> Well Eve didn't die ...

She didn't?

> ... and her decendents got the right to determine there own fate, to be blessed or be damned as we choose.

We had that freedom (not "right") already. We used it poorly.

> And I see that as a sign of God's love. "If you love something let it go..."

My view of pop music as a source of theological authority is pretty dim. Sorry.

> But I don't want to start an Eden debate because it will just raise antimosity and no resolution will come about. It has happened in here before so I think we can just skip it this time.

That's true. I ought not to have referenced Genesis 3 at all; it had little to do with the subject and I made the reference merely to add some rhetorical "punch".

> I just want to say that list makes he doubt that we can addequityly draw that line Iss talks of.

Nor would I urge you to try and draw it. But for those communities that do draw the line, and draw it so as to proscribe what they find to be morally reprehensible, I have respect.

> The books on this list are not writen to appeal to our dark evil side, but many of them do attempt to educate us of its existance, and the evils that can result of giving into it.

Agreed. There are ways to portray evil in literature that are profitable for our souls; _Huckleberry_Finn_ is one such example. That is why I didn't specifically mention the list of books in the news story, but instead chose other examples that better illustrate why book burning might be seen as a positive action in some communities.

> These books are on the list because narrow minded adults can't see beyond the 'n' word in Huck Finn or Holden Crawfeild's negative attiude in Catcher in the Rye to appreciate the deeper truths the authors were trying to convey.

Probably so. I happen to dislike the easy epithet "narrow-minded", but that's for another thread, I suppose.

> Speed'I might not agree with what you say, but I'll fight to the death for your right to say it'ball

Iss "I don't recognize anyone's "right" to use their speech to degrade the integrity of others. Freedom is not an unqualified good." achar