RE: My views on objective morality
February 29, 2016 at 11:19 am
(This post was last modified: February 29, 2016 at 11:20 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(February 29, 2016 at 1:08 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Why do you think I want to believe it though? How do you figure I don't have legitimate reasons for believing what I do, and that they don't involve me just believing it because I "want to?"
Because you proudly claim that you do.... at least the parts that aren't too embarrassing. We call that cherry-picking. And Caesar's quote refers to a stratagem by which one of his commanders, Quintus Titurius Sabinus, by name, sent a spy into a Gallic camp to tell them that he was a deserter and that the Romans were demoralized and planning to flee which, being exactly what the Gauls wanted to hear led them into an ill-conceived attack on Sabinus' camp and he then kicked the shit out of them. The church has been telling people what they want to hear for a very long time. They have made it an art form. It's still just a scam.
My bold. Please point to where I "proudly claim" that I believe my faith "because I want to."
Please point to what Church teaching I have denied or "cherry picked."
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
