I agree with you about , and consider myself athiest because of it. That however has little or nothing to do with moral relativism, and I didn't see Jerry mention religion or the bible. On Jan 2, 2013 10:36 AM, "Vivec" <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yeah. Some people take religion literally, which when you start to get into > what these books say, becomes ridiculous. > > An intelligent individual starts to make one rationalisation, and one > allowance after the next for the statements made. > Soon they are following one portion of the book, and not another, then > picking one set of conflicting "rules" to follow over another. > > The person ends up with their own interpretation of what is contained in > those books, or the interpretation taught to them through the teachings of > their favourite religious leader. > > It gets to be quite ridiculous, and is what I believe causes objective and > rational thinkers to leave religions entirely, or at least not practice > them to the letter. > There are far too many contradictions and downright obscene and degrading > "rules" contained in these "holy" books. This is especially true of those > rules and philosophies which target women. > > > On 2 January 2013 11:09, Marlon Moyer <marlon.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I agree with you J, this culture of relative moralism is really pitiful. > > I mean, crap, why should the government have any say in what I do to my > > wife or kids. I mean, really, if the good book says I can kill my child > if > > they misbehave, well, damn....why should I listen to anyone else about > it? > > ..and why in the heck can't I sell my daughters any more to be maid > > servants? Give me one good reason? > > > > And what about those fornicators too? Why in the hell haven't we been > > stoning Petraeus along with all his low moral brethren....especially all > > those people who are "divorced". They're the worst! I guess they didn't > > get the whole "What God has put together, let no man put asunder" > meaning. > > > > And WTF don't all of our Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom vets all have > > Iraqi child brides? We should have slain all the men and all the women > > who'd had sex and then distributed the female children amongst our > troops. > > Oh, and we should have killed all the Iraqi male children too! Can't > have > > them growing up to exact vengeance on us. > > > > And what about all these rich people worrying about saving their tax > > money? Don't they realize they ain't getting to heaven if they're rich. > > > > oh and speaking of rich people. We need to put to death every one of the > > NFL players. They've been flaunting their work on the Sabbath every week > > by broadcasting on it Television. The Sabbath is for rest and the Bible > > commands us to put to death anyone who's dumb enough to work on that day. > > > > Not only are they working on the Sabbath, but have you seen some of the > > tattoos on those heathens? The good book is pretty darn clear about > > marking up your body and it ain't gonna be pretty when they face Him. > > > > We've become a society that's too worried about people's rights. As long > > as a man has rights, that's all that's needed. Heck, women aren't even > > supposed to teach men so why should we be giving them votes or God > forbid, > > a place on the pulpit! Women are to be in subjection to us so how can > they > > possibly be equals!? Likewise, children are property and last I checked, > > property doesn't have rights. > > > > The biggest tragedy here is that poor boy was obviously being controlled > > by the devil! Evil had taken over his body and was doing things to him > > that his immortal soul would have never done by itself. I only hope that > > his last thoughts on this Earth were of repentance and sincere belief in > > the big man upstairs. If they were, I'm sure he's in heaven playing with > > those same little angels he sent there only moments earlier, 'cause God > > will forgive all our sins no matter how big or small as long as we > repent! > > > > Now, you'll have to excuse me. I've got to get out to protest in front > of > > the Pappadeaux's restaurant. I noticed today on their sign that the are > > having a special on Lobster. Can you freakin' believe it? Lobster. > > They're just inviting the lightning of God's wrath to rain down on them. > > I'm going to protest from across the street, just in case He does. > > > > > Upon seeing this, I thought about how far morality has fallen in or > > > country. I wondered if the country could fall any further into > > > depravity. > > > > > Some pundits keep preaching the demise of the USA. With the rise of > > moral > > > relativism, no personal accountability, and the culture of blame, that > is > > > prevalent in the US, they may be right. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359391 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
