redwhine Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Problem: morals are manmade and therefore malleable. Gods are man made. The religions associated with them are designed to screw as much money out of the gullible as possible. "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful" - Seneca the Younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Edd Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Yes- if your religion's manmade. All religion is man made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddybare Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I do. Every time I pass beres and son at dinner time. Mmmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 If you're talking the ten commandments, I've probably broken one or two. However, that's for something between me and my God to sort out when the time is right, not because some 2000 year old book - which has been chopped and changed to suit the agenda of the author or people in power - says so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 I have to admit I did. I ate meat on a Friday during lent. In mitigation, I was away all week. I couldn't pretend it was fish - she was in the bath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Paws Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Surely the key is to be "striving" to reach the goals set by any particular religion, they are ideals that you should "want" to reach if your religion means anything to you, we are all imperfect and will fail from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 If you're talking the ten commandments, I've probably broken one or two. However, that's for something between me and my God to sort out when the time is right, not because some 2000 year old book - which has been chopped and changed to suit the agenda of the author or people in power - says so. But no religion holds that the Ten Commandments are the only law. They're binding on only one of the religions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Maybe you do not understand the concept of 'law' and 'rules'? Yes I do, I understand that English law is not the same as religious law and has many differences. I don't know why you devoted a post to talking about it instead of the topic, that's all. No- force majeure is a reasonable defence, as is self-defence. Can you show any religious texts which say it is okay to kill someone if forced to do it, by force majeure ? Yes- if your religion's manmade. Do you know of any that aren't ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Surely the key is to be "striving" to reach the goals set by any particular religion, they are ideals that you should "want" to reach if your religion means anything to you, we are all imperfect and will fail from time to time. No, rules are to be obeyed, not strived toward. Otherwise God may have given Moses the Ten Suggestions or Ten Guidelines. Mind you, he might have not broken them then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 But no religion holds that the Ten Commandments are the only law. They're binding on only one of the religions. Which Alchresearch may be a follower of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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