RE: The Moral Argument for God
December 12, 2015 at 12:36 am
(This post was last modified: December 12, 2015 at 12:40 am by IATIA.)
(December 11, 2015 at 6:38 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: Do you think killing in self defense is wrong? How about a soldier killing in battle? Or what if a police officer shoots and kills a criminal about to stab someone?
Yes, albeit the lesser of two evils depending, of course, on the circumstances. However, the point of this thread is subjective vs. objective morals. The line drawn between 'murder' and 'killing' is as subjective as one can get in an attempt to rationalize the morals of taking a life.
And where would free will fit in with objective morality?
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
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-- Superintendent Chalmers
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy