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Christianity is rational? You're funny.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Jan 17th, 2007 at 01:39:51 AM EST
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I guess I am, but look at it this way. According to Christianity, God became a man. In other words, a human being became divine. In that case, who is to say that all human beings aren't divine? But if that is the case, then we have no more use for the God-concept.

This line of thinking is heretical, but it is part of the Christian tradition. And I think it corresponds to the value system of contemporary Europe: Europe is secular, and yet capital punishment is seen as impermissible. Thus, human life is treated as sacred, i.e., divine.

A bomb, H bomb, Minuteman / The names get more attractive / The decisions are made by NATO / The press call it British opinion -- The Three Johns

by Alexander on Wed Jan 17th, 2007 at 02:24:32 AM EST
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