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  1. spiritually inclined

    Any Mary-worshippers here?

    edit.....posted to wrong forum
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    Genocide

    If you just finish reading the post, you will see that I said: I have actually already apologized for my generalizations and attempted to clarify myself, but you seem intent on bashing me today. Go right ahead, I honestly don't care if you think I am a bigot. I am well aware that there are...
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    Genocide

    It is true that I cannot say what I would have been in another time and place, and it may be that there were times when genocide was necessary for the survival of a group. My contention is that this is a revenge killing; perhaps they had other reasons to do this, maybe not. If you believe it...
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    Genocide

    That is a difference I recognize, and I do not deprecate either religion, although I do believe they are dangerous in their fundamentalist forms. The same goes for Islam and any other religion. James
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    Genocide

    I apologize for my generalizations; I do not think most Christians would defend such acts today; however, in my own dealings with literalists or fundamentalists, I find that they will defend something in their holy texts that they would not ordinarily condone. James edit: it should be noted I...
  6. spiritually inclined

    Genocide

    It does, thank you, I will get back to the rest of this thread later.
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    Genocide

    It is more clear to say that I believe in situational ethics, and yes, I do make a distinction between killing and murder. In general, I think of murder as taking the life of a human person when that person is not/has not caused harm, when the taking of the life does not serve, at least in the...
  8. spiritually inclined

    Genocide

    If you are unaware of how many religious people literalize their mythologies and religious texts, just do a little research on fundamentalism. What problem? I understand that murder can have different definitions, and what is defined as murder in one time and place may not be defined as...
  9. spiritually inclined

    Genocide

    You miss the point: that is not the way these religious texts are generally understood, at least not by literalists. It is important to open up texts to question, especially when they are often undisputed and read literally. If that is tiresome or bothersome to you, you do not have to read or...
  10. spiritually inclined

    Genocide

    No, I do not believe in ultimate right or wrong but that human empathy and the basis of morality is rooted in the human brain. Ultimately, I do not believe in a god or supreme judge of morality. I do think life can be enhanced on this planet by adhering to natural human empathy and reason...
  11. spiritually inclined

    Genocide

    Apparently they did not find it immoral; they believed it was the command of God. Does that mean it was not wrong for them to kill innocent children? In other cultures in which slavery is deemed acceptable, even moral, does that make slavery okay? Is morality so relative as to mean that in...
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    Genocide

    How is this relevant to the question of how murdering people, including children and infants, is moral, at any time? Do you believe it was not immoral to commit infanticide and genocide just because it happened in another time period for superstitious religious reasons? James
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    Religious Freedom or Child Abuse?

    Frubals, Dallas!
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    Religious Freedom or Child Abuse?

    I do not support abuse, whether it is sanctioned by religion or not. Any parent willingly denying their children needed medical treatment, especially to save the child's life, should not have a child. This article, Human Sacrifice Has Been Legalized, by Greg Irwin, sums it up well for me: James
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    Genocide

    Christians often jump to defend this genocide and slaughter of non-human life by claiming that the actions of the ancestors (committed hundreds of years ago!) of the Amalekites justified the murder of their descendants, even innocent infants, children, and animals. In modern times, at least in...
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