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Politics : Should God be replaced?
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To: cosmicforce who wrote (4446)12/8/2000 2:04:14 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 28931
 
But Chris was implying that I meant Christians had restrictions and other people don't. We all have restrictions on our thoughts- patterns, ways of thinking, etc. I was trying to get at a difference between meaningful restrictions (the thought: I know a bus will hit me if I step in front of it and it doesn't have sufficient time to stop) and non-meaningful restrictions (the thought:if I die and have not confessed my sins I will go to purgatory, or whatever). So I was trying to get at the distinctions between limitations of action, and thought, based on testable, semi-objective criteria (I think we can all agree a bus WILL hit you if it is moving and you step in front of it, and it does not have sufficient braking time) and non-testable, subjective criteria. Now I don't have a big problem with non-testable (or testable but untested) subjective criteria- after all I act on some of those myself- but I know what I am doing. I am kind to people because I think it makes the world a better place. But is that true? I certainly can't prove it. Maybe it makes someone else act awful somewhere else to make up for my niceness. The point is, I don't rely on this for anything. If it isn't true- it doesn't matter. I'm happy anyway. I guess that is the difference I'm getting at. I prefer objective restrictions and IF I am going to be acting on subjective ones, I want to be willing to say to myself honestly- "self, that is a subjective restriction or limitation on your action." Of course my self will probably be ok with that- but I'm agreeable with my self.
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