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- mpfree0
I was educated by Jesuits for 12 years, so you can understand my intellectual rancor at the religion i n particular, and religion in general.
Hell of an education though.
TheBlueOne
(Nov 9 06, 13:27)We have much in common, you and I.
Beaten by the nuns of St. Vincent De Paul.
Scarred for life!
- flagellum0
Mimio: such cultural traditions and axioms demonstrate a pragmatic sense of what is acceptable and what isn't. However, the innate sense of right and wrong has never changed. And you won't be able to support that it has. What is right and wrong, in principle, has always been.
- mrdobolina0
stoning people to death in the public square is still right then?
- TheBlueOne0
God: "Sorry I'm going to have to kill you, don't take it personally. Just business. God business. You wouldn't understand..you know Book of Job and all that..."
Falgellum: "Aw man, I thought we had a personal relationship here..."
- TheBlueOne0
Dobs, hitting Flagellum with Old Testament stuff to try and catch him in some kind of hypocrisy isn't going to work...
- flagellum0
Further, moral choices, by their nature, are made by free agents — not dictated by internal mechanics. Otherwise we are all fatalistically determined to do whatever we do and no one can be called guilty or "wrong" for doing so. You have to account for motive and intent as well. Nonphysical elements which defy such materialistic determinism.
- mpfree0
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But whats confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me lucifer
cause Im in need of some restraint
- TheBlueOne0
What is right and wrong, in principle, has always been.
flagellum
(Nov 9 06, 13:32)
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And you need to wrap that up in a Savior and a religion of some kind?
- mrdobolina0
blah blah blah
- flagellum0
thank you, blueOne. Poor guy is still trying to employ tactics he must learned in remedial skeptics class.
- mpfree0
stoning people to death in the public square is still right then?
mrdobolina
(Nov 9 06, 13:33)they do that in Africa quite frequently. public stonings and all
- TheBlueOne0
Shouldn't you be spending more time ministering to the dude in the
"Depressed...fucked" thread?Seems like the christian thing to do, you know...or was Christ all about scoring intellectual points about the nature of sin?
- flagellum0
blueOne, I chose to not post anything lengthy in that thread (though i did post) because two people said the exact same things I would have said, almost verbatum. Namely users: Gramme & monkeyshine.
So, dont' judge.
- flagellum0
and i have prayed for people on this board more than once.
- TheBlueOne0
and i have prayed for people on this board more than once.
flagellum
(Nov 9 06, 13:41)
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Please don;t ever ever pray for me, or offer to.. i don't need that kind of passive-aggressive condescending shit screwing with my karma.I don't need to find Jesus. I met him once, we hung out, shared a coke and took different paths. He is certainly not my savior nor do I need him to be.
- flagellum0
we can agree to disagree at this point, blueOne. As is our custom to do. ;)
sorry, you've made it on to my prayer list.
- flagellum0
and Kharma... the Bible calls this the principle of "reaping what you sow". ;)
- TheBlueOne0
Hey I never said there wasn't good stuff in the Bible, I just said I don't need a savior.
- Jaline0
k0na, Christmas is all about the CANDY CANES, GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT, JESUS CHRIST.
- jevad0
lol