Dear Atheists..

[KS55]

But yesterday’s events in Southport show what happens when each has their own moral code. Morality has to be based on the common good and in some way that, for me at any rate, depends on trying to fathom what the purpose of this great big universe is. I find it very difficult to rationalise the thought that this massive and intricately complex universe does not have a purpose.

Oh dear.

 

[johnny crossan]

Wrong wrong wrong. Religious propaganda. Do you really swallow the idea ( for eg) that “Thou shalt not murder” is Judaeo Christian? The death penalty, the removal of rights from other religions, the legal disability of women: just a few examples of English law through the ages. Do you really think these were accepted religious beliefs? Accepted by whom?

I'm afraid so (accepted by the majority of citizens btw)

what's that got to do with anything?

the limits of petitionary prayer?

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

Wrong wrong wrong. Religious propaganda. Do you really swallow the idea
( for eg) that “Thou shalt not murder” is Judaeo Christian?
The death penalty, the removal of rights from other religions, the legal disability of women: just a few examples of English law through the ages. Do you really think these were accepted religious beliefs? Accepted by whom?

pretty much all in the Old Testament mate...'an eye for an eye'..thou shalt not worship false idols'...etc...although they did have a fairly enlightened view on Womens rights...(that went backwards)

 

[KS55]

I'm afraid so (accepted by the majority of citizens btw)

the limits of petitionary prayer?

So each time a church changes its beliefs, the majority of citizens magically change theirs? Discuss in the light of the Marriage Act 1740 et seq.

 

[KS55]

pretty much all in the Old Testament mate...'an eye for an eye'..thou shalt not worship false idols'...etc...although they did have a fairly enlightened view on Womens rights...(that went backwards)

They predate the Old Testament or at least the then knowledge of the OT.

 

[Marklr]

Religious morals are stuck in the times they were written down. If we go by them, we should be getting our slaves from the surrounding nations still. Beating them ...but not to death. Taking their children to OWN for life.

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

They predate the Old Testament or at least the then knowledge of the OT.

well..there was fk all about them in the Epic of Gligamesh...

 

[tonea2003]

I'm afraid so (accepted by the majority of citizens btw)

the limits of petitionary prayer?

you've got worse over the years mate

the limits of petitionary prayer hmm i wonder why that is.................

i love the fact that theists get themselves embroiled in philosophical dogma time and time again trying to explain away why nothing is there. its funny

 

[GaudinoMotors]

How is it that cavemen survived the asteroid but dinosaurs didn't ?




Just askin'

They were more intelligent.

 

[johnny crossan]

So each time a church changes its beliefs, the majority of citizens magically change theirs? Discuss in the light of the Marriage Act 1740 et seq.

Not sure what you mean about changes of belief, not doing that is generally the idea of a religion. Hardwicke's act did certainly did negatively impact the income of of Gretna Green blacksmiths among others deprived of their marriage making role in favour of clerics.