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Molly [Visitor] in response to: Euthyphro dilemma

Molly [Visitor] — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:24:59 +0000

I feel as if Socrates made a crucial mistake in his argument. He only limited himself to two options...Either it is morally good because it is commanded by god...or God commands it because it is morally good (i.e. it is co-eternal with God)...either option leaves no room for religious morality. However I not only agree with the above post that the very nature of God is good and not a commandment but in forming this argument Socrates contradicts himself. Socrates did not believe in many of the greek mythology or I suppose at that time Theology because he did not believe that the Gods would have such human fallacies as lust and greed. So if we were to suggest that god could arbitrarily change his mind about the moral goodness of lets say, genocide. Would we not be displaying him as having human fallacies?? Also our way of knowing what God willed would be from our faculties of intuition. There is no scientific way of proving morality or even manifesting it...therefore morality must be extrinsic to the physical world...hence coming from some non-physical thing.

leticia dias da silva [Visitor] in response to: Stem Cell Research: The Politics of Principle

leticia dias da silva [Visitor] — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:01:19 +0000

meu nome e leticia tenho 15 anos sou de ji-parana estudo no calevo dr jose otno de froitas so muito estudiosa

La Cuidad [Visitor] in response to: Muslim Community Center

La Cuidad [Visitor] — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:59:39 +0000

so you support man - boy love?

my point is - where is the line drawn?

To society as a whole, isnt it harmful for anybody at all to worship a delusion instead of reason and facts.

And with that stated - Shouldnt reality be the deciding factor in deciding if the Mosque should go up - not whether or not two sets of brain washed religious people can plan nice or not because their fake gods are not the same.

dan [Member] in response to: Muslim Community Center

dan [Member] — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:12:20 +0000

I stand up for the rights of a minority even if I don't agree with them.

La Cuidad [Visitor] in response to: Muslim Community Center

La Cuidad [Visitor] — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:01:23 +0000

Dan - with your view wouldnt all of the 1,000,000,000 muslims be psychopaths just for believing? Seriously - believing in the tooth fairy does make you psychopathic, doesnt it?

Rosa Parks was standing up against racism. Surely your not going to put her on the same playing field as a deluded religionist.

anyway.

dan [Member] in response to: Muslim Community Center

dan [Member] — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:45:40 +0000

Rosa Parks could have quietly stayed at the back of the bus instead of making a political scene out of it. That would have been more tasteful, too.

I'll repeat the point of my original post: If we're going to ask Muslims to be second class citizens because a few of the 1,000,000,000 people in their religion are psychopaths, then why shouldn't we do the same for all religions?

Also, I'm sure if you polled southern cities in the 50s and 60s they would have been against desegregating the schools. They would have said it was in poor taste, too.

John Haefele [Visitor] in response to: Muslim Community Center

John Haefele [Visitor] — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:39:08 +0000

I don't think there's anything intrinsically wrong with building a mosque at the site. I do think it's in poor taste at the least.

I'm also a little concerned with the rhetoric of Imam Rauf regarding the 9/11 attacks and Islamic/ist-West relations in general.

I don't pretend to know anything about New York City. I do know that several polls have shown majority disapproval of the mosque site. I also think that, though you may question his sanity, Governor Paterson had a really good compromise in suggesting that the site be moved a few blocks further out. It seems like they could have gone ahead and quietly revised their plans rather than making a political scene out of it.

gringo [Visitor] in response to: Infinite punishment

gringo [Visitor] — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:28:51 +0000

george washington didn't claim to be god.

sheesh.