(November 16, 2013 at 4:09 pm)wallym Wrote:(November 16, 2013 at 12:52 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Could you elaborate?
Re: Biblical fundamentalism, modern biblical theologians don't view the bible as a literal text. They don't think Moses lived to be 900 or there was a flood that wiped out humanity, or even that the accounts of the Gospel are without 'flavor' based on the motivations of the authors and the times they lived in.
(November 16, 2013 at 1:22 pm)Optimistic Mysanthrope Wrote: I'm inclined to say yes. I think it would be immoral if you had the power to prevent an immoral action but allowed it through inaction. Kinda like the first law of robotics
That's certainly one way to look at it. But then you'd have to create robots to get that result. It's an interesting debate over whether or not our free will is a flaw or a gift.
Then who's original sin are we suppose to pay if the garden of eden and what not is just a allegory.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
