Re: logic makes a comeback

Pim van Meurs (entheta@eskimo.com)
Wed, 11 Jun 1997 20:05:26 -0400

><<It's obvious that claiming a transcendent, "objective" standard
>doesn't make people behave any better.>>

>Another made up "fact."

RS <<"Made up" from thousands of years of history.>>

JimL You actually believe that thousands of years of history proves that
Christianity has not made people behave any better? Please cite some
references from history to back up this ludicrous claim.

Do you have any reason to believe that thousands of years of history is
proof of an eternal, objective morality ?
How well did the people behave who persecuted disbelievers in the
Inquisition ?

Jim: I can almost hear you hyperventilating the words, "Inquisition!
Crusades!" and other references to mere blips on the historical screen,
all of which faded
quickly. In contrast, the massive good Christianity has established for
all-time buries such trivia.

So these excesses are ok since you believe that later behavior made up for
it ?