Posted on 05/04/2014 12:34:25 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Legendary conservative columnist George Will says he is an atheist. […]
“I’m an amiable, low voltage atheist,” Will explained. “I deeply respect religions and religious people. The great religions reflect something constant and noble in the human character, defensible and admirable yearnings.”
“I am just not persuaded. That’s all,” he added. …
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What is the interesting part?
You don’t know what the interesting part is? You must not be a person but rather an algorithm running from a C prompt somewhere. Apparently you’ve never experienced your own consciousness and had the inevitable interesting questions come up.
You're right. The mechanics of geocentrism are inaccessible to us mouth breathers.
I see you can not answer.
All hat.
Right. Thanks for playing, little program.
I really liked his book "Unknown Quantity: A Real And Imaginary History of Algebra."
Yes, I have, many times. It never says it's morally wrong to rape a woman, it says that if a betrothed woman and a man have sex, they are to be killed, but if it was rape, they spare her. There is no additional stigma mentioned against him for the rape, she is merely excused from having participated. Sex is the crime, not rape. And note, she has to be married or betrothed. Know why? Because the crime is not against her, it's against the man whose property she is. That's Middle Eastern mentality in big, bright lights.
This is proven by reading a little further to 22:29 wherein we find if she is not betrothed, she has to marry her rapist. Clearly rape is no problem to the God of the Middle East. Never has been. You can rape your wife, rape your slaves, rape a virgin and make her marry you. You just can't sully other men's property.
And by the way, can you point to the chapter and verse that tells exactly how old Isaac and/or Ishmael was? Then we can settle that one.
Your mouth is down there?
“It never says it’s morally wrong to rape a woman” yet it clearly proscribes the death penalty for rapists. Remarkable POV, never mind the conscious conflation of adulterers/fornicators and rapists.
No rape is indicated in Deuteronomy 22:28; the same word is not used as in verse 25 (”taphaz” in verse 28, meaning to manipulate and therefore seduce, versus “khazaq” in verse 25, meaning to seize by force). Being mendacious is very unhelpful.
So what happens if you khazaq a virgin?
The fact that the claims of theism were simply unknowable, and that theism's advocates were claiming knowledge of things they couldn't possibly know.
The important thing is that beliefs do not determine reality. Morality is a way for mankind to deal with reality.
And "without God, everything is permissible."
A silly assumption. On the contrary, everything is permissible if you believe God is on your side.
Can you describe why rape is wrong? I know you believe that it is prohibited by supernatural fiat, but why? What is the reason it is wrong?
Language itself presumes it.
How to you arbitrate?
Or will forgive you as soon as you ask.
No, not with the God of the Bible. There are different opinions on the matter of course, but one absolute theme in that book is that those who go against the law in that book and refuse to repent of going that way are not going to be forgiven of their acts.
The god of Islam says it’s morally necessary to lie. The Christian God forbids lying. Therefore they cannot be the same.
God forbids murder, not killing.
The definition of God as accepted by Christians is not variable.
God created the universe, sustains it as we speak, and he gives us life. His authority to tell us what’s right and what’s wrong is immeasurable.
Another person telling you or me what they think is right or wrong, or a group of people telling us—this is still subjective.
You can’t speak without presuming access to objectivity.
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