03 Mar '05 22:50>
Originally posted by DarfiusI do not believe in the Christian god, so I regard the concept of "sin" as irrelevant and disbelieve in the existence of an eternal soul. Also, the idea that a human being is deserving of death for not, as I see it, adequately following some poorly-defined rules of apocryphal origin strikes me as nothing short of obscene. Christianity -- at least as defined by some -- is simply not a philosophy that I can accept as moral. (Which I admit causes some internal dissonance, since there are many Christians whom I love and respect greatly as individuals.)
That depends on whether or not you believe in the concept of Holy. If God is Holy and we corrupt our souls by sin, then we deserve nothing more than death.
Instead, I live by the basic guideline "don't do anything to anyone that I wouldn't want them doing to me," and believe that as long as an act doesn't harm anyone else, it's OK. If there is a god and he's got a problem with that, then I'm sure I'll know about it before too much longer....