Recent content by SepiaAndDust

I'm leaving this discussion now.

That's not the sort of thing that euthanasia laws cover.

As long as the parents are sound of mind--as I believe such laws require--then it's not my business.

Only minor injuries were reported.

Blue laws are generally connected in the public mind with towns like the one in Footloose, where the city council has banned dancing and rock-n-roll music. Most often, though, they're supported by the entrenched businesses in the industry. Consider: Alex and Bob own the only two car...

Long since repealed:

They don't fit into the Biblical narrative. They were just a branch of humans that died out. The Denisovans are another extinct species of humans, and their genetic relics can be found in Australian Aborigines.

I'll be leaving the conversation now.

I'll be leaving the conversation now.

I'll be leaving the conversation now.

If it's evil, misguided, or plain wrong, yeah. If it's poetic or mythic, I'll enjoy the story, and I'll learn what I can from it, but I'm not going to let it interfere with my knowledge of the world. There were no talking snakes or magic trees, for instance.

Answer the question.

Don't. I won't tell you twice. I believe that the Bible is a product of the times and places it was written in. Slavery was fine, marrying a bunch of women was fine, blood guilt was fine. Then and there, they didn't know any better. But we do know better. For us to support such things...

What does at the pleasure of mean to you?

Well, not if you say it twice! ;)