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Originally Posted by Radical  Americans are not evil, ergo, capital punishment is not evil. (Your logic is faulty)  |
If you were to use the train of logic that I used against me, you would have said that "Americans are not evil, ergo, America is not evil." Some Americans are evil, as are some aspects of American law, but that does not mean that every American is a murderer. As it goes, your comment only shows your own extremism, not a fault in anybody's logic. A religion is no more a framework of archaic beliefs than a nation is its laws; both are dependent on people following those laws/beliefs, and are made up of those very same people, complete with their interpretations. Laws/schripture are nothing more than ink on paper until someone applies them.
I am curious about the question that Megan posed... Do you truly want to take away people's freedom, or were you simply saying those things to take an extreme view?