(October 10, 2014 at 10:41 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:(October 10, 2014 at 9:08 pm)HopOnPop Wrote: I very much agree with that sentiment too -- but, on the other hand, Christian enlightenment (or that of any of the Abrahamic faiths for that matter) doesn't set a very high bar in the first place.
Granted it's a mixed bag, the overall sentiment in the Christian scriptures (such as Gal. 3:28 or the Golden Rule and what not) set the bar very high--some say too high. My problem are the many instances within the texts themselves that fail to live up to that bar, and the billions of people who've come along afterward thinking that every idea contained within ought to be wholly embraced as the pinnacle of a rational morality.
I happen to think that many/most Christians already have their preconceived notions of morality, which is why the Bible is interpreted a million different ways. Amazing that god seems to approve or hate, what Christians do. Yes, in that order.
