(February 4, 2013 at 1:27 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote: Would you argue for circumcision because if you thought ot looked nice?
For war because it seems to be heroic?
When arguing about moral decions, what is or looks beautifull is irrelevant.
What is right, is relevant.
Circumcision doesn't involve a choice usually.
War affects others negatively against their will.
These are poor comparisons.
Did you see the post I made comparing this to regretting not having gone into tennis at an early age? It's a few pages back.
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).