"... On Aug 13, 10:42 am, Jean Briscoe <[email protected]> wrote: ..."
> True. Only if we could be perfect and not be marked for our in perfections > > > Being atheist I do not believe in god or any other superstitious > > beliefs. In the absence of gods, love is the highest of all human > > abilities and virtues. But we don't practice it enough. 'Only if' implies an excuse for not being perfect. I can accept the statement that we are not only if we continue to strive toward that perfection. Else it is meaningless as are all excuses. I don't have to go back far for that inspiration: We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, do ordain ... This particular phrase was specifically put in the Constitution because the pre-existing Articles of Confederation was beginning to show cracks after only ten years. So instead of trying to create perfection they set their goals to create a more perfect union, which implies that perfection cannot be reached. At least in this life and likely never.
