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Date:      Wed, 11 Sep 2002 08:22:27 -0400
From:      Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net>
To:        "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com>
Cc:        dave@jetcafe.org, tlambert2@mindspring.com, jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why did evolution fail?
Message-ID:  <20020911082227.7cbdc155.yid@softhome.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020910135333.F35938-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan>
References:  <20020910152310.5e6e2964.yid@softhome.net> <20020910135333.F35938-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan>

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On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 13:55:28 -0700 (PDT)
"Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Joshua Lee wrote:
> > I don't think I've done anything lately deserving of eternal
> > punishment, if I did one would think the cops would have found out
> > by now. ;-)
> 
> Most people don't, but then most people's opinions are not what
> counts, only God can tell us what is deserving of eternal punishment.

It is this sort of thinking that justified the inquisition. If someone
is going to be eternally tortured by god if nothing is done anyway,
what's wrong with a little bit of torture on earth in order to admit
their soul into heaven?

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