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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran

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To: sea_urchin who wrote (10602)	4/7/2006 4:21:08 PM
From: Cyprian	Read Replies (1) of 22250

I have had this debate with many people including a rabbi and I totally reject the thesis that "goodness" flows only from "belief" or "fear of a higher authority". I believe people answer to their own authority and if their nature is "good" then they will be "good" and if they are "bad" then no amount of religious indoctrination or false piety will change that. Hence one finds both "good" and "bad" people everywhere. Surely you are not suggesting that some people are created good and others are created evil? If that is the case, and freewill is not involved, then how is it proper to condemn people for things that they have no control over? If none of us has freewill to choose the good then none of us can be condemned for our behavior.

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