From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Aug 30 10:34:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 847E537B400 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:34:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imr1.ericy.com (imr1.ericy.com [208.237.135.240]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7546C43E3B for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:34:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wardd@pc072034.exu.ericsson.se) Received: from mr7.exu.ericsson.se (mr7u3.ericy.com [208.237.135.122]) by imr1.ericy.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g7UHYVl14389 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:34:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mailhost.exu.ericsson.se (mailhost.exu.ericsson.se [138.85.75.19]) by mr7.exu.ericsson.se (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g7UHYVO25991 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:34:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: from pc072034.exu.ericsson.se (pc072034.exu.ericsson.se [138.85.72.34]) by mailhost.exu.ericsson.se (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7UHYUM18234 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:34:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from wardd@localhost) by pc072034.exu.ericsson.se (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7UHao355707 for chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:36:50 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from wardd) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:36:50 -0500 From: "William D. Ward" To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <20020830123650.A55690@pc072034.exu.ericsson.se> Reply-To: William.Ward@ericsson.com References: <200208300515.g7U5Ft118955@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> <3D6F1986.847DD15B@mindspring.com> <20020830161109.GP26919@drew.rain3s.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020830161109.GP26919@drew.rain3s.net>; from drew-dated-1031155871.4351b9@rain3s.net on Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 11:11:09AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 11:11:09AM -0500, Drew Raines wrote: > Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > Dave Hayes wrote: > > > > > > But blowing them up -with- the sanction of the state is the > > > right way? > > > > Of course. Society defines morality. > > Capital punishment is the defense by God's collective people of > God's law. Paul said that government is an ``agent of wrath to > bring punishment on the wrongdoer'' (Rom 13, NIV). > > Society doesn't define morality, it defiles the morality God > defined. Sin keeps us from delighting in the true morality of > his Word. We settle for temporary pleasures of the creation > instead of infinite pleasure in the Creator. > > -Drew Well said! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message