So you're saying a guy that celebrates Christmas yet does not in anyways try to accept God into his life is a Christian? Really?
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Why Secular Morality is Superior
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RE: Why Secular Morality is Superior
September 1, 2012 at 2:47 am
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2012 at 3:00 am by genkaus.)
(August 31, 2012 at 8:00 pm)elunico13 Wrote: Plato started off wrong when he wrote about socrates and euthyphro. He didn't know his creator and therefore grouped all "gods" under the same category. There is no dilemma for those who know the biblical God. Yes, there is, since your biblical god puts himself in the same category as well. (August 31, 2012 at 8:00 pm)elunico13 Wrote: Does anyone know the difference between Christianity and all other religions, including humanism and naturalism? That humanism and naturalism are not religions. (August 31, 2012 at 8:00 pm)elunico13 Wrote: The LORD does not command morality because it exists outside of him. Sounds to me like you are getting squarely skewered on the first horn - godwillsit because it is good. And it can be known to be good without god's command. (August 31, 2012 at 8:00 pm)elunico13 Wrote: How do I know that God is good? Its ironic you believe that because all your problems, dilemmas and contradictions exist because of your god. It is when one assumes that your god exists that we find all these problems popping all over the place. It is in your worldview that these things don't make sense, even though you desperately want them to and would like to pretend they do. (August 31, 2012 at 8:00 pm)elunico13 Wrote: The "might equals right" is an evolutionary dilemma. The weak die out and the strong survive even if it means murder. But murder shouldn't even be considered evil according to evolution. This would cause a descriptive process to be prescriptive and make it impossible for morality to exist and a need for justice to be served. Is that how you understand evolution? You poor deluded fool. (August 31, 2012 at 8:00 pm)elunico13 Wrote: Who thinks they can tell me why murder is wrong apart from the biblical God? I can tell you, but you seem incapable of understanding. (August 31, 2012 at 8:41 pm)CBA222 Wrote: Perhaps some of them weren't meant to be laws of morality? They're more like guidelines for living for God. Its telling me that you are wrong. So very wrong if you think that calling someone a fool is as bad as killing them. If you really think like that then you really must be a moron, a fool and an idiot - wait, did I just kill you three times? (August 31, 2012 at 8:41 pm)CBA222 Wrote: Do you know what the word "repent" means? That is what you're supposed to do when you commit a sin in Christianity. You ask for forgiveness and promise to never do it again. Sounds like an easy out to me. There is no reprisals or reparations required. Imagine if the criminal justice system worked by the same standards. (August 31, 2012 at 8:41 pm)CBA222 Wrote: I'm pretty sure it said no adultery. As for slavery, it says "obey your master". I know that sounds harsh but get this, slavery back then more like being a servant. It was nothing like the trianglular trade African slavery we think of. Genocide? Do not murder? Really? Did the slaves of that time had the option of quitting their jobs, refusing some work they found outside their job description, calling the cops on their employers if they got abusive or suing their asses? If not, then it wasn't like being a servant. And it's ironic that you'd mention genocide when your god personally ordered so many of them. (August 31, 2012 at 8:41 pm)CBA222 Wrote: People who call themselves Christians aren't neccassarily Christians. Just cause they celebrate Christmas doesn't mean they follow the teachings. My school is full of Christians, and they're the nicest people I have ever met, no joke. No true Scotsman much. (August 31, 2012 at 10:04 pm)CBA222 Wrote: So you're saying a guy that celebrates Christmas yet does not in anyways try to accept God into his life is a Christian? Really? How do you know that celebrating Christmas isn't his way of "accepting god"? Quote:Who thinks they can tell me why murder is wrong apart from the biblical God? I don't need a god to know that I don't want to be murdered, nor do I need a god to possess empathy so that I would not want others to be murdered, either. Besides, why cite the God of a bible which so frequently and callously endorses murder and commits tons of it himself? Maybe you'd be a Grand Theft Auto character without your delusions to keep your behavior in check, but I find it in myself not to slaughter people at random every day. Okay. My curiosity is aroused. What is God's explanation as to why murder is wrong? "In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences." — Robert Ingersoll (August 31, 2012 at 8:19 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Ooooo! Oooooo! Pick me, teacher. (Hand goes up) You can't violate without having a freedom to choose. Baking soda doesn't choose to react with vinegar. That's called chemistry, which is what you believe you are. The will of another is unimportant in an evolution worldview. No one is under your arbitrary "social contract" and obligated to obey whatever you say. No pain no gain, right? Why would you love random mutations from pond scum? Any other society can arbitrarily assert the opposite. At least you tried.
James Holmes acted consistent with what evolution teaches. He evolved from an animal, and when he murdered those people, He acted like one. You can't say he's wrong since evolution made him that way.
(September 1, 2012 at 9:25 pm)elunico13 Wrote: You can't violate without having a freedom to choose. Baking soda doesn't choose to react with vinegar. That's called chemistry, which is what you believe you are. The will of another is unimportant in an evolution worldview. No one is under your arbitrary "social contract" and obligated to obey whatever you say. No pain no gain, right? Why would you love random mutations from pond scum? Any other society can arbitrarily assert the opposite. But you haven't, either that or your mental powers are so slander that what passes for trying on your part is indistinguishable from a brain dead vegetable's attempt at thinking. (September 1, 2012 at 9:25 pm)elunico13 Wrote:(August 31, 2012 at 8:19 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Ooooo! Oooooo! Pick me, teacher. (Hand goes up) Oh dear, you're dumber than I thought (and that's saying a lot).
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September 2, 2012 at 1:21 am
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(September 1, 2012 at 3:40 am)Ryantology Wrote:Quote:Who thinks they can tell me why murder is wrong apart from the biblical God? So you find it in yourself. Seems pretty arbitrary. Whats to keep the next person from asserting the exact opposite? You can't say they are wrong, but just different. (September 2, 2012 at 12:13 am)DeistPaladin Wrote:(September 1, 2012 at 9:25 pm)elunico13 Wrote: You can't violate without having a freedom to choose. Baking soda doesn't choose to react with vinegar. That's called chemistry, which is what you believe you are. The will of another is unimportant in an evolution worldview. No one is under your arbitrary "social contract" and obligated to obey whatever you say. No pain no gain, right? Why would you love random mutations from pond scum? Any other society can arbitrarily assert the opposite. Your mind, according to evolution, is a result of random chemical reactions. So your thoughts are irrelevant in making any knowledge claims. Why would you start a thread in philosophy concerning ethics and not know the flaws with your own theory on it? Don't you know the problems with private and cultural/societal subjectivism?
James Holmes acted consistent with what evolution teaches. He evolved from an animal, and when he murdered those people, He acted like one. You can't say he's wrong since evolution made him that way.
You should stop making claims of either fact or deduction. Knowing one or performing the other is so evidently beyond your power that there is no possibility your claims being given a second look.
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