RE: Does human life have INHERENT value?
June 21, 2015 at 6:04 pm
(This post was last modified: June 21, 2015 at 6:05 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(June 21, 2015 at 5:58 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(June 21, 2015 at 5:55 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: If I stopped believing in God, I would not change my mind about human life having inherent value because it is so engrained into me.Would we have this "inherent value" if god had not created us, or had not created us the way he did? Look, if you can justify it -with god- but not -without god-........you're going to need to drop the inherent song and dance, it would no longer be a sensible claim. In your description..it does not arise from us...but rather -from what we have been given by another-.
But I would have a hard time justifying my claim that it does.
(I'm not sure what you mean. Yes, God did create us with value... but it's still about us because He made us that way. So we are that way.)
It's a bit like claiming that a birthday present was -inherent- to you because it was currently in your possession.
Honestly, I wouldn't be able to explain how.
Notice how most people who have answered have said they do not believe human life has inherent value. If I had asked in the catholic forum, people would think I was weird for asking such an obvious question.
"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
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