pop morality

[Drich]

All I can do is use my brain and do my best. Again, it's better than blindly following a so-called standard that is clearly barbaric.

You still don't get it? you still can get out of your box thinking... If your standard is corrupt, truly corrupt wouldn't it label all other standards 'barbaric?' so then if their were no absolutes your 'best' would be only to take what is available and judge right and wrong from what you grew up with...

The question then becomes how do you know you did not grow up in a society as bad if not worse than the Nazis or anyone else you look at as being way/unquestionably evil?

I say so-called because the Bible is not really a moral standard. A standard has to be clear and consistent. You and I both know the Bible is neither. That of course is why there are so many Christian sects rather than a single Christian religion. You are forced to interpret the Bible. In the end, you do exactly the same thing I do: You derive your own sense of morality based on your own self-convictions. You have little choice being that you don't really have a standard. The only difference is that you may believe God is whispering in your ear, to guide you. I am under no such delusion.

actually no. I do not seek to contrive a morality from the bible. I simply look at and accept the sin and evil in my life and have sought and receive atonement for those sins. Which affords me the freedom to live apart from the law God uses to identify sin.

My behavior then becomes my direct offering of Love to God. I try and live what others may identify as a 'moral' life not because it is right, and I receive anything for it. I do so simply because it is the closest thing I can do to emulate the righteousness God has identified in the bible, as an expression of my faith and love towards him. "Right or wrong" be damned.

That is the difference between living a morality based life and living an atonement based life. If one understands atonement, then he knows their is no right we can do that can off set the wrong. So life ceases about trying to be right/moral, and becomes about seeking God.