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To: Brumar89 who wrote (4073)	5/2/2010 7:52:53 PM
From: Solon	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 69300

"I understand Dostoesky's meaning and so do you." Sheep dip. It is not a quote from Dostoevsky and it is not a quote from his character, Ivan. At one point in the book it is said: "But what will become of men then?' I asked him, 'without God and immortal life? All things are lawful then, they can do what they like?" online-literature.com Notice it is a question to be explored. Now, is it true that without immortality all things are "lawful"? Please tell me how that follows? What do you think lawful means? Does it mean socially legal or does it mean right and proper? And either way...how does an imaginary god change the lawful manner in which humans conduct themselves? And what does a line in one book have to do with all the lines in all other books?? Do you think that if there is no god, people can't act as right and proper as they have until now? That they can't enact social regulations as lawful as they have till now? We have a history so brutal that it is hard to imagine (including the fanciful murder of the entire human race except for a drunkard and family). Will you tell me that we could not equal this depravity if god were not to exist?? Get real! I said you were clueless!