| Alistair.J.L.Maclean@googlemail.com 2008-01-16, 6:56 pm |
| On 16 Jan, 00:21, "Judson McClendon" <ju...@sunvaley0.com> wrote:
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> He does not have the right to the lives of those other people; they do not=
> belong to him to do with them as he wishes.
Suicide is condemned in the Koran and the martyr label (originally
shaheed) is normally applied, incorrectly, by those with terrorist
affiliations or who are related to the perpetrator.
Does any one know where the 70 virgins and automatic entry to heaven
comes from? The Koran says that martyrs (as distinct from suicides)
will receive recompense from Allah and shall sit in heaven but doesn't
mention virgins.
>
> The bottom line is, people choose their way. It's all about free will,
> and what the human heart chooses to do, and the human heart has a
> very strong propensity toward bad, not good.
Humans are self-interested. There is nothing intrinsically bad or evil
about that. Bad is a moral judgement which some people are incapable
of making.
> Even "good" people
> struggle against their nature (and that includes Christians). Few
> people have never wanted to punch someone out, even if they've
> never done it. The human heart is by nature selfish, prideful and
> deceitful. Humans have to struggle to achieve true generosity, humility
> and honesty. That's why so relatively few get there.
So heaven is going to be sparsely populated then. ;-)
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> "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
> whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
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