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Man's morality
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RE: Man's morality
(November 27, 2013 at 12:17 am)Drich Wrote: Morality is man's attempt to establish a righteous standard based on the sin he or the society he lives in is willing to except Incorporated into that standard.

Okay, then by your own completely made up definition of morality, God necessarily isn't moral. It is "man's attempt..." after all.
Further, you don't seem to know what morality is, and you speaking on it demonstrates your complete lack of knowledge on what it is. Morality refers to 'how we ought to do', and nothing else.

Quote:Morality is not true Righteousness or God's Righteousness. God's Righteousness is a sinless standard no one can achieve.

Then God is not moral. Further, this is just an example of Christianity ripping off Plato's metaphysics. And if no man can achieve it and God created man, it necessarily follows that man cannot achieve it because God did not want them to.

Quote:Morality says: It is ok to lie to save your friend's life.

Righteousness says: it is always a sin to lie no matter what the reason.

And if a gunman comes to you asking if your family is home, I do oh so hope you keep to your standard.

Quote:God's righteousness is absolute, and never changes.

This is a tautology. It literally means "God is God; he never changes". No fucking shit, moron.

Quote:Man's Morality is on a sliding scale always identified by the lessor of two evils.

If there are two choices and only those two choices, clearly you will pick the one that more aligns with your values. God could have chosen to allow for Adam and Eve to stay in Eden, or exile them from it. He chose the latter, because it conformed to his values (fucked up as they are for a fictional character).

Quote:That said know that 'morality' is not the universal standard of good. Morality is a constantly changing to suit the the personal or civil righteousness of a community of people. What once was moral could now be considered a crime, and vise versa.

What is considered good is by definition based on what one (even if they're God) considers to be moral.
Because morality is about what one should do, it will necessarily be dependent on one's in-built values. This is just as true for God as it is for any person.

Quote:I say that to help those looking to frame questions based on "morality." Most of the time it is used an absolute standard when in fact it is not. To say "God is not moral" is not the insult you think it is. That is like a death camp nazi saying a German citizen is not 'moral, because he is hiding Jews from the Gestapo. Why? Because your morality like the death camp nazi's morality is based on ever declining scale. The fact there is so much distance between what you think is right and what God has declared as righteous only points to how far you and your 'morality' has fallen beyond true righteousness.

And what is the distance between what God says is right and what is actually right? Oh wait, that's what morality is you numbskull. If God exists, what God does will be based on hat he thinks is right and what is 'actually' right (formulating that statement that way, as you did, is nonsensical). In other words, you're constantly confusing epistemology with ontology.

But hey, we already knew Drich was dull and rarely knew what he was talking about, much less on issues of moral ontology, on which he is a complete novice.
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Man's morality - by Drich - November 27, 2013 at 12:17 am
RE: Man's morality - by MindForgedManacle - November 27, 2013 at 12:35 am
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - November 27, 2013 at 10:53 am
RE: Man's morality - by Whateverist - November 27, 2013 at 11:45 am
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - November 27, 2013 at 12:19 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - November 27, 2013 at 12:20 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - November 27, 2013 at 1:04 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Whateverist - November 27, 2013 at 1:07 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - November 27, 2013 at 1:50 pm
RE: Man's morality - by tokutter - November 27, 2013 at 2:52 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - November 27, 2013 at 3:12 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - November 27, 2013 at 3:31 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - November 27, 2013 at 4:07 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - November 27, 2013 at 4:14 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - November 27, 2013 at 4:47 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - November 27, 2013 at 4:56 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Darkstar - November 27, 2013 at 12:32 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - November 27, 2013 at 2:33 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - November 27, 2013 at 3:02 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Darkstar - November 27, 2013 at 4:25 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - November 29, 2013 at 11:50 am
RE: Man's morality - by freedomfromforum - November 29, 2013 at 2:06 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - November 29, 2013 at 11:22 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Darkstar - November 29, 2013 at 10:45 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - November 30, 2013 at 2:23 pm
RE: Man's morality - by houseofcantor - November 30, 2013 at 2:40 pm
RE: Man's morality - by houseofcantor - December 2, 2013 at 10:31 am
RE: Man's morality - by Darkstar - November 30, 2013 at 11:10 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 2, 2013 at 4:38 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Darkstar - December 2, 2013 at 8:02 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Esquilax - December 3, 2013 at 3:58 am
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 3, 2013 at 11:49 am
RE: Man's morality - by genkaus - November 28, 2013 at 5:17 am
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - November 28, 2013 at 9:38 am
RE: Man's morality - by genkaus - November 28, 2013 at 11:58 am
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - November 30, 2013 at 1:24 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - November 30, 2013 at 1:56 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - November 30, 2013 at 2:44 pm
RE: Man's morality - by houseofcantor - November 30, 2013 at 3:05 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 2, 2013 at 9:53 am
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - December 2, 2013 at 9:56 am
RE: Man's morality - by Whateverist - December 2, 2013 at 10:52 am
RE: Man's morality - by Silver - November 30, 2013 at 1:59 pm
RE: Man's morality - by max-greece - November 28, 2013 at 7:21 am
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - November 27, 2013 at 12:36 am
RE: Man's morality - by Darkstar - November 27, 2013 at 12:41 am
RE: Man's morality - by Whateverist - November 27, 2013 at 1:16 am
RE: Man's morality - by pineapplebunnybounce - November 27, 2013 at 1:34 am
RE: Man's morality - by max-greece - November 27, 2013 at 1:35 am
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RE: Man's morality - by Cinjin - November 27, 2013 at 2:26 am
RE: Man's morality - by downbeatplumb - November 27, 2013 at 5:04 am
RE: Man's morality - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 27, 2013 at 5:05 am
RE: Man's morality - by max-greece - November 27, 2013 at 6:52 am
RE: Man's morality - by Raven - November 27, 2013 at 7:12 am
RE: Man's morality - by Optimistic Mysanthrope - November 27, 2013 at 12:31 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Whateverist - November 27, 2013 at 12:45 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Tonus - November 27, 2013 at 12:57 pm
RE: Man's morality - by orogenicman - November 27, 2013 at 12:49 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Godlesspanther - November 27, 2013 at 2:40 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - November 27, 2013 at 2:49 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Godlesspanther - November 27, 2013 at 2:57 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Godlesspanther - November 27, 2013 at 3:40 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Silver - November 27, 2013 at 4:10 pm
RE: Man's morality - by genkaus - November 28, 2013 at 4:12 am
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - November 30, 2013 at 1:21 pm
RE: Man's morality - by genkaus - December 4, 2013 at 3:57 am
RE: Man's morality - by Tonus - December 4, 2013 at 9:59 am
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 4, 2013 at 2:20 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - December 4, 2013 at 2:24 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Tonus - December 4, 2013 at 3:31 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 5, 2013 at 10:22 am
RE: Man's morality - by Tonus - December 5, 2013 at 1:19 pm
RE: Man's morality - by I am God - December 4, 2013 at 3:40 pm
RE: Man's morality - by downbeatplumb - December 11, 2013 at 3:03 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 11, 2013 at 5:29 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Esquilax - November 28, 2013 at 6:07 am
RE: Man's morality - by genkaus - November 28, 2013 at 6:30 am
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - November 28, 2013 at 12:04 pm
RE: Man's morality - by max-greece - November 28, 2013 at 12:47 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Whateverist - November 28, 2013 at 2:38 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Godlesspanther - November 28, 2013 at 2:32 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Faith No More - November 28, 2013 at 3:30 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Cinjin - November 29, 2013 at 9:02 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Godlesspanther - November 29, 2013 at 1:34 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - November 30, 2013 at 11:01 am
RE: Man's morality - by Godlesspanther - November 30, 2013 at 1:22 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - November 29, 2013 at 1:48 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Neo-Scholastic - November 29, 2013 at 9:11 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Captain Colostomy - November 29, 2013 at 9:20 pm
RE: Man's morality - by houseofcantor - November 30, 2013 at 11:58 am
RE: Man's morality - by max-greece - November 30, 2013 at 2:18 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Godlesspanther - November 30, 2013 at 5:04 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 2, 2013 at 10:22 am
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - December 2, 2013 at 10:36 am
RE: Man's morality - by tokutter - December 2, 2013 at 11:59 am
RE: Man's morality - by Godlesspanther - December 2, 2013 at 3:48 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - December 2, 2013 at 9:19 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 3, 2013 at 10:41 am
RE: Man's morality - by I am God - December 3, 2013 at 11:58 am
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 3, 2013 at 12:11 pm
RE: Man's morality - by orogenicman - December 3, 2013 at 12:36 pm
RE: Man's morality - by I am God - December 3, 2013 at 1:50 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 3, 2013 at 2:23 pm
RE: Man's morality - by I am God - December 3, 2013 at 4:37 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Godlesspanther - December 3, 2013 at 4:04 pm
RE: Man's morality - by tokutter - December 3, 2013 at 4:22 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 3, 2013 at 5:04 pm
RE: Man's morality - by MindForgedManacle - December 3, 2013 at 8:51 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Darkstar - December 3, 2013 at 11:03 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 4, 2013 at 1:58 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - December 4, 2013 at 2:20 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 4, 2013 at 2:48 pm
RE: Man's morality - by genkaus - December 5, 2013 at 2:00 am
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 5, 2013 at 12:16 pm
RE: Man's morality - by genkaus - December 5, 2013 at 3:14 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 5, 2013 at 4:46 pm
RE: Man's morality - by genkaus - December 5, 2013 at 5:30 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 6, 2013 at 12:25 pm
RE: Man's morality - by I am God - December 6, 2013 at 1:17 pm
RE: Man's morality - by MindForgedManacle - December 6, 2013 at 1:39 pm
RE: Man's morality - by I am God - December 6, 2013 at 1:42 pm
RE: Man's morality - by MindForgedManacle - December 6, 2013 at 9:45 pm
RE: Man's morality - by genkaus - December 9, 2013 at 2:39 am
RE: Man's morality - by I am God - December 6, 2013 at 11:38 am
RE: Man's morality - by Darkstar - December 5, 2013 at 8:41 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 6, 2013 at 1:51 pm
RE: Man's morality - by I am God - December 6, 2013 at 2:10 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 9, 2013 at 11:34 am
RE: Man's morality - by I am God - December 10, 2013 at 2:39 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 10, 2013 at 4:17 pm
RE: Man's morality - by I am God - December 11, 2013 at 1:10 pm
RE: Man's morality - by ThomM - December 10, 2013 at 7:27 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 11, 2013 at 10:14 am
RE: Man's morality - by Tonus - December 11, 2013 at 10:52 am
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 11, 2013 at 11:11 am
RE: Man's morality - by Esquilax - December 11, 2013 at 11:40 am
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 11, 2013 at 11:48 am
RE: Man's morality - by Esquilax - December 11, 2013 at 11:59 am
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 11, 2013 at 12:29 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Esquilax - December 11, 2013 at 12:49 pm
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RE: Man's morality - by ThomM - December 11, 2013 at 6:51 pm
RE: Man's morality - by EgoRaptor - December 11, 2013 at 11:43 am
RE: Man's morality - by Tonus - December 11, 2013 at 12:39 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 11, 2013 at 1:13 pm
RE: Man's morality - by I am God - December 11, 2013 at 2:53 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 12, 2013 at 3:05 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Tonus - December 12, 2013 at 4:21 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 12, 2013 at 11:02 pm
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RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 13, 2013 at 1:51 pm
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RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 16, 2013 at 5:25 pm
RE: Man's morality - by I am God - December 16, 2013 at 1:54 pm
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RE: Man's morality - by I am God - December 17, 2013 at 4:07 pm
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RE: Man's morality - by Tonus - December 18, 2013 at 4:51 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Darkstar - December 6, 2013 at 7:44 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 9, 2013 at 12:41 pm
RE: Man's morality - by genkaus - December 12, 2013 at 6:59 am
RE: Man's morality - by ThomM - December 2, 2013 at 11:12 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - November 30, 2013 at 8:23 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Chas - November 30, 2013 at 9:12 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - November 30, 2013 at 9:22 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Neo-Scholastic - November 30, 2013 at 9:36 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Whateverist - November 30, 2013 at 10:20 pm
RE: Man's morality - by MindForgedManacle - November 30, 2013 at 10:58 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - December 1, 2013 at 11:36 am
RE: Man's morality - by ThomM - December 1, 2013 at 3:40 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 3, 2013 at 1:26 pm
RE: Man's morality - by orogenicman - December 3, 2013 at 3:26 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 3, 2013 at 4:53 pm
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RE: Man's morality - by Silver - December 3, 2013 at 1:30 pm
RE: Man's morality - by max-greece - December 3, 2013 at 5:09 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 4, 2013 at 11:16 am
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RE: Man's morality - by max-greece - December 4, 2013 at 12:42 pm
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RE: Man's morality - by Optimistic Mysanthrope - December 4, 2013 at 6:11 pm
RE: Man's morality - by Angrboda - December 4, 2013 at 6:16 pm
RE: Man's morality - by max-greece - December 5, 2013 at 3:21 am
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RE: Man's morality - by Drich - December 5, 2013 at 1:55 pm
RE: Man's morality - by MindForgedManacle - December 5, 2013 at 5:41 pm
RE: Man's morality - by MindForgedManacle - December 5, 2013 at 12:33 pm
RE: Man's morality - by WesOlsen - December 5, 2013 at 1:40 pm
RE: Man's morality - by EgoRaptor - December 11, 2013 at 10:34 am
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RE: Man's morality - by EgoRaptor - December 11, 2013 at 10:54 am
RE: Man's morality - by Jacob(smooth) - December 11, 2013 at 11:25 am
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RE: Man's morality - by Godlesspanther - December 13, 2013 at 2:29 pm
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