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To: nopardons
That being said, you just can NOT decide what GOD is , or is not, yourself. You have to have something upon which to base your beliefs and opinions. The Bible is THAT source

I know from my personal experiences. That is what I base my life.

I do believe in the 10 commandments and the two Great Commandments.

And is the young man going to Hell, that's not for me to decide, but I do not believe he is, strictly for what has happened in this one case.

I do not consider the young man a child(12 and younger is a child, 13-17 not a child, not an adult). I'll also say that I believe that one of the major problems in society today is that people want to keep raising the age of maturity, but that's another discussion.

I'm divided on what has happened. On one hand, I'm not a personal fan of prostitution, but on the other hand, I do believe in giving a dying young man his wish if it isn't going to directly negativly affect another person.

570 posted on 12/23/2001 11:49:16 PM PST by Dan from Michigan
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To: Dan from Michigan
I NEVER said that he was going to hell !

In NO Western society, n the past 150 years, at least , has a 15 year old been considered to be an ADULT ! For the better part of recorded history, one was either a child, or an adult. " TEENAGERS " , as a group, are a VERY recent invention. Dying, or NOT, this boy WAS a MINOR ! It has only been in the space of a generation, that the voting age, in this country was changed . Prior to that time, one was considered to be an adult, andas such capable of voting, at age 21 !

If this now dead boy's last wish, was to hold up bank, because he;d never done it, and wanted to, before he died, I am willing to bet, that the call on this, would NOT be the same, for many. No, I am NOT saying that those two things are equal. I am just giving you a slightly different propsition, to ponder.

571 posted on 12/24/2001 12:43:13 AM PST by nopardons
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