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Edible:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 26 Jan 2008, 10:57 --- However, the overall message of the Bible, that love for your fellow man is paramount, is I'd say an irrefutable basis to guide or judge moral decisions.
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I think that humanity needs to realise that no philosophy is irrefutable, and that believeing in absoulute truths can cause large amounts of damage to society.
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: supersheep on 26 Jan 2008, 12:50 ---That's yet another completely different definition of God. Personally I don't believe we have a collective unconscious, just lots of separate unconscious minds, and the things we see in trances or while on psychedelic drugs are just our neurons firing weirdly.
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That doesn't account for some phenomena, such as convergent fables amongst geographically separated populations.
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: Kid van Pervert on 26 Jan 2008, 14:56 ---Is there something special about being a Christian?
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The bits about Jesus, I'd say.
I didn't say that the entire Bible was a big allegory, but I said that to treat the Bible as one solid entity that's consistent in style, tone and genre is a mistake. There's a significant difference.
--- Quote from: Edible on 26 Jan 2008, 17:22 ---I think that humanity needs to realise that no philosophy is irrefutable, and that believeing in absoulute truths can cause large amounts of damage to society.
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Please, refute what is commonly known as the Golden Rule for me. I'd like to see it.
Jackie Blue:
Unfortunately, there are arguments against the Golden Rule which, while I disagree with entirely, are not logically unimpeachable. Ask any hardcore competition-minded Capitalist.
--- Quote from: Gordon Gekko ---The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good.
Greed is right.
Greed works.
Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.
Greed, in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind.
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Johnny C:
I dunno if I'd say that's logically unimpeachable. "Greed works" depends on whether or not someone intends jail to be their ultimate destination. See: Enron, Bre-X, Conrad Black, Martha Stewart...
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