Re: {W&P} home-cooked meals and bloody murder

2000-09-05 Thread John Torpey
From: "Jackson Jeffrey W 1stLt AAC/INA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "Derek C. Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sin is sin, no one sin is greater > > than another . > > Let's play a logic game here. > > Given: > No sin is greater than another. > Lying is a sin. (Thou shalt not lie) Um, not reall

Re: {W&P} war and evil

2000-09-05 Thread John Torpey
From: "F. Leon Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > There is no connection between the two. Only hindsight. > On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, John Torpey wrote: > > sorry, I beg to differ war is often the tool of evil. > > > > But that leads to the question of "what is evil?" How do you define it? From

{W&P} home-cooked meals and bloody murder

2000-09-05 Thread Jackson Jeffrey W 1stLt AAC/INA
> Sin is sin, no one sin is greater > than another . Let's play a logic game here. Given: No sin is greater than another. Lying is a sin. (Thou shalt not lie) Savage, bloody murder is a sin. (Thou shalt not kill) Conclusion: Telling your mother you loved her casserole when you could barely st

Re: {W&P} A definitive answer from The Author

2000-09-05 Thread Matthew Moore
> > I say no; why? Sin is anything contrary to the will of God. Injustice is a > sin. War is a sin. Sin is sin, no one sin is greater than another . All sin > is abhorrent to Our Holy and Righteous God. I know people on this list will > disagree with me; what I speak comes from the Bilble.

{W&P} A definitive answer from The Author

2000-09-05 Thread Derek C. Foster
In a message dated 9/2/00 6:34:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Is injustice a greater evil than war? Yes. Al Winslow I say no; why? Sin is anything contrary to the will of God. Injustice is a sin. War is a sin. Sin is sin, no one sin is greater than another . Al

Re: {W&P} war and evil

2000-09-05 Thread F. Leon Wilson
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, John Torpey wrote: > From: "F. Leon Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > There is no connection between the two. Only hindsight. > > > > F. > > > sorry, I beg to differ war is often the tool of evil. > > > But that leads to the question of "what is evil?" How do

Re: {W&P} war and evil

2000-09-05 Thread maree
Isn't evil what drove Hitler to practice genocide, Or Hussain to use propaganda to incite anti western views and therefore allow the generation of biological warfare legitimately in the eyes of his people... Or is it female circumcision ? Then again it could be bans on trading with certain countir

Re: {W&P} war and evil

2000-09-05 Thread Matthew Moore
>well, how about some other method to avoid war? is there anything else > that can prevent wars except MAD ? > Not while countries are in competition with each other. Most wars are economic at heart whatever the blather that accompanies them. It's only recently that ideology got caught up in i

war_and_politics@topica.com

2000-09-05 Thread John Torpey
From: "David G. McDivitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The question inferred wars are evil. I can't say that's always the case. > WWII is commonly not considered evil on the side of the Allies, but is > considered evil on the part of Germany, Italy, and Japan. Because the histories are invariably wri

Re: {W&P} war and evil

2000-09-05 Thread John Torpey
From: "al winslow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The question inferred wars are evil. > > I can't say that's always the case. > > "Evil"? I don't really know how to apply the word to war. War is at > least undersirable but not as undesirable as LOSING a war to an > enemy nation that would impose its wil

Re: {W&P} war and evil

2000-09-05 Thread John Torpey
From: "F. Leon Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > There is no connection between the two. Only hindsight. > > F. sorry, I beg to differ war is often the tool of evil. But that leads to the question of "what is evil?" How do you define it? __

Re: {W&P} Anyone following the Conventions?

2000-09-05 Thread John Torpey
From: "Bruce Cherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Why are you using the taxpayer's computers to post personal messages > unrelated to state business. Why do you care? And why did you not bother to edit the comments out? That's a waste for everyone.. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > I'm dupl