08-25-2008, 07:05 PM | #31 | |
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People who are not trying to be mathematically precise will agree with me that after you exceed more than half the other way, i.e., six, that you can round up and arrive at two, making it multiple. You win what? Using the common banal meaning of a phrase? How boring is that. Leaders don't conform to social "norms."
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08-25-2008, 07:19 PM | #33 | |
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My view of this is shifting. I guess the question for members is whether we are going to trust the prophet on a moral issue or decide that he has it wrong. Thanks in advance for not erecting the John D. Lee straw man in response. I respect your right to say that the church has it wrong, but you should respect the right of others to defer to the prophet. The thrust of your argument seems to be that based on what we know from scripture and about the church that the prophet couldn't be on the Lords errand in this case. You could be right, but that is that decision each of us are having to make. I can respect either choice, can you?
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You may well be right, but I will admit that I am very uneasy about the establishment of any law with the rationale being "God said so". I do not want laws that come out of the Koran to be enacted simply because Muslims believe that Allah desires it. I would feel somewhat a hypocrite if I opposed that but was fine with my side doing the same thing. If there is a valid reason outside of the religious one for making a law (such as in the case of "Thou shalt not kill"), it is obviously a different matter. |
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08-25-2008, 07:26 PM | #35 | |
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To use a pretty strong analogy, this is a little like the Nazi concentration camp staffers saying, "We have it pretty bad here too, stop complaining!" |
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Despite your willingness to see it, no one is suggesting you are in position to oppress anyone else. The question was whether you, as a person, can respect the opinion and decision of others on this issue.
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08-25-2008, 07:32 PM | #37 |
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Just because I am critical of the libertarian turned fascist argument of Tick, and Archaea's loose and incorrect use or language doesn't mean that I can't theoretically respect the views of a reasoned, thought-out, heartful, compassionate decision that opposes mine.
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08-25-2008, 07:33 PM | #38 | |
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Sure, it's possible. Do you?
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08-25-2008, 07:56 PM | #39 |
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How am I a facist? Because I don't agree with you?
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Heh. John D. Lee, Nazi concentration camps, and fascism.
Part of me wonders why some of you continue to engage Waters.
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