[Magdalen] pondering politics

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Oh. Okay. I don't think one that the taking of life involves sin, nor does
taking human life.  It might, depending entirely on the awareness and
intent and circumstances, but certainly not necessarily.

This is similar to that old chestnut about how "The Bible says thou shalt
not kill."  (Nope. It surely doesn't say that, and there are a lot of
instances in which killing is permitted and even demanded)



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 5:25 PM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net>
wrote:

> That’s not what I said.  I said it INVOLVES sin.  May seem picky, but it
> makes a difference.
>
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> Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
>
> Jim Handsfield
> jhandsfield at att.net
>
> > On Jul 9, 2016, at 5:19 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I wouldn't concede that taking of life is sin. I wouldn't even concede
> that
> > the taking of human life is sin. By casting the net so far afield, we
> > include so much that we dilute the sense of what sin is, whatever
> > definition we might choose for it.
>
>