To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.off-topic.debateOpen lugnet.off-topic.debate in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Off-Topic / Debate / 444
443  |  445
Subject: 
Re: Frog
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:49:33 GMT
Reply-To: 
JOHNNEAL@USWEST.NETavoidspam
Viewed: 
861 times
  

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?

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 a
question for non-absolutists--From where does the desire to be moral (good)
come?  Is it merely utilitarian?


-John







Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: Frog
 
(...) absolute (...) be (...) no (...) Desire to be Moral What Desire? Actually this is probably instilled once again from parents, We are told to "Be Good" "You'll get a reward if you do what I say" that sort of thing. It's also probably an (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Frog
 
John Neal wrote in message <36BFD70C.8D95A0E6@u...st.net>... (...) our (...) being (...) due (...) orginally, (...) Aha once again a newsgroup discussion boils down to religion. [1] It is interesting that the only way you can justify your belief in (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

115 Messages in This Thread:
(Inline display suppressed due to large size. Click Dots below to view.)
Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR