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-Moral Standard In All of Humanity-

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Message 18 of 72 (378504)
01-20-2007 11:27 PM

Reply to: Message 11 by joshua221
01-20-2007 7:46 PM

Re: on standards of right and wrong

prophex writes:

So, it is "right" to murder and to steal in a society which accepts or promotes these actions as right and good actions?

Tack on the morality of rape to the that.

Let's consult the holy scripture and see....

numbers 31 writes:

31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

If you are a bible believer than apparently the answer is Yes.

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Message 23 of 72 (378513)
01-21-2007 12:22 AM

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01-20-2007 11:58 PM

Re: on standards of right and wrong

prophex writes:

Context please.

Explain the situation you are quoting from or you have shown me nothing

Are you saying that such ethics are contextual and situational dependent?

Are there relative situations and context where child rape, genocide and infanticide are OK?

So much for absolute morality

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Message 25 of 72 (378522)
01-21-2007 1:02 AM

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01-21-2007 12:26 AM

Re: on standards of right and wrong

Prophex I am confused I quoted the book of Numbers from the Bible - you are familiar with it right?

The context was war and war booty!

The events described were the norm of the day and this is exactly was god the lord (the "Lord is a man of war") commanded - if you believe in literal correctness of the bible, it is inescapable that certain ethical principles are in fact relative and contextual.

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