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i think people should be allowed to marry who they wish. having said that, i don't think a 10 year old is capable of making that decision at such a young age.So would you say that the morality that allows a 60 year old Muslim man to marry a child of 10 wrong and why?
i think people should be allowed to marry who they wish. having said that, i don't think a 10 year old is capable of making that decision at such a young age.
i don't understand where this is going.
intuition says no. simply because of what marriage entails.
i don't understand your point.
define moral.
lol. all that for nothing. i agree with you that morality is subjective, and that as christians we simply abide by the morality 'given' to us by god.Exactly...there is no such thing as a moral.....what is your definition?
lol. all that for nothing. i agree with you that morality is subjective, and that as christians we simply abide by the morality 'given' to us by god.
this will not prevent me, though, from saying that some things are morally wrong, even if others disagree.
i stand by my earlier statement that we should not treat others as they would not want to be treated. though some may do it, i doubt very much they could justify it. i think the definition of a moral/immoral behavior would have to be justified.
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re-reading that, i am saying two different things. maybe an absolute morality could exist, even if others want to disagree. it is not important that they disagree; can they justify their disagreement?
isn't this simply a clever way around the question?Exactly, thats why I said it had toi be looked at from a non religious perspective..with out God morals do not really exist as concrete....merely subjective thought.
I don't think most Christians force their beliefs on others.A lot people complain that Christians "force their beliefs" on others. I think about what that means and I cannot come up with a clear definition. I do not see how you can force someone to believe what you believe outside of force of logic. If you show them something and they are forced to believe it then all you have done is highlighted reality for them. Maybe someone could clarify exactly what secret mind powers other Christians possess that they are using to force non-Christians to believe things?
I think this is more of a social phenomenon than a religious one. Some people defend tradition even if they're not religious.gay marriage.
As someone else said, "forcing your beliefs on others" does not mean "forcing others to believe what you do", it means "forcing others to live according to your beliefs when they do not share them".A lot people complain that Christians "force their beliefs" on others. I think about what that means and I cannot come up with a clear definition. I do not see how you can force someone to believe what you believe outside of force of logic. If you show them something and they are forced to believe it then all you have done is highlighted reality for them. Maybe someone could clarify exactly what secret mind powers other Christians possess that they are using to force non-Christians to believe things?
As someone else said, "forcing your beliefs on others" does not mean "forcing others to believe what you do", it means "forcing others to live according to your beliefs when they do not share them".
This includes:
1. "family values" legislation
2. closing of topless bars and other adult establishments
3. crusades against porn and other parts of the adult industry
4. marriage amendments
5. assaults on science education, i.e. dumbing down the nation so that it is unable to compete in technology and is the laughingstock of the world
I am not wanting you to do anything. I am not trying to get you to go to topless bars. I am not trying to get you to watch porn. I am not trying to tell you who you can marry and who you can't. I am not trying to restrict you from doing anything other than trying to restrict me.So if we listen to your way of how these things are to be done...are you not forcing your beliefs on us?
I am not wanting you to do anything. I am not trying to get you to go to topless bars. I am not trying to get you to watch porn. I am not trying to tell you who you can marry and who you can't. I am not trying to restrict you from doing anything other than trying to restrict me.
In what way am I forcing beliefs on you, other than to ask you not to force beliefs on me?
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