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moral quandry

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Originally posted by Lord Shark
Why?
Because it is the correct response, given that love is the correct response toward all that is good.

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Originally posted by neil67d
Is it fair to hate all religionists equally? If not, how should I discriminate?
Religons that propogate violence as a means to an end should be discriminated against. Imo, true religon should be peaceful. Other than that live and let live. And worship and charge whatever you want!😀😀

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Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Because it is the correct response, given that love is the correct response toward all that is good.
What do you mean by 'hate' and why would it be the correct response?

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Ok bit of a false question. Of course one should not discriminate.
The answer must be consolidate (or defend).

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Originally posted by twhitehead
What do you mean by 'hate' and why would it be the correct response?
Hating a mindset which prevents humans from actually understanding the world around them in an age where this information is readily available is perfectly reasonable, though hardly fashionable.

As for hate, personally I can't do this, even though I know what I just said above. Reason being I know there are people who have had terrible things happen to them in life, and religion gives them meaning. Taking this away is cruel, even though I wish they could find equal strength or inspiration from something real.

I'm sorry for answering this question as if it was directed to me!

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Originally posted by The Dude 84
Hating a mindset which prevents humans from actually understanding the world around them in an age where this information is readily available is perfectly reasonable, though hardly fashionable.

As for hate, personally I can't do this, even though I know what I just said above. Reason being I know there are people who have had terrible things happen ...[text shortened]... ion from something real.

I'm sorry for answering this question as if it was directed to me!
Hate leads to anger. Anger makes you forget

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I show respect that I dont feel. Most cant even muster a show. We'll all kid on some respect.
Neil

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Originally posted by neil67d
I show respect that I dont feel. Most cant even muster a show. We'll all kid on some respect.
Neil
All beings deserve love and hence respect.

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Originally posted by karoly aczel
All beings deserve love and hence respect.
Do you love and respect cockroaches, or do you not respect them enough to grant them the status of 'being'?

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Originally posted by twhitehead
What do you mean by 'hate' and why would it be the correct response?
Intense displeasure or dislike felt toward something.

Do you hate death? I do. While I have come to accept my inability to do anything about it, I still despise it--- everything it represents and everything it does. Someday, I'm going to seriously kick its ass, though.

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Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Because it is the correct response, given that love is the correct response toward all that is good.
Given that by 'hate', you mean "Intense displeasure or dislike felt toward something." then I stick by my original assertion.

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Originally posted by Lord Shark
Given that by 'hate', you mean "Intense displeasure or dislike felt toward something." then I stick by my original assertion.
Which one: the "obviously false" one or the "isn't a moral response" one? Either way, how so?

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All beings deserve love and hence respect.

Well.....

Still don't know how to highlight etc.....

That's not even worth typing.

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Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Which one: the "obviously false" one or the "isn't a moral response" one? Either way, how so?
Both I think.

They are logically connected.

There is a fundamental incoherence here. If there is a moral imperitive for me to hate X then it follows that I ought to hate X. But 'ought' implies 'can'. And I cannot choose my emotional response without an infinite regress. Therefore, I cannot choose to hate X. So if I don't hate X, and cannot choose to do so, I cannot, by the preceeding argument, have a moral obligation to hate X.

So the assertion to the contrary is pretty obviously false.

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I do hate. I hate religion. I hate evil.