Re: Firefighters did the Christian thing in letting house burn to the ground

On Fri, 8 Oct 2010, pcg wrote:
> But that's not the dilemma that was presented to these firefighters. 
> Their dilemma was whether to help someone in desperate need, someone who 
> didn't buy their help, or not.

That's only a tiny portion of their dilemma, but yes.

> And they chose wrongly. It *is* moral cowardice and selfishness, and to 
> paint it otherwise is to defend an unconscionable act.

Sorry, but you're wrong.  I guess that makes *you* a selfish coward! 
Bwahahahaha.

> You say you, personally, would help a neighbor whose house was burning 
> down, but that the firefighters shouldn't have.

Hmmm.  I wonder what the neighbour was doing all this time (i.e., the 
neighbour whose property *was* saved by the firefighters once the fire 
spread over there).

> I say when any entity is doing something that no individual would or 
> could defend, there is a problem.

You mean, like, killing people on a battlefield?

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