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What's the point of this life in Christianity?
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RE: What's the point of this life in Christianity?
(March 5, 2014 at 10:21 am)Esquilax Wrote:
(March 5, 2014 at 10:14 am)Chad32 Wrote: The problem is that, whether someone is considered good or evil, isn't up to individuals to decide. I think it's both a sort of concept, as well as attached to actions. Someone can do something that they think is the right thing to do, and not lose a wink of sleep at night, while another person can look on in horror and call for the first person's head.

"How the smeg can a man be a hero in one reality and a villain in the next, for doing exactly the same things?"
— Lister, Red Dwarf

Kudos for the Red Dwarf line, for sure, but we do have an objective measure by which we can ascertain the morality of an action, irrespective of the opinions of others; the reality around us doesn't change. The benefits/harm of any given action can be assessed objectively.

I can understand if an action does more harm than good, it's bad. If it does more good than harm, it's good. It's just that these things have been debated since forever. Of course on some big things, like mass murder, I believe are just bad. Yet I do believe that in some cases an individual just needs to be removed from life.

Most likely some morality is objective, and some is subjective.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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Messages In This Thread
What's the point of this life in Christianity? - by FreeTony - February 24, 2014 at 10:38 am
RE: What's the point of this life in Christianity? - by Chad32 - February 24, 2014 at 11:38 am
RE: What's the point of this life in Christianity? - by Tonus - February 24, 2014 at 2:25 pm
RE: What's the point of this life in Christianity? - by Nine - February 24, 2014 at 3:34 pm
RE: What's the point of this life in Christianity? - by Drich - February 27, 2014 at 12:28 am
RE: What's the point of this life in Christianity? - by Drich - February 27, 2014 at 1:22 am
RE: What's the point of this life in Christianity? - by Chad32 - March 5, 2014 at 10:40 am

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