Fundamentalist murderers get away with murder.

[Weemaryanne]

Oh, that's entirely possible. But seven children would be difficult to find places for. Hell, it's just a mess all around, isn't it. I'm glad I wasn't the judge, I'd never be able to sleep for wondering whether I'd done the right thing, or even the best thing.

[E-lad]

Oh, that's entirely possible. But seven children would be difficult to find places for. Hell, it's just a mess all around, isn't it. I'm glad I wasn't the judge, I'd never be able to sleep for wondering whether I'd done the right thing, or even the best thing.

It sucks that there are questions for which there are no clear cut answers. I've been there, and I'm sure you have been too.

[AD6LR]

Oh, that's entirely possible. But seven children would be difficult to find places for. Hell, it's just a mess all around, isn't it. I'm glad I wasn't the judge, I'd never be able to sleep for wondering whether I'd done the right thing, or even the best thing.

Cut the kids in half? Oh... wait.

[zilch]

Oh, that's entirely possible. But seven children would be difficult to find places for. Hell, it's just a mess all around, isn't it. I'm glad I wasn't the judge, I'd never be able to sleep for wondering whether I'd done the right thing, or even the best thing.

It sucks that there are questions for which there are no clear cut answers. I've been there, and I'm sure you have been too.

Wee and Froggie make an important point here, one that even many atheists are loathe to admit: no one wants to be unsure about whether their decisions are the right ones, especially decisions where lives are at stake. One of the great attractions of religion is that it promises an "objective" morality, such that there is a God-approved answer to any such moral dilemma. Trouble is, this kind of morality simply doesn't exist, in or out of religion: sometimes there are simply hard choices to make, and there simply is no logically or theologically "correct" decision. That's life.