(August 5, 2015 at 7:11 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote:(August 5, 2015 at 6:54 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: The second one. (at least more than other life on earth, not necessarily more than all life, since we don't know what else is out there)
Anything that comes from God is sacred, but He dictates their level of sacredness. A human life is more sacred than that of a flea, for example.
Wait a minute. You just agreed with the second clarifying statement I asked you about saying that human reverence for a thing is a significant-enough factor in its sanctity to include it in your definition, and now you're saying that God is the one "dictating" what is or isn't sacred?
So let's Euthyphro Dilemma this shit:
Do humans "revere" the sacred because God dictates that it is sacred, or does God "dictate" that it is sacred because humans "revere" it?
Whoops, sorry about that. I meant the first one. Yes, God's reverence, not humans'.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
