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Thoughts and Prayers: The Religion Thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Slacker, Oct 15, 2019.

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  1. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Actually, I'm not. I'm saying: OK, it isn't Yahweh/God who decides. So who decides? How?
     
    Alma, Oct 24, 2019
    #157
  2. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Neat.

    Hiroshima. Dresden. Abortion. Executing a mass murdering terrorist like Timothy McVeigh. What's good? What's bad? Who decides? How do we know they're right? Wanna take a stab at those?
     
    Alma, Oct 24, 2019
    #158
  3. Justin_Rice

    Justin_Rice Well-Known Member

    None of us are capable of knowing what's right. ... except for God. Who will never, ever tell us the correct answer.

    Unless you believe in Jesus. Then you'll get to go to heaven, and you can ask God in person.
     
    Justin_Rice, Oct 24, 2019
    #159
  4. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Well, this has been fun.
     
    Alma, Oct 24, 2019
    #160
  5. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Maybe subjective things like good, bad, evil, love, hate are simply human constructs, and although something about how humans are wired creates agreement about them in broad strokes, they are subjective enough that there are plenty of behaviors where one person might find it good, while the next person finds it bad.
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 24, 2019
    #161
  6. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Broad strokes excluding, I suppose, Hiroshima and Dresden. Or the broad strokes change with time.

    It's a hell of a lot to figure out. I'm glad the funny little book with the four gospels is around for humanity to at least sample the stuff that doesn't offend their overly progressive or conservative sensibilities.
     
    Alma, Oct 24, 2019
    #162
  7. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I personally prefer Aasop's Fables. More entertaining, the constructs are less ridiculous, and the morals of the stories are by and large less abstruse.

    Regardless, name a society in any corner of the world, at any time during human history, and people have always been pretty adept at defining the types of concepts we're talking about for themselves. ...with little prodding. ... and without any one common book having guided one society to the next.

    That makes me guess that whatever religious, or non-religious, text that you think is a moral guide for people is actually the egg, not the chicken.
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 24, 2019
    #163
  8. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Sure. The wiring’s the chicken. Who or what put the wiring there?
     
    Alma, Oct 24, 2019
    #164
  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    No clue. Just like with all unanswerable questions.
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 24, 2019
    #165
  10. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Well, you have a clue that isn't any of the gods we could mention.
     
    Alma, Oct 24, 2019
    #166
  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I don't understand. What do you mean?
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 24, 2019
    #167
  12. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Sorry.

    You don’t know who or what put the wiring there, but you know it wasn’t any of the typical gods in religion.
     
    Alma, Oct 24, 2019
    #168
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