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John Neal wrote in message <36BFD70C.8D95A0E6@uswest.net>...
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> > IMHO, you've got it backwards; it is morally wrong to kill someone, but • our
> > society says it's okay in certain instances to help things to function.
> > Every scensient being has a right to life; or conversely, no sensient • being
> > has the right to deny another life. Any deviation from that absolute is • due
> > to the whims of time and culture. We might agree that humans aren't born
> > with a sense of right and wrong; it is learned, and it was learned • orginally,
> > I think, from an absolute (insert Supreme Being [1]).
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> [1] Although I refer to a being even higher than the one lifted up by the
> Larritarians;)
Aha once again a newsgroup discussion boils down to religion. [1]
It is interesting that the only way you can justify your belief in absolute
morals is by appealing to god, an entity that cannot be proven to exist.
Note: I don't want to here any arguments over the existence of a supreme
being, If it's existance could be proven conclusivly then There wouldn't be
any need for you to prove it to me would there?
Cheers
Tim
[1] Perhaps the fact that all discussions ultimately are based on the
argument over the existance of god is evidence that god actually exists
<Toungue in Cheek for the humour impaired>
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| (...) Actually, you have a good point. Perhaps a Supreme Being _IS_ the only absolute. If one were not to acknowledge the existence of such, then there would be no absolutes. I can live with that (atheism). I, however, do not concur, but I do have (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Reminds me of a little joke I heard a while back ... Person A: There are _NO_ absolutes. Period. Person B: Are you sure? Person A: Absolutely. (for the humor impaired ... the first statement is an absolute in and of itself) -- Lee Jorgensen, (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) No..No need to prove. Supreme being is existing. I saw her on TV, and she is a very cute one..:-) (I don't know why, she calls herself as fifth element) Selçuk (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) [1] Although I refer to a being even higher than the one lifted up by the Larritarians;) (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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