Re: ICR and its slurs (summary reflections)

Russell Stewart (diamond@rt66.com)
Fri, 06 Jun 1997 11:28:08 -0600

At 12:51 PM 6/6/97 EDT, you wrote:
>JB Let me ask you a simple question. Without using any theistic
>presupposition, can you explain to me why Hitler was evil?
>
>RS <<Because he denied individual human rights and destroyed human lives.>>
>
>So? Materialism does not give rise to "rights."

Of course it doesn't. Empathy for others does.

><<Now, let me ask you a simple question: Just because God says something is
>"evil", why should we believe that it is?>>
>
>Because He defines what is evil. You can disagree with Him, of course, but I
>would not advise that course of action.

Ah. So, IOW, "might makes right".

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2 + 2 = 5, for very large values of 2.