Theos-Talk Archives (April 2006 Message tt00092)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Mark S. Hamilton Jr." 
<waking.adept@...> wrote:
>
> It's a matter of symantics, really. You're not imposing limits on 
their  
> beliefs so much as you're punishing them for imposing on others' 
rights.  
> The former would be a result, rather than a cause, of the latter.
> 
> -Mark H.
> 
> On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:52:05 -0300, Vincent <vblaz2004@...>  
> wrote:
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> > Mark-
> >
> > You wrote:
> >
> > "I wouldn't consider that violating their belief system; it's 
more
> > along the lines of preventing them from infringing upon other
> > peoples' rights."
> >
> > I fully agree.  But isn't it within some people's belief systems 
to
> > infringe upon other people's rights?  For example, many religious
> > belief systems advocate genocide or 'righteous murder'.  An 
elderly
> > friend of mine had his relatives slaughtered due to their 
ethnicity
> > for instance.
> >
> > Blessings
> >
> > Vince
> >
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Mark S. Hamilton Jr."
> > <waking.adept@> wrote:
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> >> > Isn't it okay to force someone to violate their own
> >> > belief system against their own free will?
> >>
> >> I wouldn't consider that violating their belief system; it's 
more
> > along
> >> the lines of preventing them from infringing upon other peoples'
> > rights.
> >>
> >> -Mark H.
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