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  Moral responsibility.

  by nicolaou in

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  no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

  please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

  a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

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  nicolaou

  My point remains valid even if that's true.
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  Moral responsibility.

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

  please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

  a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

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  Does anyone remember the 70's TV miniseries Roots? It told the story of Kunta Kinte, an African man captured and sold into slavery, and of his descendants and their subsequent mistreatment on the road to freedom.

  I remember one scene where the author ,who is trying to discover his roots, is confonted by a racist who trys to 'educate' him saying that the intelligence clearly shown by this black man can only be accounted for by the fact that some of his ancestors were white (the rapist plantation owners).

  Sea Breeze and others employ a similar scurrilous tactic. Apparently, the only reason atheists have any morality is because of our ancestor/creator. Our Heavenly Father. God.

  Couldn't be that we've arrived at an ethical and moral outlook on our own.

  Sea Breeze in my opinion doesn't represent most Christians. He's unashamedly condescending, blind to his own arrogance and dismissive of established scientific discoveries because he knows better.

  He's the equivalent of the offensive, racist, dinosaur who just cannot accept reality. I won't be wasting my time on him.
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  168

  Moral responsibility.

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

  please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

  a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

  1. 
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  nicolaou

  Your answer presupposses that you know what harmful or good to others is

  I know that allowing a child to fall under a train is harmful. You keep throwing the insult of chemical accident around but this chemical accident clearly has more compassion than a self declared creation of God.
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  168

  Moral responsibility.

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

  please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

  a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  nicolaou

  I often wondered what would happen in such an emergency as post # 1

  You ignore your instructions and do the right thing.
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  168

  Moral responsibility.

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

  please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

  a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  nicolaou

  Just because some moral issues are more controversial and open to argument doesn't mean that they all are.

  I asked about the morality of needlessly allowing a child to die and all you've done is look for a way to justify that death.

  So much for Christian morality.
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  168

  Moral responsibility.

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

  please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

  a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  nicolaou

  I didn't dismiss your response. But you never responded when I challenged your assumption

  
  

  I answered that on page 10.
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  168

  Moral responsibility.

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

  please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

  a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  nicolaou

  Oh, and try to spell others names correctly. It's just good manners.
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  168

  Moral responsibility.

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

  please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

  a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  nicolaou

  Or do you have another source (other than God) to present that accounts for your objectivce morality?

  I gave you that on previous pages. It's frustrating when you take the time to answer the questions put to you by your opponent to then have them summarily dismissed.

  Stop posting links and answer for yourself Sea Breeze.
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  168

  Moral responsibility.

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

  please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

  a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  nicolaou

  You wouldn't have thought there'd be any controversy over the original post. To save a child or through your wilful inaction allow it to die. In a sane and moral universe this would be a pointless question.

  But put religious ideology into the mix and everything gets fucked up. Religion is like giving prescription glasses to someone with perfect vision.
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  168

  Moral responsibility.

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

  please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

  a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  nicolaou

  Nicholau, This is a simple but honest question that I would like to hear your response to:

  How do you determine right from wrong?

  If my actions cause harm to other people, creatures or the planet they are 'wrong'. If they benefit others they are 'good'.

  See how easy that is?