On Wed, 10 May 2017 17:46:23 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <[email protected]> wrote:
> now that i think about it, i believe i heard of something about 20 > years ago called the humanist society (or something like that). > apparently they live their lives according to a really quite [humane] ... [humane] ... Another wordplay Luke? I can see two levels of p(h)un. :) > wonderful "code"... just without the bits about "god" attached. > > so i'd say definitively yes, you can... it's just that you'd have to > choose to do so, and that can be really tough, to research, assess and > then make the decision to adhere to a particular code. it means > making changes in your life which might cost you friends, your job > (because the company asks you to do something that is against your > newly-chosen "code")... > > now, what wasn't clear in your question was whether you were asking > about the *internal dialogue* that one might have with oneself to > replicate the same *effects* as "belief in code" or whether you could > have meant specifically the *external appearance* i.e. the > improvements in *other people's* lives that your new [atheist but > humane] "code" has. For me as a christian the very essence of my faith is my relationship with God. It's like having a parent that you'd trust with your life and a friend that you hang out with all the time and share *everything* with and so much more I can't describe. Trying to replace that with a sense of moral obligation towards your fellow human beings (which in itself is a good thing) is, well, futile. That's the way I see it. > > very cool question, hendrik. > > l. > > _______________________________________________ > arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook > Send large attachments to [email protected] /fuumind _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
