On 6 Jan, 22:51, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > “…We can only degrade ourselves by swearing and mocking God, because > in one way or another that degradation will come back to us….” – MFTE > > While I don’t necessarily disagree with you, would you like to unpack > how this comes back to us?...what mechanism is in place etc.? >
Equal and opposite reaction. Newton's 3rd Law of motion. Karma. You get what you give. That kind of thing. If there is only One, then One can only harm Oneself if any harm, whatsoever, is done. But, of course, The One is both harmer and harmed. This is, most likely, the reason for guiding against it. After all, what you do is what you make God do in your name. So, what would you have God do in your name? This is the question we must ask ourselves at all times. And, any amount of considered thought (IMO) would reveal that blasphemy should be avoided, as it is an action over which we (seemingly, due to not having access to the future) have some amount of control in that we have the time to think to NOT blaspheme. The bottom line in my theory is that it's a form of vanity and any form of vanity makes a separation between the individual and The One. That 'seeming' separation or anything that leads to it should be avoided and all the negative commandments of 'The 10 Commandments' can be boiled down to vanity. The 2 positive commandments form the links to the past (honouring parents) and the future (remembering the Sabbath). > On Jan 6, 1:28 pm, Manfraco Frank the Elder <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi to all members of this group! > > While I am following this tread I would like to say my personal views > > if you don't mind. > > I have to agree with Lee that God can be mocked, you just go around > > and listen to the swear words that people utter when something does > > not go their way. Having said that I have to add that perhaps God > > could not be mocked because we cannot harm God in anyway, So God > > cannot be mocked. We can only degrade ourselves by swearing and > > mocking God, because in one way or another that degradation will come > > back to us. > > Blasphemy laws will be hard to legislate, because they would forbid > > you to say what you want to say, therefore they would breach the > > fundamental laws of freedom of speech. Then there is the difference > > between different religions, nationalities and races; I think that any > > blasphemy laws are going to be hard to achieve. > > It is not easy to make a decision here, but anyhow I will be following > > this tread with interest. > > My regards to you all Manrfaco. > > > On Jan 5, 8:43 pm, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yes of course God can be mocked. It s very easy to mock that which > > > you have no belife in, I know that my oldest kid does it all the time. > > > > Blasphemy laws make no sense at all to me. > > > > On 4 Jan, 19:13, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Given that there was an attempted murder on the Danish cartoonist Kurt > > > > Westergaard last week, and that the subject has come up in the > > > > "Muslims making you nervous" thread, I thought I'd open a new thread > > > > to discuss this particular issue. Molly asked two questions: > > > > > On 4 Jan., 19:56, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Is your question "can God be mocked" or should there be laws in any > > > > > country that penalize citizens for doing so? > > > > > Two questions, really. > > > > So I'll start this with Molly's usual question, what do YOU think? > > > > > Francis- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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