SI
SI
discoversearch

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.
Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (66038)12/1/2004 11:55:54 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
But first principles are less what he said, or is said to have said [in lengthy Chinese whispers over 2000 years], than why you think that those words are any more substantial in their import than what any other bloke says?

There are lots of philosophical people.

Mqurice



To: Ilaine who wrote (66038)12/2/2004 11:29:22 PM
From: JF Quinnelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
The bulk of what he said, the thrust of what he said, what he was about, had to do with how to be a good person and how to treat your fellow man.

A dubious claim. Other than the largely superhuman demands of the sermon on the mount, where are you finding all these "be a good person" teachings in the text?

Stripped of the messianic claim his life isn't all that significant, and there are certainly more important teachers of ethics and morality.


HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News