RE: Conflicting statements in the bible
June 5, 2013 at 7:14 pm
(This post was last modified: June 5, 2013 at 7:19 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 5, 2013 at 7:02 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Nope, as I already proved by numerous examples crimes against positions of higher authority are weighted more. Crimes against a god of infinite authority deserve an infinite weight.It never dawned on you that presenting an example of something that we would -very accurately- call a miscarriage of justice might run counter to your point?
Quote:That’s a false dichotomy, in the US often the severity of the crime is determined by the authority of the victim. Back to my original point though, neither of us have a perfect standard of justice, so if you disagree with the way God does things all that proves is that your standard of justice is wrong- not that He is unjust.A false dichotomy..oh boy you're out of practice. Nowhere did I imply that either of the two options were the only options- simply that these were the two being compared- and as such we needn't be aware of or understand every possible option to compare the two. We still don't, my point stands. I'm willing to accept that there may be other systems of justice out there that have nothing to do with either option presented...and I'd further suggest that they could be better, or worse, or equivalent to either in this regard.
If you have some 3rd or 300th system to offer, do so, and we'll compare that one as well.
No one's claimed that our justice system is infallible or that it always lives up to it's own principles Stat.....simply that what you've offered as divine justice doesn't live up to the principles of our system of earthly justice. Again, it falls short .
Lets just clear this up. Put your convictions into your response.
You steal 100$ from, say, a circuit court judge.
I steal 100$ from some unemployed, unimportant minority citizen in the ghetto.
Which of us deserves the longer or shorter sentence Stat?
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