(Ron) China, Buddhism & abortion
Farrell Till jftill@midwest.net
Wed, 08 Apr 1998 00:06:06 -0700 (00892040766, 2.2.32.19980408070606.0072bfe8@midwest.net)
At 10:55 PM 4/7/98 -0400, Brian Dean wrote:
>CREA
>
>*snip*
>
>I sort of surprised that you haven't converted to Hinduism. After
>all, the Bhagavad-gita proclaims that Jehovah and Jesus are just pranks
>played by Vishnu/Krishna, so you don't have to abandon them. And the
>"orthodox" Hindu view on abortion (as found in the Manu-smriti) holds
>that every period a woman has is the blood of an innocent human life
>snuffed out before it could begin and is proof of her (and her husband's)
>deliberate and culpably negligent killing of a human being. Since this
>"out-catholics" the catholics, I'm sure you would approve.
>
>
>RON
> (answer continued) By the way I'll tell you why I can't accept
>Hinduism. In the Hindu paradigm we are all part of God (Brahman). We
>are ignorant. Therefore God (Brahman) would have to be ignorant. I've
>never heard a good answer to this objection.
>
TILL
Get a logic book, see what it says about the fallacy of composition, and you
may see what is wrong with your statement above without having it pointed
out to you.
Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net