RE: What is "FAITH"
July 4, 2013 at 8:37 pm
(This post was last modified: July 4, 2013 at 8:39 pm by Consilius.)
What I was trying to say is that I don't think stoning naughty kids is in the Bible.
Let me also say this: the Bible is not the origin of human morality. It's what we already know to be true (for the most part) written down.
"33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith The Lord." Jermiah 31:33-34
What is truly right and truly wrong comes from beyond the Bible and within us. The Bible is merely a statement of these morals that serves as a check-and-balance to anyone who tries to oppose his moral compass and go against the laws. Just like the modern justice system.
What I am arguing is that our morals don't come from us, but from our world. We didn't invent morals; we discovered that they were there. We cannot make a world where betraying your friends is a good thing. We found out that lying is wrong and will forever be, so we stopped accepting it and created a society where you can be punished for it. Just like our vehicles are built for the non-negotiable laws of physics, so is human society built for non-negotiable rights and wrongs.
Let me also say this: the Bible is not the origin of human morality. It's what we already know to be true (for the most part) written down.
"33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith The Lord." Jermiah 31:33-34
What is truly right and truly wrong comes from beyond the Bible and within us. The Bible is merely a statement of these morals that serves as a check-and-balance to anyone who tries to oppose his moral compass and go against the laws. Just like the modern justice system.
What I am arguing is that our morals don't come from us, but from our world. We didn't invent morals; we discovered that they were there. We cannot make a world where betraying your friends is a good thing. We found out that lying is wrong and will forever be, so we stopped accepting it and created a society where you can be punished for it. Just like our vehicles are built for the non-negotiable laws of physics, so is human society built for non-negotiable rights and wrongs.
