RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth
September 14, 2015 at 5:55 pm
(September 14, 2015 at 1:57 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Nestor, I do believe that most all the events in the biblical text happened as generally described. Recently a compelling case has been made for the Exodus in a documentary titled “Patterns of Evidence.”
Oh, by the way, you should be very careful with that "documentary" of yours.
Your "compelling case" is not recent, and has been debunked thoroughly even by Christian researchers.
http://biblicalremains.com/another-broke...-evidence/
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
