Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: mangoe@mimsy.umd.edu (Charley Wingate) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: a small question Message-ID: Date: 3 Oct 90 07:01:36 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 14 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Jonggu Moon writes: >If we are supposed to love our neighbor, how come we're born with the killer >instinct ? I could haggle over the fine print (I don't believe in the "killer instinct"), but instead I'll stick to pointing out the obvious: If we didn't feel impelled to sin (e.g., murder), we wouldn't need to be told not to. -- C. Wingate + "Our God to whom we turn when weary with illusion, + Whose stars serenely burn above this world's confusion, mangoe@cs.umd.edu + Thine is the mighty plan, the steadfast order sure mimsy!mangoe + In which the world began, endures, and shall endure."