moviefreakedmind said:
Until a group of insane Christians occupy territory the size of small countries and start flying planes into buildings, let’s stop with the ISIS comparisons.Yes, because the Crusades…never happened
This is the mindset that irritates me. You can’t take historical documents and evaluate them based on today’s moral standards and then wonder why they aren’t as pretty as John Lennon’s Imagine.
I’m pretty sure the merit of a deity’s moral code should be immune to the passing of time. Pretty much if his morals were right then they should be right now because he’s God.
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Also I’m sure it was Al-Qaeda that brought down the WTC
Let me pose a separate set of questions here.
These questions weren’t directed at me, but what the heck.
I don’t know your family situation, but let’s assume you have young children. What do you teach them about lying? Stealing? Modesty? Strangers? I’m guessing you lay down some pretty concrete rules for your kids. All these things are always wrong.
Now let me ask you, are there times when lying is not only acceptable, but in fact the higher law? What about stealing? Is nudity acceptable at times that your kids are unaware of, especially as an adult? Do you talk to strangers?
Yes, there are times when these things are better than the other options. In an ideal world, there would always be another way, but it’s not an ideal world, so you might have too do thee things.
So why the difference in the rules? Perhaps your children don’t have the understanding of complex situations that adults do.
True.
Now you are right, God must have a universal set of morals, his highest existing laws. But throughout the past, and even today, is it possible that mankind has not been, and even now is not, ready for his ultimate highest set of laws? Is it possible, assuming God exists, that he works within a moral framework that his mortal followers, who really are like uncomprehending children to him, can understand?
Well, humanity has screwed up a lot of things over the years, so I think if God did exist, we have never been and will never be able to understand his ultimate moral compass.