My views on objective morality
February 29, 2016 at 12:27 pm
(This post was last modified: February 29, 2016 at 1:09 pm by LadyForCamus.)
(February 29, 2016 at 11:42 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(February 29, 2016 at 11:31 am)abaris Wrote: No, the church is already doing the cherry picking for you. As I pointed out earlier, I didn't have the liberty to discount the OT as being alllegorical, as far as the priests were concerned. I'm speaking of the early 70ies. A time that's not so long ago.
Ok that's fair, and I agree.
Catholicism DOES cherry pick from the bible. I'm glad it does. The reason we do so is because we think the Church is above the bible. Church first, bible second. Poca did a good job of explaining for me that Catholicism isn't about following the bible as closely as possible. We believe the Church was founded by Jesus Himself and has ties to the divine. We believe that takes precedence.
But if the bible is sub-standard, and by necessity subject to cherry picking for it to be relevant or useful in today's society, what possible reason would anyone have for accepting it is as the word of God? I mean, this is HIS book. It shouldn't need an editor.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.
