So the sin is absolute, regardless of circumstances?
[Paul sips his drink again as he considers this, evaluating Lazarus with sharper (although still intoxicant blurred) eyes.]
Do you apply this standard to everyone, or just yourself? If you came across this hypothetical nest of cannibals, and found one of their victims had eaten human flesh, would you condemn them too?
[He doesn't ask in judgment. This is a genuinely interesting train of thought to follow.]
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[Paul sips his drink again as he considers this, evaluating Lazarus with sharper (although still intoxicant blurred) eyes.]
Do you apply this standard to everyone, or just yourself? If you came across this hypothetical nest of cannibals, and found one of their victims had eaten human flesh, would you condemn them too?
[He doesn't ask in judgment. This is a genuinely interesting train of thought to follow.]