i probably shouldnt expose red's scam, but i will. when red says the bible is the greatest work of literature or whatever, he means "great" in the sense that is powerful and important in terms of explaining the world. like if i said "hitler had a great influence on the world". he says it like that so you can read it as if he is a nice fella and is respecting the crazy book, but he is a tricky fella. i definitely wish there was a big daddy. but the lashing out is because of two reasons: 1. it annoys me when lies are spread and people believe them. it pleases me when the truth is told about things. 2. it is dangerous to me and everyone to have people believe in myths. it infuriates me that we do not see that we are part of the problem of global irrationality that leads to so many bad things. i am not particularly uncomfortable accepting reality for what it is. i kinda like it. don't open your psychoanalysis practice just yet.
1) stop calling something a lie that cannot be disproved. 2) truth: martin is a jerk. are you pleased? It would be better if everyone lived by the saying "Love your neighbor as yourself". please explain to me how it wouldn't.
i think almost everyone but you understands the concept of a lie, so i wont go over it again. make up your mind! (by the way, the golden rule is based on reason, not magic)
then i think Red would have used words like "Most Influential" instead of "Greatest". If he knowingly misrepresented his true beliefs then it would be more like out right fraud. Nice. However, i am completely comfortable in accepting my belief of reality. Reality is what it is, and i think, through logical reasoning, that my belief is correct. But i'm not naive enough to nail the door shut.
no, the lie is something that is untrue. you cannot prove it is untrue, therefore you are unable to call them lies. it is hopeless to argue with you how? won't it benefit you to steal as much stuff from your mexican neighbors as you want? they won't know it's you, and you can have all their stuff.
Its easy to take things out of context and make something appear as a contradiction which is mostly what is happeneing here. This does not mean much of anything. The story of Noah is not meant to be taken literally. It is a story from which a kernel of truth is to be drawn. Not the depiction of actual events. No book in the Bible makes such a claim. Some Christians interpret the creation stories as literal, and using them have concluded the earth is only 5000 years old. The Bible relates a story of creation. Again a kernal of truth should be drawn. God can wipe out a village and still be merciful to those he obliterates. None of this really creates a problem when read in context. These are differnt accounts of Moses at distinct times not overall generalizations of his chracter. At times he was meek. At times he was not. Read these entire chapters. The context is key. I have to go to the airport. I will sign on later and finish this up.
like i was saying in another thread, there is a difference between what is rational for me and what is rational for the collective. thats what rules and laws are for, to balance the interests of individuals against the collective. what helps me may hurt you, so we have to think up rules that makimize utility for everyone. and thats the practical aim of philosophy and law and everything. so we have things like the golden rule, or the categorical imperative or whatever. and we must follow them or at least convince everyone else to follow them or else we have chaos. so we need to think up and enforce all sorts of rules or we will have a real hard time being happy, and we will all continually be screwing each other.
