Author: NotXNotX Date: May 30, 2007 08:01
On Wed, 30 May 2007 04:32:46 -0400, "Pastor Frank"
christfirst.edu> wrote:
[snip]
> Demonstrating love to the death, such as a solider sacrificing his life
>for his country,
>Christ laying down His innocent life for us sinners
If this actually happened, it sounds more like a "protection racket"
than anything else. How is one person committing suicide supposed to
remove defects from other people?
Or course, "sin" is something only theists have. It's an example of
the way cults try to gain power over people by convincing them they're
hopelessly defective.
> or a
>mother dying to save her child etc. etc. would be considered evidence of
>love in any court of law.
IF there is any reasonable expectation of success. Otherwise, it's
evidence of stupidity.
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