[Toffler]

You are correct. To deny this man one of the few things left to gives him pleasure would be irrational, atheist or Christian. He is, of course, not capable of hiring a prostitute on his own.

The problem is my friends come to their conclusion without thinking. The Bible says it is wrong, therefore it is. There is no need to think as long as they have their cookbook. Just follow the directions. Even though it makes a miserable life even more miserable, they would not change their opinion regardless of the argument.

Now these particular Christians are of the fundamentalist stripe. They believe the Bible literally and this is common in my area of the country. One of them told me that no evidence could persuade her that the world is not about 7,000 years old and that dinosaurs did not roam the earth with humans. This person is a nurse with a BS degree.

She also feels global warming is not a threat. Her reasoning is not that the evidence is poor, but rather that global warming is not part of God's plan.

So, the point I was trying to make was that the conclusions are reached not by reason, not by concern for the welfare of others, but simply because the Rule Book says so. Arguments contrary to their beliefs are rejected out of hand if they do not resonate with the Bible.

Toffler