> "Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <most snipped>
> Rather than talk about the human morality of killing > humans, I am > curious how many on this list think that it is > morally good to emulate a `higher being'? That depends on whether the 'higher being' _is_ morally good....Most of the reasons that I have broken with established religion are related to the many acts and attitudes of dubious morality purported to be the desire or command of the Divine. I simply do not believe that a "good and loving father" would order such things; while I have known friends who take comfort in thinking that some terrible experience is somehow "God's will," I sure-as-bloody-blazes do not. In fact, if I believed that God *wanted* frex, a man to get so drunk that he didn't comprehend that he'd run over and killed his 9yo child in front of her little friends, I'd be worshipping - well, 'the Evil One.' I don't have to admire anyone just because they're stronger, smarter and/or more powerful than me. [Now having said that, much of what people like Jesus and Buddha (sp?) did set a wonderful example for humanity, and to emulate their acts of kindness is highly admirable, and well worth doing.] Debbi Heretic Lutheran Deist Maru __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
