I'm hoping you are referring to an afterlife when you speak of a "glorious future"--peace on earth cannot exist while there is still free will. Morality is relative. Why must one need someone to emulate? Purer values are formed through our own introspection. You speak of a foundation for ethics, do please tell me what that might be. I often ponder that very thing. The philosophy of "slave morality" seems to make the most sense to me. That, at first, those who possessed power thought themselves "good." This is noble, for they did not form this opinion through comparison. Those who lacked power established the idea of morality and martyrdom through comparison to those who possessed power over them as a result of their own bitter scorn. Our forefathers did not specify which 'God'they were referring to in order to preserve the freedom of religion. Growth comes though questioning, not humility. Isn't it paradoxical, "war in the name of peace?"
im afraid you misinterpreted and misunderstood. When you believe you know everything and are invincible....you do not grow...you stay the same and complacent. You must have humility to question. And I am not speaking of any God but my own. I understand your philosophy of moral relativism, but im afraid it is flawed. The only way the absolute moral truth I speak of exists is through God. But God is not even a necesity to prove relativism wrong. It is self refuting. With out an absolute truth, society can not exist and as we move toward a Godless society and "liberate" ourselves morally, you will discover our community becoming more depraved and perverted
Do you not believe that one may question with neither humility nor arrogance? Absolute truth--an extremely attractive idea, but if society does not accept this truth then isn't society doomed to become "Godless" anyway?
Yes. But there is repentence. And you do not have to hold yourself responsible for society. And if you do share your discovery...you do it out of love...cuz you care about them.
By the way...one must lower himself to truly ask a question. If you believe you can not improve, or the person you are asking is not capable of offering sound or worthy advice, it is not truly a question, just a rehitorical strategy used to make a point.
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Morality is relative. Why must one need someone to emulate? Purer values are formed through our own introspection.
You speak of a foundation for ethics, do please tell me what that might be. I often ponder that very thing. The philosophy of "slave morality" seems to make the most sense to me. That, at first, those who possessed power thought themselves "good." This is noble, for they did not form this opinion through comparison. Those who lacked power established the idea of morality and martyrdom through comparison to those who possessed power over them as a result of their own bitter scorn.
Our forefathers did not specify which 'God'they were referring to in order to preserve the freedom of religion.
Growth comes though questioning, not humility.
Isn't it paradoxical, "war in the name of peace?"
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By the way...one must lower himself to truly ask a question. If you believe you can not improve, or the person you are asking is not capable of offering sound or worthy advice, it is not truly a question, just a rehitorical strategy used to make a point.
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