Thomas Jefferson on Religion and Legbreaking

andyfox · #1 09-14-2007, 10:37 PM

Jefferson said: "It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."

A minister from New York responded: "Let my neighbor perceive himself that there is no God, and he will soon pick my pocket and break not only my leg but my neck."

Nielsio · #2 09-14-2007, 10:44 PM

I don't get it.

Sephus · #3 09-14-2007, 10:59 PM

if you don't believe in god, why not go on a killing spree? there's no reason not to that i can think of.

tame_deuces · #4 09-14-2007, 11:20 PM

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if you don't believe in god, why not go on a killing spree? there's no reason not to that i can think of.

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Not to be insulting, but I don't think you can have thought of it very hard.

Sephus · #5 09-14-2007, 11:24 PM

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if you don't believe in god, why not go on a killing spree? there's no reason not to that i can think of.

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Not to be insulting, but I don't think you can have thought of it very hard.

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so you think the holocaust was ok??

tame_deuces · #6 09-14-2007, 11:30 PM

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so you think the holocaust was ok??

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You said there was no reason not to go on a killing spree if you don't believe in god. I don't believe in god and I can give dozens of reasons not go on a killing spree. So I fail to see the significance of your question.

I am actually fairly certain that even people who think the holocaust _was_ ok can think of many reasons not go on various forms of killing sprees.

m_the0ry · #7 09-15-2007, 12:09 AM

If you believe in God, and he tells you to go on a killing spree, why wouldn't you? there's no reason not to that i can think of.

Sephus · #8 09-15-2007, 12:10 AM

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If you believe in God, and he tells you to go on a killing spree, why wouldn't you? there's no reason not to that i can think of.

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god can't do that because it would be against god's nature, and god can't do anything against his nature. i know this because god tells us in scripture, and it also says lying is against his nature.

luckyme · #9 09-15-2007, 12:11 AM

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If you believe in God, and he tells you to go on a killing spree, why wouldn't you? there's no reason not to that i can think of.

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god can't do that because it would be against god's nature, and god can't do anything against his nature. i know this because god tells us in scripture, and it also says lying is against his nature.

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He could be kidding about that .... how'dja know?

luckyme

m_the0ry · #10 09-15-2007, 12:29 AM

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If you believe in God, and he tells you to go on a killing spree, why wouldn't you? there's no reason not to that i can think of.

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god can't do that because it would be against god's nature, and god can't do anything against his nature. i know this because god tells us in scripture, and it also says lying is against his nature.

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But that hasn't stopped people going on killing sprees in the name of your God in the past. If they are impostors but they cite the exact same scripture then clearly there must be some ambiguity there.