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To: Dayuhan who wrote (40678)	6/17/1999 8:53:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 108807

>>>>>In short, one God, one moral code, many wildly different perceptions. If this is the case, either humanity is extraordinarily obtuse or God is rather ineffective at getting the message across. Perhaps He/She/It/They should hire a new speechwriter.<<<<< LOL! The funniest thing, of course, is that most people will tell you that their version of God's word is sacred scripture, it's the other guys who have it all wrong. And then you get the reductionists who say things like, "we all believe in the same thing!" Well, not exactly. Only if you don't care to know what the others really believe.

To: Dayuhan who wrote (40678)	6/17/1999 1:46:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

That's one possibility. Another is that morality is a mountain peak with many paths to it, and all true paths can get you there. (False paths, of course, will lead you somewhere entirely different.) The mountain is absolute, but the paths are culturally chosen depending on a culture's starting point, it's willingness to accept risk (straight up the mountain, short but dangerous, or following the stream, longer but safer), and other factors. (Like all analogies, if taken too far it will fail, but may be useful as an analogy.) As to the problem getting the message across, we speak metaphorically of God the Father. As a father, I know that sometimes no matter how hard I try, no matter how good I am, the message doesn't get across.