RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
June 20, 2015 at 3:59 pm
(This post was last modified: June 20, 2015 at 4:03 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(June 20, 2015 at 3:57 pm)abaris Wrote:(June 20, 2015 at 3:54 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: They sure do. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...s-animals/
So look no further than the bible to find a human example for the same behavior. The Moses story springs to mind.
That's fine. Just showing you that indeed it does happen and when it does, we don't hold those animals to the same standards as we would a human mother who kills her new borns.
(June 20, 2015 at 3:53 pm)Cato Wrote:(June 20, 2015 at 3:33 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: We are more intelligent, have more self awareness and more self control than animals, so we are held to a higher standard.
There are plenty of animals who kill their own specie's babies (or their own babies), yet we don't think of them as cruel because we know that they don't know any better. We would not have the same leniency with people, because whether we know it or not, we do hold people to a higher standard. As we should.
And if the early humans knew nothing about God or sexual morality, they too would be held to a lower standard.
Curious that you fail to apply the same reasoning to the ancients and their standards for morality.
Their standards of morality were wrong. But since they had no way of knowing any better, they are not held to the same standards as a Catholic today who knows and believes the laws but chooses to proceed anyway.
"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
