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"True for you" is not exactly a universal.
So... do Christians have any ethical or moral backstops?
Yes, I think so only if it's realized in what we do, or don't do. In other words, just like everybody else, we do what we want.
I think this question about backstops is misguided. The ten commandments have no power to stop someone from acting contrary to what they command. We do what we think is good to do, for any myriad of reasons, and no moral statute can prohibit that. No one, then, has a backstop if a backstop is something that cannot be transgressed.
Plus there's whether they are absolutes and if not,
where the boundaries actually are
As a Christian, I would say, for me, love is supposed to function as an absolute in the sense that it can override other commands but itself cannot be overridden. Love always seeks what is to the benefit of those involved. Sometimes lying, for instance, can be overridden by love. If the Nazis knock looking for the Jews in my basement, I should lie according to the law of love.
That's me, but I'm sure many Christians would disagree, lol, so it's not an obvious absolute if it is one, and it's not a backstop. I have done some things that are not very loving, to my shame. I wish it were a backstop or whatever.
Concerning God's religion I have, and I see no value change. What history do you suggest I read? It doesn't all say the same thing and often data is a Rorschach test. Some book or record must have convinced you this was the case, what would that be?
I like that.
How might you say it in one sentence?
How about the part that puts love / compassion at the top,
overriding all other moral concerns
Yeah; but not all thinking is about moral decisions.Maybe we just see his poorly expressed post differently.
Moral facts are of course about how morality relates to reality.
Thinking is required in making moral decisions...
Yeah; I see you are not from the USA. In the US "bro" is just another term for friend.One thing you for sure got wrong, I'm nobody's "bro".
Yeah; but not all thinking is about moral decisions.
Yeah; I see you are not from the USA. In the US "bro" is just another term for friend.
I'm an atheist and a moral nihilist, so I'm not going to answer this question exactly as it is written.Please note, I'm not asking whether Atheists possess moral and ethical values. I'm asking whether there are any backstops that prevent atheists from deciding that behaviours that are currently considered immoral and unethical, are now morally and ethically acceptable.
Regarding christianity, slavery f.ex.Concerning God's religion I have, and I see no value change. What history do you suggest I read? It doesn't all say the same thing and often data is a Rorschach test. Some book or record must have convinced you this was the case, what would that be?
The bible is not against slavery, modern christians mostly are.Cool, something I've read about before. What history books, what records, what texts are you referring to on the issue of slavery for example? What in all of that made you think there was a value change?
The bible is not against slavery, modern christians mostly are.
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