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sidelined
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Message 56 of 241 (328493)
07-03-2006 10:20 AM
Reply to: Message 55 by Dan Carroll
07-03-2006 10:16 AM


Dan Carroll
This is, as always, why I take an hour out each day to use puppies as an instrument with which to club orphans.
Yeah but you use the fur from the orphans to make a living for yourself so that is OK. If you didn't do that we would be overrun with orphans eh?
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sidelined
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Message 72 of 241 (328530)
07-03-2006 11:52 AM
Reply to: Message 62 by riVeRraT
07-03-2006 11:28 AM


Atheist moral code
riVeRrat
1 Be tolerant of those who cannot do so.
2 Make helping others the point of your day.
3 When faced with grief bear your burden gracefully.
4 Make no plans that require the sacrifice of others that you would not also willingly sacrifice on their behalf.
5 In the choice between reputation and character remember that reputation is what other people think you are while character is who you really are.
6 5 minutes walking on the beach holding your childs hand is the highest honour you can ever have.
7 Just because there is no God out there does not free you of responsibilty for your actions. Indeed ,it magnifies that responsibilty, for you are all that stands in the way of justice being served or revenge being exacted.
8 Death is not the end of things, just the end of your participation. Leave the world better than you found it if only in easing anothers burden.
9 Love is a verb not a noun
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sidelined
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Message 78 of 241 (328540)
07-03-2006 12:08 PM
Reply to: Message 74 by riVeRraT
07-03-2006 11:56 AM


Re: Atheist moral code
riVeRrat
And while you may or may not agree, it is a "floating" set of moral rules.
This is not a supported statement RR .Please explain.
why do you feel this is the way you should live?
It is not the way I feel I should live. It is simply a code outlining what I find important as are all codes of conduct. The point is that conduct is only determined by our actions in life. That includes all codes of conduct including your own.
Since an atheist such as myself can produce a code of conduct that you do not object to means that moral codes need not be different because you believe in God and I have no belief in the supernatural.Indeed the common ground of men is far deeper than our differences.

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