Agreed! On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Redshirt Bluejacket < [email protected]> wrote:
> Really, I do! ;) > > But seriously, observing oneself to be part of the substance of our > Creator does not absolve our duty to live so as to avoid passing harm > to our Creator; just as recognising that we are all part of the > biosphere of our Earth does not absolve us of our obligation to avoid > doing damage to the Earth; we can not say, "oh, I'm part of the Earth, > so I can pollute and damage all I want," for in a vacuum of knowledge > as to our state we would desire others to treat the Earth in a way > that consistently maintained its habitability for the rest of us.... > > On Mar 24, 4:50 pm, Steve Marriott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks. > > > > So when you say "Right back at you!"...you really mean it! :) > > > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Redshirt Bluejacket < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mar 24, 3:56 pm, Steve Marriott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > In the pandeistic view of things, what determines what is just? > > > > > There's a very Rawlsian conception -- first, everything that you cause > > > another to experience is also experienced by our Creator, so you must > > > consider whether the experience you will pass on to another (and the > > > probable consequences flowing from such experience) are ones that you > > > would wish to bestow upon the entity responsible for your very > > > existence; second, it is likely that each and every one of us will be > > > preserved within the experience of the reconstituted Creator when this > > > Universe comes to its end, and that we will all share in all of the > > > experiences of existence, including with particular poignancy those > > > that we created for others -- if you strike someone in this life, you > > > their experience of being struck by you will be part of your > > > experience in the next; if you order the deaths of thousands, you will > > > experience every single one of them, and all the accompanying grief > > > and anguish; but if you save thousands from starvation, you will share > > > in their experience of joy and relief.... pandeistic justice is > > > therefore an exact one-to-one experience of the actual good and bad > > > experiences that you cause for others.... > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "A Civil Religious Debate" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<a-civil-religious-debate%[email protected]> > <a-civil-religious-debate%[email protected]<a-civil-religious-debate%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/a-civil-religious-debate?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "A Civil Religious Debate" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<a-civil-religious-debate%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/a-civil-religious-debate?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "A Civil Religious Debate" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/a-civil-religious-debate?hl=en.
