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Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by NOTurTypical
If the commandment 'thou shalt not kill' appeals to god, then why does he kill so many?
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by NOTurTypical
To murder someone is to kill them while precipitating on it. God kills people premeditatively because he knows the hour in which they will die. What's the difference?
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by adjensen
Then tell me, what answers would you accept? Please outline them and I will make a decision on whether I agree with them.
Are you disagreeing that the 10 commandments are absolute?
Originally posted by Akragon
reply to post by NOTurTypical
So OT authors and prophets can act as God and command others to kill?
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by NOTurTypical
So the 10 commandments do not appeal to him. If the 10 commandments don't appeal to god then how can you believe they are the absolute moral code? You said earlier that in order to have an absolute moral code, it must appeal to god.
Originally posted by wildtimes
reply to post by adjensen
In addition, your example of "if it hurts us then it must hurt others" demonstrates reasoned morality, not absolute morality. This girl can't feel pain, how is she to work out a reasoned morality?
Reasoned morality is not absolute, it is completely subjective,
You are blatantly separating physical "pain" (hurt) from moral "pain" (hurt). The two are completely separate biological issues!
She can "work out a reasoned morality" just fine....she needs only to be taught what physical things (like fire, scalding water, falling on your face....) do to her -- and others -- regardless of whether she feels "physical" pain......
Ted Bundy was a serial killer, diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder, a condition in which a person lacks emotions like empathy, guilt, compassion and so on.
Originally posted by wildtimes
reply to post by adjensen
Ted Bundy was a serial killer, diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder, a condition in which a person lacks emotions like empathy, guilt, compassion and so on.
Sir, I know what APD is; I spent many years as a clinical psychotherapist, and have known several, both professionally and personally. You are very quick to assume others are poorly educated or "deficient" in knowledge. I am not a child, I have grown children and a very well-rounded education, with particular emphasis on human behavior and sociology.
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by adjensen
I have thought it through and I have given you my opinion, your criteria is not the universal criteria for morality, no matter how much you want it to be.
If you think that Ted Bundy and killing babies are somehow moral, that is your prerogative.
You seem to do this over and over -- you misunderstand the point I am making, and when corrected, you ignore the fact that you were wrong, and instead point out that you are an authority on things and you're a mother with children, and so you should be taken seriously.
I posited the case of the girl who didn't feel pain, not because I think she runs the risk of becoming a sociopath (and I seriously have no idea how you came up with that,) but rather to point out the invalidity of the claim that a reasoned morality was absolute because we all share similar experiences. Saying that we can draw morality out of the observation that when we stub our toe, we feel pain, is not a valid claim, because there are people who don't feel pain.
Originally posted by wildtimes
reply to post by adjensen
You seem to do this over and over -- you misunderstand the point I am making, and when corrected, you ignore the fact that you were wrong, and instead point out that you are an authority on things and you're a mother with children, and so you should be taken seriously.
And 'you seem to' keep up the same condescending attitude. Sir, if people (besides myself) are telling you that your abrupt and arrogant manner is offensive, perhaps you might try rewording your posts.
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by adjensen
Okay, there is no such thing as a universal absolute morality, but my absolute morality is that you should not kill or hurt others, and I'm sure most people would agree with my personal absolute morality.