RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
June 19, 2015 at 1:21 pm
(This post was last modified: June 19, 2015 at 1:25 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(June 19, 2015 at 12:55 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: You know, all I got from the above is 'everything different from how I do it is evil'. This kind of shit really doesn't suit you, CL.
Trust me, I do many things that are wrong. I am not a perfect person, and would never pretend to be.
(June 19, 2015 at 12:58 pm)Nope Wrote: The Old Testament isn't just filled with stories told by a Bronze Age people. It also has the laws that those people believed were created by an omnipotent, omniscient god. Some people believe that god was also omnibenevolent.
There are laws in the bible that supposedly came directly from god.
Deuteronomy 20:10-14
Quote:As you approach a town to attack it, first offer its people terms for peace. If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor. But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town. When the LORD your God hands it over to you, kill every man in the town. But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the spoils of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.
If this is an allegory then what does it teach us? If god is all powerful then why did he focus laws on not mixing fibers in clothes instead of not killing children or raping women? Remember the mercy being extended to these towns people is forced enslavement. If god wasn't involved it would be an account of the brutality of ancient cultures.
I think that good people naturally gravitate toward the verses about loving others and showing kindness. Other, less kind people, seek out the verses that are about revenge. It seems like each type of person reads a different book but it is all the same bible.
Jesus came back and debunked many of those Hebrew Laws. The bible is not infallible. Especially the Old Laws of the OT.
(June 19, 2015 at 12:59 pm)pocaracas Wrote:(June 19, 2015 at 12:53 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I respect and understand you all's disagreement on this and would never judge anyone who felt differently.
I love these little nuggets of how you speak! True texan!
LOL! I wrote "yall's" at first and then changed because "you all's" looked just a tad more classy and less country.
"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
