(December 5, 2017 at 2:20 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(December 5, 2017 at 1:33 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I don't see why it would be more weighty if it didn't effect me and if human life didn't have intrinsic value. Otherwise, why would I care so much about a woman being raped and then murdered by her fa,mily for being raped on the other side of the globe? I mean, there's empathy so from a purely emotional stand point I would feel sorry for her. But there would be no justifiable, rational reason for me to get really angry at the people who did that to her if I didn't concede that doing so was in fact wrong. But subjective morality people do anyway. (get really angry I mean)
If you believe that in our godless Universe that something like rape suddenly becomes "okay", then, please, do NOT stop believing in God!
You and I believe we are in a godless Universe, and even despite laws with crushing consequences at the peak of human existence after 200,000 years of progress, the leader of arguably the most powerful country in the world you probably think is a rapist, no? We've got a pedophile about to enter the US congress. That #metoo stuff seems to include just about all the ladies. Doesn't it feel like, practically speaking, sexual assault/rape has been somewhat accepted throughout human history? Sure, you might go to jail for it now. But whatever moral deterrent there is in our godless world, humans seem to frequently be comfortable overlooking that.
