RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
June 16, 2015 at 1:27 am
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2015 at 1:29 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(June 16, 2015 at 12:46 am)Rhythm Wrote: I understand that you believe that, I don't...and whether or not you believe that the divine morality changed - it is simply not up for discussion that those men believed very deeply in the moral commands of their god...and that the morality of that god as related to us -has changed-.....regardless of how mistaken they may have initially been. I would not, if I were you, go down that road...because I would only ask you how you know that you are not -those men-.
The more interesting consideration would be whether or not those men, deeply moved by what they had as much reason to believe were the desires of your god as you do now.....obedient to the words of that god as related to them...were "bad"? Were they morally wrong?
@Huggy, good for you buddy, go wash yourself in the blood, ghoul. :washes hands:
All I can do is try to do my best with what I know. I'm not saying those folks were evil for believing what they did. They just weren't perfect and didn't have as much information as us "after Christ" people do.
Like I said, I don't believe any of the men in those stories actually existed. At least not in the way they were portrayed.
(June 16, 2015 at 12:49 am)Rhythm Wrote: Don't tell that to your parish priests.
There would be absolutely 0 problem with doing so.
It is perfectly acceptable and common in the Catholic religion to believe that the Old Testament was written allegorically.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
