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   From: toomuchspam@spammer.org   
      
   Bree wrote:   
      
   >>> What is your cultural background?   
   >>   
   >>Agnostic/Protestant-ish. I nearly had a Catholic upbringing and am   
   >>kinda glad I didn't (tho it doesn't seem to have done Paul McCartney   
   >>much harm, I spose).   
   >   
   > From Erewhon, I presume.   
      
   Yis.   
      
   >>> Lewis said something about having been very reluctant to accept the   
   >>> doctrine of Hell because it was very "dangerous".   
   >>   
   >>Yes. I'd guess every Christian who has behaved "badly" (in our   
   >>opinion) has had a sincere belief in Hell.   
   >   
   > I think there might be an undistributed middle in there somewhere.   
      
   Only if I'd added: 'So I'd guess every Christian who has had a sincere   
   belief in Hell has behaved "badly" (in our opinion).' ("Behave badly"   
   being "persecute etc in the name of Christ.")   
      
   >>And any damage earthly injustice can do will also be temporary. The   
   >>caste system can be justified by reference to reincarnation.   
   >   
   > Yes. Everyone gets their turn. No point in trying to improve things   
   > for one's caste (or one's sex or race), as you may be born in a   
   > different one next time anyway.  Rather than improve things for the   
   > freshmen, get good karma and become a sophomore. :)  Tho the way to   
   > get good karma for oneself, is to try to improve things for the   
   > freshmen as a kindness to them.   
      
   Couldn't you argue that doing good for them would be useless or a false   
   kindness, because they have to work off their own bad karma by suffering?   
      
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