To: adiaireton8
"One of the requirements of morality has to do with loving God."
That's not how Merriam-Webster defines it. The set of morals for a particular faith may require such devotion (and likely would, considering the source), but the word 'morality' itself, as defined in the English language, has no such specific requirements.
123 posted on
10/07/2005 11:41:51 AM PDT by
NJ_gent
(Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.)
To: NJ_gent
That's not how Merriam-Webster defines it. The set of morals for a particular faith may require such devotion (and likely would, considering the source), but the word 'morality' itself, as defined in the English language, has no such specific requirements. But what morality itself (not the word 'morality', nor the concept *morality*) is, includes love of God. Neither the editors of Merriam-Webster nor the popular usage of the term 'morality' determines what morality itself is.
-A8
138 posted on
10/07/2005 11:58:51 AM PDT by
adiaireton8
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