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  Re: Why the evil is evel? Don't ask - don't tell!  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 2 Jan 2014 01:20:22
Message: <52c50526@news.povray.org>
On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 20:06:58 +0000, Doctor John wrote:

> On 01/01/14 19:32, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 13:28:46 +0200, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>> 
>>> "Killing in God's Name" is wrong if God didn't tell you to do it.
>> 
>> And how exactly do you prove that God told you to do it?
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
> <Deliberately begs the question>
> It says so in our Holy Book.
> The Holy Book is the Word of God.
> Therefore God told us to do it.
> 
> Also... God exists because our Holy Book says so.
> Since the Holy Book is the Word of God, it cannot be wrong

Now we need a non-tautological way of answering the question.  The legal 
system here in the US tends to frown on tautology as justification.

Jim


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