RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
June 22, 2015 at 2:10 am
(This post was last modified: June 22, 2015 at 2:14 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(June 22, 2015 at 2:06 am)rexbeccarox Wrote:(June 22, 2015 at 1:33 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: 1. Are you referring to the stories in the OT? If so, all I can say is that I 100% believe they were written allegorically. Meaning I don't believe God's hand ever came down from Heaven and murdered someone. When God became man and came to live as a human, He did not kill anyone. I cannot speak for those who believe these stories were written literally, so I have no idea what they would say about this.
2. See above lol.
3. No. I believe the act of stealing something from another person is an inherently immoral act.
4. I understand why he did and believe his culpability may have been greatly lessened, if not totally eliminated given the circumstances. I would never judge him as a bad person. I believe the objective act of cheating on your spouse by having sex with someone else is still an inherently immoral act.
5. See above. ;-)
6. Yes. I believe that being dishonest and lying about someone is inherently wrong. God wouldn't have to make false claims about Satan. The true claims are bad enough.
I know you don't agree, but I hope I helped you better understand my views.
No... I really don't. I don't understand how someone as seemingly *good* as yourself feels any of that is ok or that you can possibly be fine with it. I'll let others take it from here; your responses make me incredibly sad.
Wow, I'm sorry you feel that way.
Which part about it bothers you so much, or makes me seem like such a bad person?
(fyi, just to clarify #5 says "see above". This was actually meant as "see #1."
"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
