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Re: Uh-oh, Bad News for Bald One
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 30 Oct 2003 16:55:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote:
If, as the Good Book says, the laws are written on the hearts of man, I’ll
take my chances following my heart rather than some clergyman’s ideas.
If the church’s number one priority at this time is debating ‘women in
office’ (CRC), debating ordaining homosexuals (United) or fixing priestly
indiscretions (Catholocism), I’ll “march to my own drummer”, thank you.
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I do like this particular story. I’m content with the probability that there
are supreme beings who are to us as we are to ants. But I have a problem
accepting a being as worthy of worship who destroys those whose capacity is
so much less and who do not agree. It would be like me stepping on an ant
that disagreed with me. Amusing perhaps, but hardly worthy of worship.
I
am a big fan of the personal moral compass. For some, that might coincide
with some old book, and that’s cool. If it doesn’t coincide with some old
book, or with my personal moral compass, that’s entirely cool too.
But
regardless of one’s compass, one acts, and there are always consequences. A
deep understanding of consequences is a good way to calibrate one’s moral
compass, no?
(And surely only the media truly believes that the various
churches are primarily focussed on the three issues noted. As I understand
it, like most organisations, the churches are primarily focussed on self
preservation. Alright, so that last comment was facetious. Probably :-)
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For me, I try to work on a cohesive and comprehensive ‘moral compass’ in which
you do what you can, don’t sweat the stuff you can’t, and try to understand the
difference.
That about it in a very tightly wrapped nutshell.
If you get ‘yer knickers in a knot’ over every little thing, the stress’ll kill
ya and you’ll be rendered inoperative to help fix things.
If you don’t care about anything, then why bother living--what’s the point?
So some days I’ll pick up garbage along the road and some days I’ll play EQ.
Dave K
-sometimes you can take a day off from moral accountability; when you are tired
of fighting some battles, count on your friends to fight them for you
- Dan,
Sports Night
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| (...) (URL) (...) I do like this particular story. I'm content with the probability that there are supreme beings who are to us as we are to ants. But I have a problem accepting a being as worthy of worship who destroys those whose capacity is so (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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