RE: Unconventional Religion
July 31, 2013 at 8:24 am
(This post was last modified: July 31, 2013 at 8:38 am by Consilius.)
@genekaus
If I was twisting morality, would that make everything I suggested immoral?
We're not debating the universality of morals. And "contextual" is not the opposite of "universal".
And yes, you did exactly what I asked. Like my Bible quotes, I'm not preaching we should give away everything we have. "Live simply so that others can simply live."
Is self-sacrifice irrational?
Jesus only called himself the Son of God to his disciples. Nobody else knew who he was. (Matthew 16:13-16)
Jesus called himself king at his final trial and when he was asked if he was. (Matthew 27:11)
"Therefore when the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, 'This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.' So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone." John 6:14-15
If I was twisting morality, would that make everything I suggested immoral?
We're not debating the universality of morals. And "contextual" is not the opposite of "universal".
And yes, you did exactly what I asked. Like my Bible quotes, I'm not preaching we should give away everything we have. "Live simply so that others can simply live."
Is self-sacrifice irrational?
(July 31, 2013 at 8:17 am)littleendian Wrote: Was that before or after Jesus named himself the son of God and King of all Jews? I think he had bigger plans which just merely turned out kind of wrong and unfortunately got him killed by the tender age of 30 or so...He was a travelling preacher born into a poor family.
Jesus only called himself the Son of God to his disciples. Nobody else knew who he was. (Matthew 16:13-16)
Jesus called himself king at his final trial and when he was asked if he was. (Matthew 27:11)
"Therefore when the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, 'This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.' So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone." John 6:14-15
