Date sent: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:24:57 EST Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: re Poetry/reply > In a message dated 98-11-12 06:42:28 EST, you write: > > << Sorry Angela but the why you ask > for is so easily explainable by humans inhumanity to humans and to all other > living creatures on this Earth. >> > > Hi! Ok - just follow this - you are saying that being "human" is good and > being "inhuman" is bad - How is being human good - what makes humans good _ a > moral code of ethics - an unspoken love that we are born with - what? Are we > born GOOD? How can you say to someone "just be human!" Stop being inhumane? > How did they ever become inhumane anyway? Why did they stop caring about > being human? As if being human means something without a moral directive - > If human is good - define "good" now why is that good - see how we end up > down the road to the "Why be good question? - Why be kind? So you don't get > punished? Is there reward in life for being human/kind/good? If so, how does > that work? See how believing in God and having morals answers that - gives > moral directive! > > Ok "Be good for goodness sake!" Now what is good? Who are you to say what is > good? How can you create a good world - if you can't justify that it has a > right to exist! My answer - The world should be good - because it is Gods! > God is good so let's be good and show our respect for that! > The Wiccan answer to this is the Law of Three; Whatever you put out shall return to you thrice over. This does not require a deity, only an environment and a society. If you treat people well, they will notice this and respond in kind. Likewise if you treat them badly. The problems we are having in our environment are an example of the functioning of this law; our past and present abuses are coming back to haunt us. Chief among these is overpopulation. Joe > Believe me Margueritte I am aware of the horrors in this world - you think I > am naive - no I think people escape moral directive because they dread the > word "Obey" It means be disciplined - let something else guide your manner of > conduct towards each other, the animals and the planet - let that be love > (GOD). That is not naive - that is spiritual. > > Peace! > Angela > > > >
