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Re: Ya wanna talk about legislating morality?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 5 May 2005 19:12:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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Is there anything you want to
tell me? 8^)
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Yeah, that you are closer to being a Theist than you realize! :-)
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Maybe, if it weren’t for that whole pesky “faith” thing...
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By the way, Absolute Morality in this construction exists just fine without
appeals to a higher, supernatural power.
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I disagree. The fact that it comes from a higher, supernatural power is
where it gets its justification and authority.
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But that construction breaks from the “absolute” as soon as human faith comes
into it. An actual revelation for you is just hearsay for me, so that’s where
“absolute” falls apart.
Lacking a true, transcendent, and verifiable absolute, we’re only left with
consensus, and for that we need no higher power.
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If the press were free and every person able to read, then all would be
safe. As things are, we’re a long way from safe.
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Hmmm. The press is far from being beyond reproach, when ratings and
circulation issues are on the line, not to mention inherent, idealogical
biases.
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True enough--in this sense, the press is far from free.
Dave!
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) But you can't just play in your little room of Science and have no opinions about concrete things that Science cannot address. I am speaking about Creation. (...) We have been given intellects, and some revelation along the way. Heck, we may (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) :-0 Not in the least! That understanding comes directly from Jesus Himself: "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another." (...) Yeah, that you are closer to being a (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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