RE: My former Pastor: "You're not accountable to anyone."...
September 15, 2010 at 7:22 pm
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2010 at 7:31 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
I accept one and only one moral authority,conscience
BUT, I AM accountable for my actions in my daily life. I WILL be held accountable at law if I say I run over a fuckwit,(even accidently) or set fire to some drongo loudly using its mobile phone within my hearing..
As a social animal,I'm also accountable to other individuals for some of my behaviour,such as keeping my word.
My position is that of Egoism: That like every other animal on the planet, human beings are essentially self interested.That includes most believers,who obey their moral precepts from hope of reward or fear of punishment.(being held accountable by some transcendent power)
In my opinion, the moral man does what he thinks is right for its own sake.
There was a Greek ,over 2000 years ago who bemoaned the decadence of the youth of the day.I was a child of the 1960's. WE were going to fix the mess left to us by our hypocrite elders---and a bang up job we did too.
Old farts* criticise youth because they are jealous, ignorant or stupid.
*being an old fart is a state of mind,not of age.
BUT, I AM accountable for my actions in my daily life. I WILL be held accountable at law if I say I run over a fuckwit,(even accidently) or set fire to some drongo loudly using its mobile phone within my hearing..
As a social animal,I'm also accountable to other individuals for some of my behaviour,such as keeping my word.
My position is that of Egoism: That like every other animal on the planet, human beings are essentially self interested.That includes most believers,who obey their moral precepts from hope of reward or fear of punishment.(being held accountable by some transcendent power)
In my opinion, the moral man does what he thinks is right for its own sake.
There was a Greek ,over 2000 years ago who bemoaned the decadence of the youth of the day.I was a child of the 1960's. WE were going to fix the mess left to us by our hypocrite elders---and a bang up job we did too.
Old farts* criticise youth because they are jealous, ignorant or stupid.
*being an old fart is a state of mind,not of age.
