Freedom

Originally posted by @fmf
I've seen the likes of josephw attempt "verbal cruelty" on a regular basis for many many years.

Attempt?

How can you be so cruel?

Originally posted by @josephw
Attempt?

How can you be so cruel?

You are probably one of the dimmest and most spiteful "Christian" posters in this community and probably completely repulsive to people who might be interested in your ugly Dasa-like version of your retail religion. So, my suggestion that your attempted verbal cruelty is lame should be viewed in that context. 😉

Originally posted by @josephw
[b]"I think he aligns himself with what he agrees with.
Shocking!"

1.It would be shocking if he aligned himself with the Bible and agreed with God.

"Besides which, when did this become "us v them"? "

2. Have you been sleeping all these years? Ever play a game of chess?

"Do you have to make debate so adversarial?"

3. I don't. It's forced on me. Did you read the awful thing divegeester said to dj2?[/b]

1. He does agree with his god ... just not yours perhaps.

2. Life is not chess. Grow up.

3. I didn't. Can't imagine it's anything undeserved.

Originally posted by @fmf
You are probably one of the dimmest and most spiteful "Christian" posters in this community and probably completely repulsive to people who might be interested in your ugly Dasa-like version of your retail religion. So, my suggestion that your attempted verbal cruelty is lame should be viewed in that context. 😉

Dimmest, spiteful, repulsive, ugly, cruelty and lame.

I think there's a few words missing.

Originally posted by @josephw
Dimmest, spiteful, repulsive, ugly, cruelty and lame.

I think there's a few words missing.

Prideful, self-contradicting, pompous and lacking in courage were missing, it's true. 😉

Originally posted by @josephw
Did you read the awful thing divegeester said to dj2?

Which one?

Originally posted by @fmf
I think have I answered this question i.e. 1 and 2 above What about you? Have you ever not been compassionate for any reason?

If you don’t believe that being compassionate at all times is obligatory and you don’t believe that we are created in the image of God and have intrinsic worth, what is your rationale for always trying to be compassionate? Are you compassionate because you believe it is always the right thing to do?

Originally posted by @dj2becker
If you don’t believe that being compassionate at all times is obligatory and you don’t believe that we are created in the image of God and have intrinsic worth, what is your rationale for always trying to be compassionate? Are you compassionate because you believe it is always the right thing to do?

The phrasing of your question implies that you think compassion is obligatory.
Is that the only reason you are compassionate?

Originally posted by @wolfgang59
The phrasing of your question implies that you think compassion is obligatory.
Is that the only reason you are compassionate?

Of course not. Compassion is one of God’s characteristics. We are created in His image so we all have some of that in us. What good reason does atheistic evolution coupled with the notion of survival or the fittest give us to feel compassion for someone who does not deserve it?

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Of course not. Compassion is one of God’s characteristics. We are created in His image so we all have some of that in us. What good reason does atheistic evolution coupled with the notion of survival or the fittest give us to feel compassion for someone who does not deserve it?

Sorry to butt in, but I do not fully understand the question.

You seem to think that "We are created in His image", and (["atheistic evolution", whatever this means]) evolution are somehow at odds.

Originally posted by @dj2becker
[1]If you don’t believe that being compassionate at all times is obligatory and you don’t believe that we are created in the image of God and have intrinsic worth, what is your rationale for always trying to be compassionate? [2] Are you compassionate because you believe it is always the right thing to do?

[1] My humanity, my character. This aspect of our each and every unique nature varies from individual to individual. Me for example, I am not always compassionate.

[2] No. But if I were a carer in an old people's home, for example, I might be obliged to treat the residents in a compassionate way, even if it were not sincerely felt.

Originally posted by @fmf
So, do you claim that you 'project' empathy and love all the time? My question is about what you personally claim you do, not about "God's command".

Bump for dj2becker from page 4.

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Of course not. Compassion is one of God’s characteristics. We are created in His image so we all have some of that in us. What good reason does atheistic evolution coupled with the notion of survival or the fittest give us to feel compassion for someone who does not deserve it?

Survival of the gene.

Originally posted by @fmf
Prideful, self-contradicting, pompous and lacking in courage were missing, it's true. 😉

Oh come on now! Is that all? 🙂

Originally posted by @suzianne
Which one?

"Thing" is all inclusive. 😉