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The Logical Song

2007-08-16

Hi. Jesus here.

I'm on my way tomorrow.

Pastor Dave sounds ticked off. You can read his comments over at the tBlog version of this blog.

A while ago Dave wrote a post saying he thought that you could love someone and still kill them - even that he was pretty sure I'd have approved.

And he wants any arguments to be logical.

So, I said Love God, yourself, your friends AND your enemies. Right?

Let's use logic.

Let's assume I meant what I said and that I was logical.

If, as Dave says, it's okay to kill enemies, I must also mean it's okay to kill your friends and loved ones. -Even that it's okay to kill God. I know he'll take issue with this, but...

It's not what I meant of course, but using Dave's craved-for logic, it's what I must have meant to say.

Then Dave complained that he thinks I should be more concerned about abortions than people killed as "collateral damage," in military conflicts. He thinks any abortion is murder. Okay. Let's be logical.

In most countries, there is no statute of limitations on murder - something I think is a good idea, and I'm sure it's a concept most people, even Dave, would agree with. Well, if abortion is murder, using logic, shouldn't everyone whose ever had one be tried for murder? No exceptions?

I say yes, if we're going to call abortion murder - abortion, by the way is something I hate, but I do think they should be available and safe since they've always taken place and always will - I think we should gather together every single woman whose ever had one, try them, and put them away for life. No exceptions.

No? But it's logical!

The fact is babies don't have human life till they've taken that first breath. Fetuses are POTENTIAL human life and are certainly alive, but if we're going to treat the unborn as if they have, indeed, already been born, then God himself must be a horrible murderer since there are still far more miscarriages than abortions. Simple logic, right?

Of course this is silly stuff, but whenever the "born again" crowd screams for logical debate, trust me, it's the last thing they really want.

They believe what they believe because they need magic to make their lives complete, and in the process they make the things I said to emphasize my points more important than the simple lessons themselves, which, ironically, these folks invariable LOVE to make complex and twist them into something unrecognizable when they realize the simple stuff doesn't jibe with the magic me I was turned into later by the historians who were also just doing their job. (Remember the other day when I explained how we made stories memorable back then?)

There's no explaining it to them. They're too busy waiting for the rapture or their own death to understand how harmful this thinking is to humanity.

Dave, for instance, claims that since I'm against the U.S. doing harm to civilians in Iraq, that, somehow, that means I think it's perfectly okay for Muslim extremists to do harm to U.S. civilians. That's absurd of course, and it's certainly not logical, but people like Dave can't think logically any more. Someday, he might realize it and decided to try, but for now, I'd suggest - surrogate is very worried about this very thing, by the way - that you not allow people who think like that to be making public policy.

They're so convinced they're right about what I had in mind, that they're blind to the harm they do and always explain it away, and, frankly, they don't care as much for this wonderful planet and its people as they ought because to them, this whole world is just a second best waiting room - sort of a cast-off gift from God. As incredible as it is, or could be, it's just  not enough for them.

Sad.

And Dave, I'm not trying to pick on you. You represent the thinking of millions of people, as you said - although, remember, the mere fact that lots of people believe something doesn't make it any more true. Sorry Dave. No logic in that thinking either. Oh well.

I'm off to Australia!

Be good to everyone.

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surrogate (2007-08-16)
It's interesting, but does God then commit atrocities when miscarriges occur? Evidently. But since I don't think so, my logic is solid. I don't know anyone whose ever even held a decent funeral for a miscarried baby.

Bishop\'s Fantasy? (2007-08-16)
Harm - interesting choice of words. The physicians' hypocratic oath includes "do no harm". Also, a person can be tried for a double murder if he/she kills a pregnant woman. Where's the logic in that if a baby isn't alive until it takes a breath? You can't have it both ways, folks. I'm completely pro-choice in this way (speaking only of consentual sex): People have the choice as to whether or not to engage in the practice that leads to conception. I think that's where the choice should end. You have sex, you run the risk of pregnancy. No sex, no pregnancy. It's not that complicated. My Anatomy & Physiology instructor shared this quote with our class: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities," -Voltaire

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