Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? 5:13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
This is the book you're getting your morality from? Jesus is accusing the man of having sinned so that why he was handicapped? bah...the bible bounces back and forth from a loving god to one that will abandon you if you don't worship the right way. Is that our morality? If your son or daughter f's up bad, severs all ties to you and acts like a general p.o.s. what are the chances you'll say "Oh well, I tried"....probably minimal. You're going to keep trying to get you kid back on track and find them help. on a related note....this part of the story has never made any sense to me. If god is so great and powerful, why the heck didn't he make us have everlasting life to begin with? Then, since he didn't, why would he have to sacrifice his son to give it to us? Who was he sacrificing to? There's not supposed to be anything greater than him.... On Oct 21, 2009, at 8:43 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > On Oct 21, 2009, at 8:20 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey wrote: > >> Hhm, really? What or who determines what is right or wrong? >> Certainly the Nazis thought they were right when they exterminated >> the Jews and tried to take over the rest of the world. But clearly >> most of us would think that was wrong. Likewise today Iran thinks >> they are right to bomb Israel off the face of the earth, but most of >> us would think that is wrong. Humans have a morality that goes >> beyond what we typically see in nature (kill or be killed) and that >> seems to have little to do with our personal survival, it's an >> interesting question to consider why we have that and where it truly >> comes from, if *not* from religion or spirituality. > > I think you're discounting nature's morality by boiling it down to > kill or be killed. There are plenty of pack animals that protect each > other. Mother animals care for their young. Gorilla's care for their > "tribe". Dogs will face down someone who attacks their owner. Etc. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306255 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
