Re: Ethics of human space travel

From: William T. Yates (billyates@billyates.com)
Date: Thu Dec 14 2000 - 13:27:55 EST

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    They follow orders by being fish. That is what they were created to be.
    They are not subject to sin so it's a lot easier for them than for us..

    gordon brown wrote:
    >
    > Dave,
    >
    > Yes, they are imperatives gramatically, but how do fish follow orders?
    >
    >
    > On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, David F Siemens wrote:
    >
    > > Gordon,
    > > There is a small problem with your statement about God's blessing, for
    > > the verbs of those blessings are imperatives, commands, mandates, orders.
    > > Also, Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament says that "to bless"
    > > means "to endue with power for . . ." We think of blessings as benefits,
    > > not empowerments. Paul is correct in calling them mandates.
    > > Dave 

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