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21. So does that mean that since killing is bad ALL people are sacred?

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 06:46 PM

Aug 2018

What about animals, environment?

Is Hitler's life or was his sacred?

Or is it just those who havent committed atrocities?

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Contrary to what we have always been told, human life is NOT sacred. [View all] Eliot Rosewater Aug 2018 OP

???? oberliner Aug 2018 #1

What is sacred? (n/t) PJMcK Aug 2018 #2

Probably the earth, little else. That, Jimi Hendrix and cheeseburgers. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2018 #3

Maybe spaghetti? (n/t) PJMcK Aug 2018 #4

Why? Igel Aug 2018 #10

Perfect cup of coffee as well. irisblue Aug 2018 #7

Either all life is sacred or none of it is TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #6

What makes something alive? Cary Aug 2018 #11

Its more nuanced than that Brawndo Aug 2018 #8

All life starts out as protoplasm Major Nikon Aug 2018 #13

Point taken but... Brawndo Aug 2018 #14

The OP framed their point literally rejecting that implication Major Nikon Aug 2018 #16

We are star dust. Cary Aug 2018 #9

As humans we are authors and collectors of stories. hunter Aug 2018 #12

He's still a Republican. Just Carl Aug 2018 #15

Not sure I fully agree. NCTraveler Aug 2018 #17

If life is not sacred, genocide is no big deal. milestogo Aug 2018 #20

So does that mean that since killing is bad ALL people are sacred? Eliot Rosewater Aug 2018 #21

All life is sacred. milestogo Aug 2018 #22