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From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
Subject: Re: Is it good that Jesus died?
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In article <1993Apr23.210109.21120@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> brian@lpl.arizona.edu (Brian Ceccarelli 602/621-9615) writes:
>> Kent, I am not accusing you of evil things.  Jesus is accusing you.
>> And it is not only you that He is accusing.  He is accusing everyone.
>> Me, you and everyone in the world is guilty.  Whether one
>> sees the light or does not seen the light has nothing to do with 
>> whether we do evil things.  We do them regardless.  
>Have you ever made a mistake?  Have you ever lied to someone?  Even a
>little white lie?   Have you ever claimed to know something that you really 
>didn't know?  Have you ever hated someone?  Have you ever been selfish?
>Are you guilty of any one of these?   The answer is of course, YES.  You
>are guilty.  Period.  That is it what Jesus is getting at.  No big surprise.  
>Feelings do not even enter the picture.   Consider Jesus's use of the word
>"guilt" as how a court uses it.

You said everyone in the world.  That means *everyone* in the world, including
children that are not old enough to speak, let alone tell lies.  If Jesus
says "everyone", you cannot support that by referring to a group of people
somewhat smaller than "everyone".
--
"On the first day after Christmas my truelove served to me...  Leftover Turkey!
On the second day after Christmas my truelove served to me...  Turkey Casserole
    that she made from Leftover Turkey.
[days 3-4 deleted] ...  Flaming Turkey Wings! ...
   -- Pizza Hut commercial (and M*tlu/A*gic bait)

Ken Arromdee (arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu)
