Pete Posted June 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 If it happened Quote Link to comment
Jonathan H. B. Lobl Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 52 minutes ago, Pete said: If it happened If they believe it's literal history; it has the same meaning. If they take it as allegory; it is still a foundation myth, which shapes their values. God is Love. Quote Link to comment
Pete Posted June 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) It's the blind unquestioned status religous leaders get that makes feel there are so many dangers in it. I have met people who consider murder just because a piece of script says so. I just feel difficult about the relinquishing of persons responsibility in all this. Edited June 19, 2019 by Pete Quote Link to comment
Jonathan H. B. Lobl Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Pete said: It's the blind unquestioned status religous leaders get that makes feel there are so many dangers in it. I have met people who consider murder just because a piece of script says so. I just feel difficult about the relinquishing of persons responsibility in all this. It sounds like you're talking about "objective morality". The silly notion, that morality and ethics, flow from God and Scripture. Have I missed something? Edited June 19, 2019 by Jonathan H. B. Lobl Quote Link to comment
Pete Posted June 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 No your not. It is the willingness that some give themselves to such trust in old scripts and religious leaders. It defies logic. Yet, for them logic is not what it is about. Quote Link to comment
Jonathan H. B. Lobl Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 15 minutes ago, Pete said: No your not. It is the willingness that some give themselves to such trust in old scripts and religious leaders. It defies logic. Yet, for them logic is not what it is about. When religion -- and the religious -- are not engaged in terror -- it's all about feeling good. Feeling good is not about rationality. Reason, evidence and facts are all meaningless. Only faith matters. Quote Link to comment
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