RE: Conflicting statements in the bible
June 25, 2013 at 6:57 pm
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2013 at 7:00 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 25, 2013 at 6:49 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Sure it is, I am claiming morals are not relative, you’re taking the positive position that they are, I need proof.Proof easily supplied. As below.
Quote:We are supposed to live by the same moral law, yes.Not what I asked you, do we share the same morals? If we don't... (and we don;t) what does this tell us about morality? Take a breath before you say it, I know how hard it's going to be.
Quote:You’re the one committing the is/ought fallacy, not me.Hardly, as I'm only telling you what morality -is-, not what it ought to be.
Quote:Waiting for you to refute the historically accepted position….still waiting…If you really want to give up any room to bitch about having things proven...we could go this way sure..I'll just sit around waiting for you to "refute" whatever comes to my mind next.
Quote:I'm glad you feel compelled to offer that tidbit up, but since I never claimed that christian morals were arbitrary, in fact I explicitly stated that I wouldn't sign on with such a summary...perhaps that belongs in a conversation with someone else? Both remain in a similar position, neither meaningless, neither meaningful - by simple virtue of what camp they hail from.
Christian standards of morality are not arbitrary, atheistic standards of morality apparently are. The former is meaningful, the latter is meaningless.
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