(Ron) Definition of Inerrancy

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> >> [Elf]

> >> Um, how could he enter into the mental state of "being tempted" if no

> >> thought of the thing which is the temptation is present? To be able

> to be

> >> tempted to do X to A, one must have some king of mental state which

> >> corresponds with doing X to A, else one can't be "tempted" to do X to

> A.

> >> E.g., one can in the abstract understand the idea of murder as the

> killing

> >> of a human being, but to be said to have overcome a temptation to

> murder a

> >> particular person the thought of murdering that individual must have

> entered

> >> ones thoughts.

> >>

> >> Or to put it another way, not doing what one has never even thought

> of doing

> >> is neither good nor bad, in fact it can't even properly be called an

> action

> >> at all.

>



> >RON

>   Sorry Elf, I refuse to waste my time on these demented ramblings.

>

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