Re: the religion of science (was:virus: Sexuality)

zaimoni@ksu.edu
Fri, 20 Sep 1996 21:42:45 -0500 (CDT)


On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, KMO prime wrote:

> >Sufficient perspective may need to be over decades, of course. I have
> >managed to cause immediate emotional stress when trying to explain
> >this to
> >right-wing Christians, but it is almost derivable from their
> >Book--the description I used is a minor derivation from Romans 6:23.
> >
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> >/ Kenneth Boyd
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> >
>
> Sinner that I am, I don't have a bible in the house. Is it convenient
> for anyone on the list to relay Romans 6:23? Thanks. -KMO

We only need the last clause/sentence.

"And the wages of sin is death." [New American Standard]

That is, this primitive trait has a rather 'irrational'
implementation--you deliberately put effort into what's going to destroy
the work you're trying to accomplish. It obviously analogizes to a
number of fields.

Most pre-mid 1980's translations are similar, unless they're deliberately
sectarian. I'm not willing to commit on translations from the late
1980's and beyond--there seems to be evidence of relative inconsistency
between these and the earlier ones. I haven't looked in-depth, though.

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/ Kenneth Boyd
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