| | | "However, without a transcendent Lawmaker (God), there can be no transcendent Law, and no corresponding obligation to be good."
I get so tired of hearing this stupid shit year after year, voiced by people with stunned expressions as if their perplexity is mired in the entire load of shit from the Aegean Stables. Why are they so SLOW??
Of course there is no obligation to be good. But there are one hell of a lot of benefits to cooperating with those who are in your group. There are a lot of benefits to people helping each other instead of hurting each other. Most people just aren't structured to seek pain, suffering and death. Surprise! Say What?!
DUH! What are you talking about, Solon. But how can there not be an obligation to be good? How can there not be an obligation to put wheels on your car? People DO put wheels on their car--so it must be a transcendent law--mustn't it? And most people have masturbated (though some do not)--so masturbation must be a transcendent law--mustn't it? I mean how can communities possibly write laws unless pink unicorns exist?
Transcendent Lawyer (a heart-warming story)
One afternoon a lawyer was riding in his limousine when he saw two
> men along
> the roadside eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to
> stop and got
> out to investigate.
>
>
> He asked one man, "Why are you eating grass?"
>
> "We don't have any money for food," the poor man replied. "We
> have to eat
> grass."
>
> "Well, then, you can come with me to my house and I'll feed you,"
> the lawyer
> said.
>
> "But sir, I have a wife and two children with me. They are over
> there,
> under that tree."
>
> "Bring them along," the lawyer replied.
>
> Turning to the other poor man he stated, "You may come with us,
> also."
>
> The second man, in a pitiful voice, then said, "But sir, I also
> have a wife
> and SIX children with me!"
>
> "Bring them all as well," the lawyer answered.
>
> They all entered the car, which was no easy task, even for a car
> as large as
> the limousine was. Once under way, one of the poor fellows turned
> to the
> lawyer and said, "Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all
> of us
> with you."
>
> The lawyer replied, "Glad to do it. You'll really love my place.
> The grass
> is almost a foot high." |
|
