Faith-Seekers

[Ectezus]

I'm hoping to get some responses from the numerous faith-seekers on this forum;

1) Why do you currently not consider yourself a theist?
2) What are your reasons for trying to become one?

And since this is the morality forum and obviously not something else:
3) Do you consider it moral to clone yourself including all your memories so that clone thinks he's actually you and then trick that person into taking over your whole life while you leech of his bankaccount and drink lotsa cocktails in the Bahamas?


- Ectezus

 

[Ben-AG]

3) Do you consider it moral to clone yourself including all your memories so that clone thinks he's actually you and then trick that person into taking over your whole life while you leech of his bankaccount and drink lotsa cocktails in the Bahamas?

- Ectezus

The question here lies in, can that clone also deal with unruly mother-in-laws and alleviate some frustration from our lives?

 

[Ectezus]

The question here lies in, can that clone also deal with unruly mother-in-laws and alleviate some frustration from our lives?

Well since it's an exact clone of yourself: most likely not.
Unless you discover the tolerating-your-mother-in-law genes somehow, but I think neither god or evolution produced those.

 

[Ben-AG]

Well since it's an exact clone of yourself: most likely not.
Unless you discover the tolerating-your-mother-in-law genes somehow, but I think neither god or evolution produced those.

LOL Agreed!

 

[mattman59]

I'm hoping to get some responses from the numerous faith-seekers on this forum;

1) Why do you currently not consider yourself a theist?

Not enough evidence and the evidence we do have (Bible, Torah, Koran....) not only don't look like they were written by the all powerful creator of the universe, in fact most only make sense if you put them in the context of human writers making this stuff up as they go along.

2) What are your reasons for trying to become one?

Family mostly. My wife and all of my family are fairly liberal Christians but still cling to the notion of God. In my part of the country and in my family I would be a lot better off being a theist.

And since this is the morality forum and obviously not something else:
3) Do you consider it moral to clone yourself including all your memories so that clone thinks he's actually you and then trick that person into taking over your whole life while you leech of his bankaccount and drink lotsa cocktails in the Bahamas?


- Ectezus

Not really sure how to answer that. I don't think cloning is immoral as long as the cloned individual is given the same rights as a "normal" person and not treated like a lab animal who can be put down whenever.

 

[HighwayMan]

I'm hoping to get some responses from the numerous faith-seekers on this forum;

1) Why do you currently not consider yourself a theist?
2) What are your reasons for trying to become one?

And since this is the morality forum and obviously not something else:

I'm not really a "faith-seeker" as in someone looking for a specific church to belong to, but I think everyone should keep an open mind and consider opposite points of view. I think people are at their most foolish when absolutism is involved.

3) Do you consider it moral to clone yourself including all your memories so that clone thinks he's actually you and then trick that person into taking over your whole life while you leech of his bankaccount and drink lotsa cocktails in the Bahamas?


- Ectezus

Watch "Caprica", debuting this fall on the Sci-Fi channel. Quite relevant to this question, I'd say.

 

[HighwayMan]

Not enough evidence and the evidence we do have (Bible, Torah, Koran....) not only don't look like they were written by the all powerful creator of the universe, in fact most only make sense if you put them in the context of human writers making this stuff up as they go along.



Family mostly. My wife and all of my family are fairly liberal Christians but still cling to the notion of God. In my part of the country and in my family I would be a lot better off being a theist.

So you'd be lying to yourself if you did "find faith" and doing so only for your family. Not really the proper thing to do IMO. Seeking for truth should be free of obligations.

 

[Ectezus]

Thank you for your honest response Mattman. Reps

Family mostly. My wife and all of my family are fairly liberal Christians but still cling to the notion of God. In my part of the country and in my family I would be a lot better off being a theist.

Yes social pressure can be a potent force but does this mean you are 'pretending' to be a theist in your community (which I completely understand, I would probably do the same) or are you actually trying to accept god despite that you think there really isn't enough evidence to support the idea of a god?

Also, do you have discussions with your family about your point of view? If so: how did they react?

- Ectezus