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what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our morality?
RE: what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our morality?
(June 26, 2014 at 6:25 am)naimless Wrote: What are your reasons not to murder? How are they not potentially consequential?

I didn't mean to confuse you into thinking that consequences other than bad things being imposed on you by society or supernatural powers were implied, my apologies.

I've never felt the urge to murder someone. Yell at them, maybe. Make cutting remarks, perhaps. So lack of reason TO murder, comes to mind as a reason not to that doesn't really involve consequences. How about laziness or apathy? Squeamishness? Getting along well with others? If I did want to murder someone, THEN consequences would come into play. Someone who can't see why you wouldn't murder people left and right clearly wants to murder people indiscriminately, and only holds back out of fear of consequences (or more likely, has swallowed the lie that if they didn't believe in God, that's what they would want to do).

Someone who avoids murder because of anticipated guilt and remorse would not be a psychopath. Someone who cannot think of those as reasons, would be.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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What I say is - by Zidneya - May 12, 2014 at 9:45 pm
Reply to Statler Waldorf - by CharnelRC - May 14, 2014 at 5:30 am
RE: what are we supposed... - by Statler Waldorf - May 16, 2014 at 6:12 pm
RE: what are we supposed - by Statler Waldorf - June 3, 2014 at 7:31 pm
RE: what are we supposed to say - by Statler Waldorf - June 4, 2014 at 7:22 pm
RE: what are we supposed to say - by Statler Waldorf - June 6, 2014 at 4:59 pm
RE: what are we supposed to - by Statler Waldorf - June 6, 2014 at 6:36 pm
RE: what are we supposed to - by Statler Waldorf - June 9, 2014 at 7:36 pm
RE: what are we supposed to say again - by Zack - June 11, 2014 at 3:46 pm
RE: what are we supposed to - by Statler Waldorf - June 16, 2014 at 7:13 pm
RE: what are we supposed to say - by CindysRain - June 20, 2014 at 6:23 pm
RE: what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our morality? - by Mister Agenda - June 26, 2014 at 12:51 pm
RE: what are we supposed to say... - by naimless - June 26, 2014 at 4:35 pm

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