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beam me up scottie

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27. "The Newtown tragedy is not God's doing, but because we violated the ethical lmperative"

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 02:59 PM

Dec 2012

So again you absolve God who could have prevented this massacre and blame us because we "violated" some fictional "ethical Imperative".

If your god can but refuses to prevent little children from being mowed down by a maniac surely he's violating the same ethical imperative?

What kind of god looks the other way when kids are being slaughtered?

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What is unfaithfulness and how does it relate to the Newtown tragedy? [View all] Thats my opinion Dec 2012 OP

Translation: Hopefully my word salad will obscure what I actually said and gloss over similarities cleanhippie Dec 2012 #1

IOW, it's "unfaithfulness" to what YOU believe your god's wishes are. trotsky Dec 2012 #2

You lost me at . . . fleur-de-lisa Dec 2012 #3

I agree with you about the culture of violence. okasha Dec 2012 #4

You never cease to amaze me. Goblinmonger Dec 2012 #5

Prove it. nt humblebum Dec 2012 #6

I'm not the one making a positive claim Goblinmonger Dec 2012 #11

Is there a moral law written inside of man? Leontius Dec 2012 #7

Yes, of a basic sort. LeftishBrit Dec 2012 #15

So there is no moral law written into anything?. Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #22

There are some evolutionary reasons for altruism Goblinmonger Dec 2012 #24

Here we come on our deepest disagreement. Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #25

We evolved as a group-oriented species. trotsky Dec 2012 #26

"The Newtown tragedy is not God's doing, but because we violated the ethical lmperative" beam me up scottie Dec 2012 #27

That's such an excellent question that I can say without doubt you will never get an answer. trotsky Dec 2012 #31

We'll probably get another thread now. beam me up scottie Dec 2012 #32

But he does seem to have time skepticscott Dec 2012 #33

Not to mention all the time he spends watching people masturbate. beam me up scottie Dec 2012 #34

trotsky, you should realize by now Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #35

I asked an honest question. beam me up scottie Dec 2012 #37

What I realize by now is that you don't tolerate dissent from your proclamations. trotsky Dec 2012 #40

"...I realize by now is that you don't tolerate dissent..." Yes, humblebum Dec 2012 #42

Kant thought so. So did Plato, Camus and a hosts of others. Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #38

The christian church has been dictating what is good and evil for thousands of years. beam me up scottie Dec 2012 #39

Those people weren't "real" Christians skepticscott Dec 2012 #41

Um? Actually you are. humblebum Dec 2012 #12

So if TMO said Goblinmonger Dec 2012 #14

But that is not what we are talking about is it? humblebum Dec 2012 #16

No they are not. Goblinmonger Dec 2012 #17

Actually "quantitative research" applies to that which can be quantified. Pink unicorns can be humblebum Dec 2012 #18

STOP. FEEDING. THE. TROLLS. cleanhippie Dec 2012 #19

It is quite obvious that you are talking to yourself. I do humblebum Dec 2012 #20

Hey, that food was for someone else. cleanhippie Dec 2012 #21

see my #22 nt Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #23

Depends tama Dec 2012 #44

Go back and look at my 22 and 25 nt Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #29

We have experiences with quesstions of value--even universal values-- Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #36

Obfuscation: beam me up scottie Dec 2012 #8

The Universe doesn't care about you, me or anyone else. Nor does it demand that you believe in it, mr blur Dec 2012 #9

Yet another Sermon from the Mount skepticscott Dec 2012 #10

This was an action against all human morality, of any religion or none LeftishBrit Dec 2012 #13

This part of your post should have a rec of its own: okasha Dec 2012 #28

The children that were killed were, what I hope we would all agree, are innocents and WCGreen Dec 2012 #30

The usual attack squad tama Dec 2012 #43

Exactly. okasha Dec 2012 #45