I'm sure if your banker said you had no money in your account and you complained that you had some yesterday and had made no withdrawals since then, and your banker said, "Do I contradict myself? Very well, I contradict myself. I am vast. I contain multitudes" -- you wouldn't buy it. It's a coward's philosophy. It's much harder to hold to one's principles across the board. Which is why so few do it.

I am not big on capital punishment, because we cannot be certain we have the right guy (I'd say person but the death penalty in the USA is 99% male), and because it's such a final step, and because it's a horrible thing to place on the conscience of the executioner(s), among other reasons. But I am not opposed to the concept in and of itself.

Little Hawk: what evidence do you have for belief in reincarnation among Christians (not Gnostics) in the early years of the church? I've heard this claim but never seen anybody present anything like convincing historical evidence for it.

Alex
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