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To: GOPcapitalist
But remember what Pilate did after administering the Roman law.

OH now i understand... Terri is Jesus, and Jeb is Pilate? Comparing some woman who cant even talk to Jesus is a mega stretch and is totally offensive. Jesus willfully died for our sins of sound mind and body.

56 posted on 03/27/2005 8:58:20 PM PST by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: Echo Talon
OH now i understand... Terri is Jesus, and Jeb is Pilate?

No, however the similarity has been note between Jeb's treatment of Schaivo's case and Pilate's treatment of Jesus' case. That is what is called an analogy. Analogies _compare_ similar patterns of behavior. They do not assert the persons in one to assume the role of persons in the other.

Comparing some woman who cant even talk to Jesus is a mega stretch and is totally offensive.

And that is what we call a straw man argument. Nobody ever suggested that Terri Schaivo was Jesus. She is, however, an innocent and helpless person and a textbook case of who Jesus told us to help. When those who can help her choose not to out of convenience or expediency they commit a sin of inaction. What this particular analogy notes is that the Pilate Defense - washing your hands and declaring to the effect that it's no longer in your powers to do anything - simply doesn't cut it.

61 posted on 03/27/2005 9:19:57 PM PST by GOPcapitalist ("Marxism finds it easy to ally with Islamic zealotism" - Ludwig von Mises)
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