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posted by: therealspartacus007 (reply) post date: 02.15.04 (7:47 pm) I can't wait until the 25th Century Disney version of the New Testament posted by: RedTigress (reply) post date: 02.17.04 (11:30 am) Reply to: therealspartacus007 haha, they already tried with the Torah. "The Prince of Egypt" was not only accurate, but also REALLY well done! (in case you can't tell, that was great big effin' sarcasm) ;) posted by: newbie (reply) post date: 02.18.04 (6:44 am) Well a hundred years ago, michael faraday said that religion will die out in the next 100 years or so with the advancement of science. Did you think it did? Religion is not something you contemplate over a blog. After all, if I gave you all the evidence in the world that God exists and you agreed with them, you still won't believe in God :-). The reason people hang on to religion is because they see how it can change people's lives. For better or for worse is another story. But the fact that people are willing to put aside their scientific truths just to believe what a 2 inch think book says makes people wonder what is so great about the book. And as long as there is inequality, the group of people who are on the unfavoured side would pray to a divine being for justice. That's one of the reasons why karl marx came up with the idea of communism. Equality among everyone and absolutely NO GOD!. Look what happens to the idalogy..Communist Russia collasped. Look at China, is it progressing? People are dying by the millions there of starvation. Because without religion, people begin to lose the meaning of life. It's like why bother living? To survive? why survive? after all the next generation would have to take all this crap if there is no divine intervention to make their lives better. Work hard? Why work hard? If my government has no God that they swear an oath to, they might just take my money away with I painstakingly worked for it. I am not stating reasons to support that God exists. But reasons people are supporting the belief in God. posted by: newbie (reply) post date: 02.21.04 (2:39 am) Here's the problem Red: you get your deep thoughts from watching the Simpsons. You obviously believe in moral relativism, but you fail to see that it is itself a faith, a myth, and a passing of judgment. And oh yes, you also clearly believe it is superior to all other beliefs (that's why you laugh at those who take the Bible seriously; that's why you disdain organized religion). I call that arrogance. posted by: newbie (reply) post date: 02.21.04 (2:41 am) Here's the problem Dragon: you get your deep thoughts from watching the Simpsons. You obviously believe in moral relativism, but you fail to see that it is itself a faith, a myth, and a passing of judgment. And oh yes, you also clearly believe it is superior to all other beliefs (that's why you laugh at those who take the Bible seriously; that's why you disdain organized religion). I call that arrogance. (APOLOGIES TO REDTIGRESS FOR GETTING HER NAME MIXED UP) posted by: DragonBait22 (reply) post date: 02.21.04 (9:09 pm) Reply to: newbie You're right, every thought I've ever had or any idea was from the Simpsons. I thought I made it clear before that morals are absolute for the individual but must be considered in relation to the morals of other individuals, as not everyone holds the same moral standards. If you disagree with that, I'd like to hear an explanation. I don't think moral relativism is superior to other beliefs and I fail to see how my views on the relativity of morality can even be called a faith, or a myth (what?). The primary function of acknowledging that morality is relative is to allow for judgment. We consider our own moral standards in regard to the standards of others, then we can decide which is better. Yes, I believe my views on just about everything are better than other views. That's why I have those views- I've compared them to others and decided which I felt to be better. While I'll readily admit that I hold my views as being superior to yours or anyone else's (unless they share mine ;) ), I am willing to examine another's viewpoint and consider the possibility that they're views are better than my own. I guess I am arrogant, though you're the only person to ever call me that. Thanks, James. |
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