Lizard <lizard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 02:21:51 GMT, Joseph <nonexistent@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrotC:DRIVE_E
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>>Keep on digging your own grave. He can't even get the date close to
>>being right. I
>
> Yes, for some reason, I don't consider offhand one liners to require
> historical accuracy.
No, they don't. It's nothing to applaud over, either.
> In any event, please substitute the appropriate date, if you somehow
> feel it matters.
>
> Point is, deriving morality/ethics/etc from a compilation of ancient
> tomes is pretty silly,
This part is pretty silly.
> especially when their virtue is not their
> logic, intelligence, or insight, but the fact the authors claim "God
> told me this was true!"
The Bible has virtues, but not generally the ethical content from a
normative moral viewpoint. But you're right about the divine inspiration
deal.
> The morality of the God of the Bible is not
> very moral at all, and the only reason anyone would accept it as a
> basis for proper behavior is out of fear of punishment from a being of
> infinite power. Remover that fear, and there is no reason to consider
> the Bible a fit guide to living an ethical life.
>
> Unless, you know, you think that stoning your children to death if
> they mouth off to you is the essence of proper moral behaviour. In
> that case, it might work for you. And, if this is the case, please
> don't live anywhere near me. Thanks.
Well, I do not sup****t the ethics of the Bible.
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