hurting or repressing another population group short of an enemy trying to make war on you with bombs and tanks you have a serious problem. This includes discrimination.
Personally, I agree. Still, I have no illusions about this being some sort of inherent universal truth.
Quote:I also think anyone who has gone out of their way to kill civillians as an act of war has forfieted their right to life.
Perhaps...but I'm not convinced that this means that we should go out and kill them in return.
Quote:But if Bin Laden is truly sorry and asks your God for forgiveness, wouldn't he be allowed into heaven?
Yes, but then all the unconverted Jewish, atheist, etc. people who died in the 9/11 attacks will perish in Hell for eternity.
Quote:If I picked a random book and did the same thing and ended up doing something bad I'd be locked up in an assylum, not called religious.
...just like Jesus would have been considered totally nuts if he was alive now and talking about being the son of God.
Quote:In Jr. High School, I would take a gummi bear, squeeze its ears into points so it looked like Yoda, and then I would say to it "Eat you, I will!". And of course then I would it eat.