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The Insufferable
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As for what FF said earlier... I hate to take just part of a post and reply to that, but I'd like to start where she ended:
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No, christianity says, (and I don't know how you keep missing this) that humans, as a species, has a natural inclination to screw up. And that, unless we get help, we're going to keep screwing up. I have yet to see evidence to the contrary. We suck. Now, to continue with the rest of the message... Quote:
Let's assume, for a moment, that morals are simply devised because of what people want. So... I want to kill you, but you want to live. What happens? You appeal to a moral standard bigger than either of us. The law, right. We get that from our government. But how do we justify our government interfering in other countries? we appeal to a still higher authroity. You, will eventually come to a point hwere you can go no further. The relativist says, at this point, that the absolute is 'whatever I want at the moment'. The christian absolutist says 'whatever god wants'. But even a relativist such as yourself likely resorts to invoking a higher sense of right and wrong quite often. We shall see. ]: )
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