:clap:thumbup brilliant vid! and i quite agree!:nod:
:clap:thumbup brilliant vid! and i quite agree!:nod:
I think many laws are unfair and encroach on personal liberty. Laws should be in place to protect people from others and make us safe. They shouldn't be in place to dictate morals to people and babysit people which they all to often do. If what I do dosen't hurt anyone, I dont see that anyone has any business to try and stop me. Unfortunately the government and their laws all too often disagree. Sorry but that argument dosen't wash with me.
Other animals besides humans also live in communities and little societies that have rules and guidelines, but animals have no apparent religion. Where do animals receive their ideas about how they should treat their fellows from?
Animals also perform homosexual activites on each other. Seeing that also must be god made instict, is the bible wrong and god actually approves of homosexuality too?
I would guess someone might say animals are sinners too, taken over by dark forces of satin...er...satan.
Have you ever had a debate about literature in class, and people go on and on about what the author meant and why it was said but no one actually knows and a lot of the suggestions don't make much sense? That's as good as the bible can get, honestly. There's some interpreted explanation for everything, sans logic, and that's faith.
Without a cause possessing meaning and purpose, there can be no morality in effect. Without a moral law giver, there can be nothing called ‘good,’ nor can there be anything called ‘evil.’ The logic works this way: if there’s such a thing as evil, you must assume there’s such a thing as good. If you assume there’s such a thing as good, you assume there’s such a thing as an absolute and unchanging moral law on the basis of which to differentiate between good and evil. If you assume there’s such a thing as an absolute moral law, you must posit an absolute moral law giver, but that would be God.
I find this logic on the simplistic side. Moral codes come from within- not without. We as individuals and as society decide what morality best serves us. Looking at a figure in the sky who decrees morality does not work. As an individual, you have to buy into it, agree that it is the best choice and not out of fear of punishment. Where does that come from? I can see an argument that God (or whatever) gave us the morals that reside within us. We have them, they came from somewhere, however this would not explain why some are good and some are bad. Free choice comes into play. To assign the characteristics of "good" to a God, means first you have to believe there is a God, who cares about this issue and acts as a caretaker for the human race. Maybe, maybe not. If you are going to speak of God, it is just as easy to speak of the journey of the soul, a journey that might encompass multiple lifetimes, seeking a higher level, but if the levels have been set by God, how much free will do we really have? Why must we agree this is the right path? Certainly not because something higher than us decreed it. We must decide it is the right path based on our internal moral compass. That comes from within.
Anyway you cut it, for the time it was written, the 10 commandments are a wonderful blueprint for morals.
Anyway you cut it, for the time it was written, the 10 commandments are a wonderful blueprint for morals.
Shame Christians blatently disobey it, especially the bit about not making idols. Have you seen the inside of a church lately? lol!
Honor your father and mother (next, what if they rape you)
What I do know from personal experience is that working with people who go out of their way to help others, they usually have some sort of faith in a higher power.
I find aethiests just as helpful as religious people.
Who and what do they do to help people less fortunate than themselves?
For myself, when I volunteer my time, I don't do so to convert anyone nor does anyone else I know of. That said, some Churches will run groups who help who speak of God.
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