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Originally Posted by raytri";p="
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Originally Posted by B-Jakkyl";p="
I don't think the two can coexist.....
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Why ever not? Start with the conundrum that such people DO exist, such as Demosthenes and I. |
What makes you think that you and Demosthenes are
nice people?
I'm jus' messing with ya....
In all fairness I really didn't word that the way I wanted to. As I am not so much an advocate in the practice of organized Religion. I do however encourage most everyone that I meet to seek out a
Personal Relationship with God. Those that have tried to impose legalistic morality do as much damage as a person that holds an AK-47 to your head and forces the worship of allah.....
So a better way to word it is that I can't fathom the concept of living a decent life ie: working hard, helping others, properly raise a family, be a good spouse...ect. without the idea of a good set of values. That through time we have developed a good sense of what is right and what is wrong. We know this because of the way we are wired (ala 'created'). For if we acted as our
natural instincts would want us to act, we wouldn't marry, we wouldn't care about our fellow man, we wouldn't work any harder than we wanted to. How many other mammals on this planet care for their own species like Humans do? If you are anything other than a human, then it's every 'being' for itself. Can you imagine what a chaotic world it would be if EVERY person acted like that?