(June 23, 2015 at 2:48 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(June 23, 2015 at 2:23 am)Neimenovic Wrote: from my perspective I see it as immoral. the people who arranged those marriages thought it was perfectly fine. Subjective, see? Nothing on its own has moral value. It needs context.
Please read carefully.
I specifically said I do not think it is just A-OK any time. I simply said I don't think this specific act is inherently immoral. Meaning I don't think Joseph and Mary, for example, were doing anything immoral by getting engaged because that was their custom at the time. And since this is not an inherently immoral act, it is not always immoral everywhere and in every situation, like acts that actually are inherently immoral. Now, do I think it would be severely inappropriate in the here and now? Absolutely. I think it would take a pretty immoral man to do that.
Moral. Subjectivity. Fucking Christ. You're describing it right now, whether you admit it or not.
Quote:For you to pass it on as I think it's all good and dandy is a misrepresentation of my views and comes off as kind of dishonest.
Quote:What I find appalling is that you think it's ok. That's sick.
Neim, you and I have exchanged messages and spoken to each other on a personal level. Come on. Don't refer to my views here as "appalling" and "sick". Plenty of people here have said plenty of things I vehemently disagree with, but I have more respect for all of you than to say "that's sick" and "your thinking is sick and appalling" I have respected their decision to think what they think regardless of my feelings towards it, and that's that. I don't expect the same treatment in return from most people, but from you.... I would have.
....but Joseph and Mary are an exception, right?
Don't guilt trip me. That's a nasty catholic habit.
To me the idea that you find a forced marriage between a child and a full grown man acceptable is sick.
And you're a moral relativist if I've ever seen one.
