View from the Center and Left Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : View from the Center and Left

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: epicure who wrote (82770)	9/7/2008 4:22:42 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (2) of 541538

Have you got an objective standard for moral positions- and if you don't have one, aren't they all "He said, she said, my God said, your God said"? Really? When you get right down to the bottom of the issue? You really are stuck on the notion that religious people are busy trying to circumscribe the enjoyments of others just because God said this or that. Let me suggest that you look at the basic moral recommendations presented in the Bible and then ask yourself "If God said this, then why did He say it?" What you'll find are common sense suggestions that serve to protect people from harming themselves or others. Most people, as they mature, tend to agree with them whether they are religious or not. As to an objective standard for a moral positon, there are many. At the core of most of them is the fact that none of us live in isolation. Take drunkenness, a Biblical admonition. Not only does alcohol damage the individual, drunk driving maims and kills others. Likewise with casual sex or the Biblical "fornication" which serves to send STDs ping-ponging through a population.

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next