On Tue, 15 May 2007 04:47:29 -0700 "Michael M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 14:53 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > My point is simply that the Bible clearly views sacrifice as > > religiously valuable, and whatever the value may be, there's no a > > priori reason to assume it's less legitimate than nourishment. The only > > possible basis to attack the bible as condoning immorality is if one > > denies the basic premise that sacrifice is valuable. > > > The concept of "sacrifice" is significantly broader that the act of > animal sacrifice. It's certainly possible to find value (religious or Of course it is, but that's not relevant to my point that the Bible clearly approves of *animal* sacrifice, in addition to other sorts of sacrifices ("The sacrifices of the Lord are a broken spirit"). > otherwise) in the notion of personal sacrifice while nonetheless > condemning the practice of animal sacrifice. The religious types can That's fine, but again, we were discussing the Bible's morality or lack thereof, not mine or yours. > sort out what's moral or immoral; personally, I think animal sacrifice > is distasteful, disrespectful, and just one of many unappealing aspects > of the Christian bible. It's a free country [see the other recent OT thread], but I disagree with your choice of criteria; I consider morality the paramount criterion. But then again, I'm religious ... [snip] Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]