On 4 Aug 2008, at 21:34, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Jon Louis Mann wrote: >> >>> That's the kind of hair-splitting sophistry I'd >>> expect from a supporter of baby-killing religion. >>> Unminced words Maru >>> William T Goodall >> >> lighten up, william; this was a tragedy. no one here is defending >> what happened, so you don't need to attack any of your fellow >> brinlisters as "supporters of baby-killing religion", just because >> they are deluded enough to believe in god. i hope you are not one of >> those people who consider all jews to be baby killers? is it >> possible that there some of the religious faithful actually try to >> practice peace, love and brotherhood? jon >> > William has a point here. > > There are religions that fight baby-killers, by saying that > babies have a soul, and should not be aborted or be the subject > of euthanasia. > > There are _other_ religions that promote baby-killers, by > devaluating baby-girls and making it ok to abort girl fetuses > or to abandon baby girls. > > AFAIK, those that died in the tragedy subscribed to the second > type of religion. > > Now, let's go through the whole spectrum of human life, and see > which religions or atheistic morality systems are more or less > protective of humanity. I predict that a few religions would > be more human than most atheistic morality systems.
A subtle flaw in your reasoning is that you have to first pick a morality system by which to judge the others. Relativism Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." ~Voltaire. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
