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What would Jesus do? We are all Jesus, metaphorically. We are the Buddha. What is the right thing? I am gunning for the Buddha (sorry, personal joke).
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Ahh. So it's not fair to equate Christians with Christianity. Got it.
I'm not sure what biblical Christianity actually is. Considering that Christianity has splintered into so many competing sects and subdivisions, I'm not convinced that Christians know what biblical Christianity is
if you tally the scores, religion "wins" in the mass human destruction race.
Are you deliberately ignoring my answers to all your silliness?
Please note that I wasn't speaking with you.
If your premise has been blown up with one poster, you simply go and try it on someone else?
Why not retire this foolishness?
That's so silly. Christianity is an organized religion. Don't understand much?1) I didn't say that. I said don't equate Christians to "organized religion." Twist words much?
Your actually the stereotypical apologist. It’s an old ploy of religionists, to define out of their religion anyone who does anything in the religion’s name that they find “un-religious”. That's a bit disingenuous, don't you think? Christianity, like most religions, has splintered into a number of sects and subdivisions and there are varying interpretations on any number of issues. The catalyst that generally ends belief in the tooth fairy is the exposure of that parental fraud. Similarly, your “don't equate Christians to organized religions is an artifact of such fraud. It permits the apologist to dismiss such inconvenient details with a counter claim of fabrication.
As you are the self-entitled authority on "biblical Christianity", define for us those sects and subdivisions of Christianity that, according to you, aren't "real Christianity".2) I believe you wholeheartedly when you say that you're "not sure what biblical Christianity actually is." Your posts indicate that with flying colors. Splintering into sects is an act of man ... not an act of Christ. If all of those sects would simply stick to the basic tenets of the Bible then there would be far less division. Christianity is like a spoked wheel. Christ is at the center and is the hub of the wheel. The various Christian tenets are the spokes. What too many men end up doing is focusing on a single spoke or two while ignoring the hub and the other spokes.
But you - you alone are the authority on the terms, definitions and true understanding of3) Many folks who call themselves Christians go to church on Sunday but they never read their Bible. Many are ignorant of what biblical Christianity is.
biblical Christianity.
Charles Manson never actually killed anyone, either.4) Many deaths have occurred in the name of religion but Christ never killed in the name of God nor did His Apostles. They are the true examples of Christianity.
It seems your bible-believin' Christians disagree with you unless you know for a fact that not a one of the reported (or un-reported) abortions you cited was not one of your good bible-believin' Christians.5) Non-theists have killed approximately 54,559,615 babies since 1973 Roe v Wade. That's in America alone and those are the ones that have been reported. A Bible believing Christian wouldn't even consider ripping a baby limb from limb or burning it to death with saline. One MUST be a non-Christian to even consider it.
On what authority do you presume to speak on behalf of bible-believin' Christians ?
No, I wouldn't. But that wasn't the question. I am no punky liberal equivocator.
You wouldn't mind if your life was ruined in some criminal manner? Do you actually expect me to believe that?
Not sure they wish to accept that.
Please note that I wasn't speaking with you.
If your premise has been blown up with one poster, you simply go and try it on someone else?
Why not retire this foolishness?
Bruce! Not convincing someone of your premise does not an explosion make. I know how important you are, but there are a variety of people here with which to exchange ideas.
When you retired this foolishness was "common courtesy" < (social norm) sidelined as well? Are you simply unable to comment on a subject without hurling personal insults?
Are you that insecure?
Knock that sh*t off.........
=Hollie;9005120]
Ahh. So it's not fair to equate Christians with Christianity. Got it.
I'm not sure what biblical Christianity actually is. Considering that Christianity has splintered into so many competing sects and subdivisions, I'm not convinced that Christians know what biblical Christianity is
if you tally the scores, religion "wins" in the mass human destruction race.
1) I didn't say that. I said don't equate Christians to "organized religion." Twist words much?
2) I believe you wholeheartedly when you say that you're "not sure what biblical Christianity actually is." Your posts indicate that with flying colors. Splintering into sects is an act of man ... not an act of Christ. If all of those sects would simply stick to the basic tenets of the Bible then there would be far less division. Christianity is like a spoked wheel. Christ is at the center and is the hub of the wheel. The various Christian tenets are the spokes. What too many men end up doing is focusing on a single spoke or two while ignoring the hub and the other spokes.
3) Many folks who call themselves Christians go to church on Sunday but they never read their Bible. Many are ignorant of what biblical Christianity is.
4) Many deaths have occurred in the name of religion but Christ never killed in the name of God nor did His Apostles. They are the true examples of Christianity.
5) Non-theists have killed approximately 54,559,615 babies since 1973 Roe v Wade. That's in America alone and those are the ones that have been reported. A Bible believing Christian wouldn't even consider ripping a baby limb from limb or burning it to death with saline. One MUST be a non-Christian to even consider it.
Questions for Atheists, Christians, or anyone interested:
Do you believe in the concept of right and wrong? Is there some ethical code that defines what right and wrong is? If there is no Author of moral or ethical concepts then who gets to decide where the line is drawn?
Problems for Atheists
Morality is honoring the equal rights of all to their life, liberty, property and self-defense, to be free from violation through force or fraud.
It's that simple, and as universal as that....for adults. It's driven by the need for good order which is a universal desire for all except tyrants and anarchists. The motivation for adhering to that moral code is enlightened self-interest--atheists, agnostics, materialists and believers alike.
There are grey areas for those less than adults. Take the right to liberty. Is it immoral to put a baby/young child in a playpen; or keeping him from riding his trike into the street? What about chores? When do we acquire the right to manage our own property? At 2?.....10?.....when? Does a child have the right to a gun to defend himself? And the biggie, is the right to life. To claim that it begins at conception is pure religious dogma--which isn't even biblical.
All these grey areas gradually become black and white at some point for each moral right. Where those points are, and how to deal with such gradations socially and legally is our problem.
Thanks for your strong OPINION. I see you've included exceptions to your own rule(s).
As for your statement concerning when life begins I believe that science (minus any religious dogma) would strongly differ with you. Clearly a zygote isn't dead else it would not continue to produce cells and grow. Clearly it's taking in necessary nutrition vital to its continued growth. So, science has no choice but to consider a zygote alive.
Please note that I wasn't speaking with you.
If your premise has been blown up with one poster, you simply go and try it on someone else?
Why not retire this foolishness?
Bruce! Not convincing someone of your premise does not an explosion make. I know how important you are, but there are a variety of people here with which to exchange ideas.
When you retired this foolishness was "common courtesy" < (social norm) sidelined as well? Are you simply unable to comment on a subject without hurling personal insults?
Are you that insecure?
Knock that sh*t off.........
Please cite the derail.If your premise has been blown up with one poster, you simply go and try it on someone else?
Why not retire this foolishness?
Bruce! Not convincing someone of your premise does not an explosion make. I know how important you are, but there are a variety of people here with which to exchange ideas.
When you retired this foolishness was "common courtesy" < (social norm) sidelined as well? Are you simply unable to comment on a subject without hurling personal insults?
Are you that insecure?
Knock that sh*t off.........
You made your points here very well which is why some want you to retire the thread, DriftingSand and Irish Ram.
I think under the circumstances you've been quite gracious in the attempts of others( past tense ) to derail your thread / posts and when it gets to that point the only thing left to do is confront the person about what they are doing so that others can see the truth of what is happening.
Morality is honoring the equal rights of all to their life, liberty, property and self-defense, to be free from violation through force or fraud.
It's that simple, and as universal as that....for adults. It's driven by the need for good order which is a universal desire for all except tyrants and anarchists. The motivation for adhering to that moral code is enlightened self-interest--atheists, agnostics, materialists and believers alike.
There are grey areas for those less than adults. Take the right to liberty. Is it immoral to put a baby/young child in a playpen; or keeping him from riding his trike into the street? What about chores? When do we acquire the right to manage our own property? At 2?.....10?.....when? Does a child have the right to a gun to defend himself? And the biggie, is the right to life. To claim that it begins at conception is pure religious dogma--which isn't even biblical.
All these grey areas gradually become black and white at some point for each moral right. Where those points are, and how to deal with such gradations socially and legally is our problem.
Thanks for your strong OPINION. I see you've included exceptions to your own rule(s).
No, there aren't exceptions for adults. The problem is at what point we acquire those rights prior to adulthood, a problem which your response ignores. And that moral code is based on one assumption, the supreme rights of adultf human life.
As for your statement concerning when life begins I believe that science (minus any religious dogma) would strongly differ with you. Clearly a zygote isn't dead else it would not continue to produce cells and grow. Clearly it's taking in necessary nutrition vital to its continued growth. So, science has no choice but to consider a zygote alive.
I'm not saying a zygote isn't alive at conception. All animals acquire life at that point. The issue is when we acquire our moral rights. Swatting a fly stops a beating heart. All life is not sacred. and neither is human DNA automatically sacred at conception. No one can justify that, not even biblically.
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That's so silly. Christianity is an organized religion. Don't understand much?
Your actually the stereotypical apologist. Its an old ploy of religionists, to define out of their religion anyone who does anything in the religions name that they find un-religious. That's a bit disingenuous, don't you think? Christianity, like most religions, has splintered into a number of sects and subdivisions and there are varying interpretations on any number of issues. The catalyst that generally ends belief in the tooth fairy is the exposure of that parental fraud. Similarly, your don't equate Christians to organized religions is an artifact of such fraud. It permits the apologist to dismiss such inconvenient details with a counter claim of fabrication.
As you are the self-entitled authority on "biblical Christianity", define for us those sects and subdivisions of Christianity that, according to you, aren't "real Christianity".
But you - you alone are the authority on the terms, definitions and true understanding of
biblical Christianity.
Charles Manson never actually killed anyone, either.
It seems your bible-believin' Christians disagree with you unless you know for a fact that not a one of the reported (or un-reported) abortions you cited was not one of your good bible-believin' Christians.
On what authority do you presume to speak on behalf of bible-believin' Christians
Morality is honoring the equal rights of all to their life, liberty, property and self-defense, to be free from violation through force or fraud.
It's that simple, and as universal as that....for adults. It's driven by the need for good order which is a universal desire for all except tyrants and anarchists. The motivation for adhering to that moral code is enlightened self-interest--atheists, agnostics, materialists and believers alike.
There are grey areas for those less than adults. Take the right to liberty. Is it immoral to put a baby/young child in a playpen; or keeping him from riding his trike into the street? What about chores? When do we acquire the right to manage our own property? At 2?.....10?.....when? Does a child have the right to a gun to defend himself? And the biggie, is the right to life. To claim that it begins at conception is pure religious dogma--which isn't even biblical.
All these grey areas gradually become black and white at some point for each moral right. Where those points are, and how to deal with such gradations socially and legally is our problem.
Thanks for your strong OPINION. I see you've included exceptions to your own rule(s).
No, there aren't exceptions for adults. The problem is at what point we acquire those rights prior to adulthood, a problem which your response ignores. And that moral code is based on one assumption, the supreme rights of adultf human life.
As for your statement concerning when life begins I believe that science (minus any religious dogma) would strongly differ with you. Clearly a zygote isn't dead else it would not continue to produce cells and grow. Clearly it's taking in necessary nutrition vital to its continued growth. So, science has no choice but to consider a zygote alive.
I'm not saying a zygote isn't alive at conception. All animals acquire life at that point. The issue is when we acquire our moral rights. Swatting a fly stops a beating heart. All life is not sacred. and neither is human DNA automatically sacred at conception. No one can justify that, not even biblically.
Please cite the derail.Bruce! Not convincing someone of your premise does not an explosion make. I know how important you are, but there are a variety of people here with which to exchange ideas.
When you retired this foolishness was "common courtesy" < (social norm) sidelined as well? Are you simply unable to comment on a subject without hurling personal insults?
Are you that insecure?
Knock that sh*t off.........
You made your points here very well which is why some want you to retire the thread, DriftingSand and Irish Ram.
I think under the circumstances you've been quite gracious in the attempts of others( past tense ) to derail your thread / posts and when it gets to that point the only thing left to do is confront the person about what they are doing so that others can see the truth of what is happening.
Unless you mean an argument that challenges someone so much they simply ignore it.
I can find that one.
Thanks for your strong OPINION. I see you've included exceptions to your own rule(s).
No, there aren't exceptions for adults. The problem is at what point we acquire those rights prior to adulthood, a problem which your response ignores. And that moral code is based on one assumption, the supreme rights of adultf human life.
As for your statement concerning when life begins I believe that science (minus any religious dogma) would strongly differ with you. Clearly a zygote isn't dead else it would not continue to produce cells and grow. Clearly it's taking in necessary nutrition vital to its continued growth. So, science has no choice but to consider a zygote alive.
I'm not saying a zygote isn't alive at conception. All animals acquire life at that point. The issue is when we acquire our moral rights. Swatting a fly stops a beating heart. All life is not sacred. and neither is human DNA automatically sacred at conception. No one can justify that, not even biblically.
Wow. A human life is compared to a fly? Killing an unborn human life is like swatting a fly? How many flies have cured diseases or painted the Sistine Chapel? But I think I get your point so I won't rail on you too harshly.
An unborn human's moral right to exist happens at the moment of conception. It wouldn't begin to grow if it didn't naturally "choose" to do so. I believe in the rights of unborn women.
All this blather written based on a stupid assed question?
Idiots