(February 28, 2016 at 2:54 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(February 28, 2016 at 2:45 pm)pocaracas Wrote: yes... but does it matter?
(supposing that intellectual honesty is not valued too much)
Absolutely, yes.
People who think it's okay, and even divine, to string up the better man for their own misdeeds have greater issues than the intellectual honesty of their positions. To hold up an example of base immorality as the greatest possible expression of love and goodness, in order to fulfill a blood debt that never was, is the kind of thing that forms the context of our moral landscapes...and it's more disturbing if they really -do- believe it, rather than pay it lip service.
yeah... but they're conditioned to not think about like that.
"He died for our sins" (whatever that means....)
"He showed the ultimate expression of love"
"we should aspire to be as he was"
Sounds so much better than what you said.... while being the exact same thing
