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When two people are involved they each have a different reality. Those realities are based on their thoughts, background, culture, and many other things making up that reality. But if only two are involved there is one more reality that is involved and that is the right reality. Either of the...

Obviously you and doubter feel differently. TM _____________________________________ TM Sorry I mislead you. I too feel very strongly that these rules or standards came from God. Two ways 1. via the commands and the scriptures and 2. imparted somewhat as "eternity in their hearts.":)

As for christian influence.... is this a historical coincidence or correlation? axeman ___________________________________________ Whichever, it is still there today. _____________________________________ What about the crusades? The dark ages? The inquisition? The witch burnings...

axeman - You are almost exactly right or at least as far as you went. I have lived among those cultures that you describe and they are a form of hell to live in. Those people, however, believed and reasoned that what they were doing was best and suited their circumstances all by their human...

But in any event there is nothing to suggest Sen. Moynihan meant anything of the kind. stu _________________________________________ Then what did he mean? He didn't say up. _________________________________________ You may however care to consider that continuous reappraisal would allow...

I am intrigued by this phrase. If you think it is dumbing down deviancy to bring an end the immorality of being given excuse for murdering someone you don't like, because it says in the bible witches must be put to death, then more power to "defining deviency down", as you put it...

explain to your kids the consequences [of] their actions will have on others? That it is better for them not to do anything which might unfairly impact another's life" stu __________________________________________ Is this only for our culture or does it apply to other cultures as well...

Furthermore, it is eminently more just, practical and reasonable to set moral value from a continuous reappraisal by humanity of the reasonableness of such moral standards. stu ________________________________________ Is this not "defining deviancy down"?

I want someone to prove to me that computer desk is exactly 32.6" long,without citing a standard of measure (you cant use a ruler!) WHAT is the proper method of formulating laws for man? axe ________________________________________ Then what is the standard of measure for the law?:confused:

I don't. I see no evidence to suggest that 'christians' nowadays have any understanding as to what might be suitable as right or wrong under an independant impartial rule of law. stu ______________________________________ If you get all your analysis from CNN, other major media and the...

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77% Back Display of Ten Commandments By the way, a new USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll says 77 percent of Americans oppose the removal of the Ten Commandments monument in Alabama. ________________________________________ axeman - There is a christian church on every corner...

There would be no state religion or anything of that kind inserted then or now. axeman ________________________________ Where are my posts calling for a theocracy? Where are the calls for a state religion? I am personally abhorrent of either. Religion is absolutely personal and cannot...

Adultery over centuries has become to mean a breach of faith. For this commandment to be considered immutable,(my warning to doubter to watch out for the word), the commandment would have to read something on the lines of "Thou shalt not break any vows thy made'st with thy spouse"...

In biblical times you could own many wives, mistresses and slaves who were considered to be a man's property. So long as you fornicated with your own property and not someone else’s you did not commit adultery. It was a question of property rights. Not an act of faith between 2 people. So a...

marketsurfer - You are probably correct. My only question would be. The actual amount of the Christians' influence. I do not believe that the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution are Christian documents or that they were based on the Christian religion. I also do not believe that...

The duties of men are summarily comprised in the Ten Commandments, consisting of two tables; one comprehending the duties which we owe immediately to God-the other, the duties we owe to our fellow men. Noah Webster ____________________________ John Witherspoon, President of Princeton and...

The oaths in our courts would be useless without "the sense of religious obligation." _______________________________ "And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion." _________________________________ "Reason and experience both...

First of all, I . . . rely upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins. Samuel Adams, Signer of the Declaration To my Creator I resign myself, humbly confding in His goodness and in His mercy through Jesus Christ for the events of eternity. John Dickinson, Signer of the...

The problem is there is no such entity as christian morality, which is reliable as a basis for law. stu _____________________________________ Of course this is more of your "right thinking".