--- On Wed, 3/11/10, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Donal, Excellent post!> Not grammatically, for sure. But thanks, I guess. Small point:- > But from a Christian standpoint, and Mike was after all raised a Catholic, > hatred in one's heart for one's brother is tantamount to killing him>. Where is this standpoint shown to be a, or the, specifically Christian one? As a general proposition, saying that wishing someone dead is tantamount to killing them, would be tantamount to saying the start of every slippery slope is tantamount to whatever is at a bottom of the slope. And that surely is, at least tantamount to, false. Donal ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html