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Old 02-26-2005, 08:34 PM   #21 (permalink)
chickentribs
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Originally Posted by nofnway
Kinsey made up his research....others make up their own moral laws. People make accusations based on rationalizations.
I hope that you have pretty solid evidence to back up such a statement. Kinsey was a scientist with well documented studies that were published consistantly over the course of his work, along with a number of assistants and his wife who corraberated his findings. To try and discount what many people consider groundbreaking human behaviour studies with a curt lie would be childish and uninteresting.

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Killing is not desirable, Thou shall not kill is a translation from its original language that more closely aligned with the notion of thou shall not murder. The death penalty for heinous criminals is not morally equivalent to the termination of innocent unborn children. There is plenty of justified killing in the Bible....it's the killing of innocents so to speak that is wrong.
Interesting - I would be curious as to which language you are getting the translation from. I'm a little confused about the difference between Murder and Killing I thought they were the same thing. Who do we need to clear the specifics of a situation with to get the go-ahead on a "justified killing"? As long as we get approval and the right forms filled in we are clear to take another life then? I guess you gave up on the idea that Jesus died on the cross so you and others could be forgiven and absolved of your sins, huh? Because if the criminal we have lined up for a justified killing gets to Jesus before we get to him we would be killing a soul just as innocent as that baby, right? That might not be good.

Granted, the idea of sin-free killing sounds good to me, do you think that God intended his word to be open to negotiation to you for "justified" scenarios? Do you think we could get exclusions for a few other of the mortal sins?

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Considering your own whim to determine your morality as it suits your needs seems fool hardy. To parse a quotation ....."He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master." - Hunter S. Thompson
Yea, maybe you are right. Maybe I should just decide right from wrong and not let my morals of killing fluctuate based on on who my intended victim is. It may be a bit prideful to think I could sit in judgement of another -- I think God may have mentioned that a some point now that I think of it.

I like the quote, but you don't have to worry about me. I suffer plenty of fools.
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