smithca,
In reply to:
[color:"blue"]One of my personal tenants is that [color:blue]an ethic should work in all situations.

Assuming that you meant tenets--unless you happen to be a landlord--let me ask you a question about yours:

How are [color:red]you able to define what comprises [color:blue]all situations?

And in relation to the "ethic" discussed in this thread, I would like to know your answer to the following questions as well:

How many souls do [color:red]you have?

On what basis do you know that your answer to the previous question is correct?

To whom does the soul(s) you know as your own belong, and thus owe an account?

If God were to determine to cause half of all souls made in His image, yet conceived in sin, to never be born, but to be called to account before they see the light of day, on what grounds will you call Him unjust?


In Christ,
Paul S