Originally posted by @freakykbh to Ghost of a DukeGhost of a Duke is an atheist. He doesn't believe your particular god figure exists. It's the mythology you subscribe to and the ideology attendant thereto that he's taking issue with.
The camel in this telling is the insistence, informed by ignorance, arrogance or both--- and you've taken pains to inform any and all regarding your 'successful' theological studies--- is the idea that God is inexplicably evil, not good.
Originally posted by @fmfIndeed. My studies, which theists like Freaky would have me apologize for, left me in no doubt that the God portrayed in the Old Testament is petty and at times monstrous. (And not just on the topic of slavery).
Ghost of a Duke is an atheist. He doesn't believe your particular god figure exists. It's the mythology you subscribe to and the ideology attendant thereto that he's taking issue with.
When a Christian finds themselves having to explain God describing people as property, or justifying bears being sent to rip children apart, then they really do need to take a step back and have a good think about what they are subscribing to.
FMF: Do you think it was wrong for Meechan to be put in gaol for making his pug dog raise his paw to the words "Sieg Heil"? If so, why?What are your terms of reference for objecting to him being put in gaol for what he did?
Originally posted by @philokalia
Of course. What sort of person puts someone in jail for a crass joke.
Originally posted by @fmfMy natural sense of right and wrong is sufficient.
What are your terms of reference for objecting to him being put in gaol for what he did?
I do not need some piece of paper that says "NATURAL RIGHTS" to believe something like that.
Just as such, I am not confused when a guy runs around naked shouting obscenities against the Pope that "maybe this is free speech and not lunacy."
Originally posted by @philokaliaIf it had been legally impossible for the authorities in the country in which Meechan lives to gaol him for what he did, and if he was now walking free, would that have been better than what has happened?
My natural sense of right and wrong is sufficient.
I do not need some piece of paper that says "NATURAL RIGHTS" to believe something like that.
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeDon't fret about it too much, friend.
Sorry, all I hear when you speak is 'flat Earth,' 'acts of terrorism are fake." It contaminates everything you post.
I have a hard time hearing any actual kindness despite the considerable effort you put into the words otherwise.
We all have our crosses to bear, it seems.
Originally posted by @fmfYou either read too quickly or heard too thickly.
Ghost of a Duke is an atheist. He doesn't believe your particular god figure exists. It's the mythology you subscribe to and the ideology attendant thereto that he's taking issue with.
The contrast laid out for GoaD was related to his current love in comparison to his first.
Originally posted by @freakykbhYour cross is heavy indeed, and of your own manufacture.
Don't fret about it too much, friend.
I have a hard time hearing any actual kindness despite the considerable effort you put into the words otherwise.
We all have our crosses to bear, it seems.
Sort yourself out.
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeSo, unable to deal with this post sonship, you threw your rattle out of the pram and created a new thread about how I and others think we are more righteous than Jesus.
"And the command from the law of God was not to go out and beat the servant. It was provision for the event that a beating occurred."
Indeed, and it was God's view that no punishment was due if the slave recovered in a day or two (Due to being the property of the owner). Do you truly not glean the abhorrence in that?!
Classy.