RE: The speed of light, stars, and YEC?
December 14, 2011 at 9:59 am
(This post was last modified: December 14, 2011 at 10:09 am by The Grand Nudger.)
"Consider" isn't the word Tack, you are talking to yourself.
You could align your sense of morality up with any other collection of stories and get exactly the same results. In fact, you could use the Bible as a guide in the reverse. Anything god would do (judging by the stories) are things to be avoided.
-Do not create life you have no intention of caring for.
-Do not blame others for situations you have created.
In twenty seconds and only going so far as the Garden narrative I have two great principles to live my life by. Biblical narratives are subjective standards. They mean different things to different people, and can be (and have been) leveraged in any way imaginable while still achieving largely the same results. They can also be used (and have been used) to justify things you might consider morally abhorrent; thought crimes, slavery, etc. You're the one setting the standard, it comes from you. It's only "Jesus" because that's the name you've given the backdrop for your internal morality play. It's likely that you'd come to the same conclusions from any system of religious belief. You could make Allah's commands work for you, you could make Lugh Lamfada's life your standard. You'd still be the person you are.
If you'd like to tell people that the standards they use are "less effective" you're going to have to do some serious cartwheels avoiding the fact that there are good people of every (and no) faith. Obviously these standards are effective, and it's fairly sanctimonious of you to suggest otherwise.
You could align your sense of morality up with any other collection of stories and get exactly the same results. In fact, you could use the Bible as a guide in the reverse. Anything god would do (judging by the stories) are things to be avoided.
-Do not create life you have no intention of caring for.
-Do not blame others for situations you have created.
In twenty seconds and only going so far as the Garden narrative I have two great principles to live my life by. Biblical narratives are subjective standards. They mean different things to different people, and can be (and have been) leveraged in any way imaginable while still achieving largely the same results. They can also be used (and have been used) to justify things you might consider morally abhorrent; thought crimes, slavery, etc. You're the one setting the standard, it comes from you. It's only "Jesus" because that's the name you've given the backdrop for your internal morality play. It's likely that you'd come to the same conclusions from any system of religious belief. You could make Allah's commands work for you, you could make Lugh Lamfada's life your standard. You'd still be the person you are.
If you'd like to tell people that the standards they use are "less effective" you're going to have to do some serious cartwheels avoiding the fact that there are good people of every (and no) faith. Obviously these standards are effective, and it's fairly sanctimonious of you to suggest otherwise.
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