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ringo
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Message 94 of 124 (418029)
08-25-2007 11:00 PM 		Reply to: Message 93 by Rob
08-25-2007 10:44 PM

Re: Is faith and belief manifesting god?
Rob writes:
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The universal moral is 'love thy neighbor as thy self'.
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I was making reference to the fact that if we believe that morality is relative (we each have our own truths and create our own reality) then I cannot expect a Hitler or Stalin to respect human dignity.
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The question isn't so much, "What would Hitler or Stalin do?"
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It's more like, "What would you do if Hitler or Stalin was your neighbour?" Would you help them with their "home improvement" projects?
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"Universal" morality poses a problem when you have to choose between neighbours.
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ringo
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08-26-2007 12:00 AM 		Reply to: Message 95 by Rob
08-25-2007 11:49 PM

Re: Is faith and belief manifesting god?
Rob writes:
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I see you know 'Ed Zachary'.
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Nope. Never heard of him.
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"Universal" morality poses a problem when you have to choose between neighbours.
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Not really... you choose to impose yourself on the neighbors who insist on killing you. Not because you want to... but because they do.
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That only applies to extreme situations. When you have two neighbours whose plans, etc. are harmless but mutually exclusive, which one do you choose? (If two neighbours are roofing their houses on the same weekend, who do you help?)
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There's just no escaping the relative nature of all decisions.
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