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To: exmarine
If it is true that each community is correct in choosing its own morals (as you have plainly stated), then the Christian community cannot be wrong!!

Sure it can, you have, as usual, chosen to refute what you'd prefer I'd have said to what I have actually said.

If I am correct about the source of moral precepts, than obviously, unlike you, I do not think they are infallible, than I accept that they could have been chosen in error, or they could have become erroneous due to changing circumstances. You would, in fact, expect this to be a rather common state of affairs that has to continuously guarded against, and could, in fact, produce utter failure of a culture. Such a failure, contrary to your oft and loudly asserted assumption, is not evidence that nature is not, in fact, the source of moral inclinations since nature, unlike your version of God, make no claims to infallibility.

1,240 posted on 05/01/2003 9:19:21 AM PDT by donh
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To: donh
Sure it can, you have, as usual, chosen to refute what you'd prefer I'd have said to what I have actually said.

You keep changing your story when I catch you in a contradiction. If you insist, I will go back and find your posts where you clearly explained that each community decides its own morals, and make a liar out of you. When you you can't win the argument - equivocate and evade - are these part of your moral value system?

1,242 posted on 05/01/2003 9:21:20 AM PDT by exmarine
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To: donh
If I am correct about the source of moral precepts, than obviously, unlike you, I do not think they are infallible, than I accept that they could have been chosen in error, or they could have become erroneous due to changing circumstances. You would, in fact, expect this to be a rather common state of affairs that has to continuously guarded against, and could, in fact, produce utter failure of a culture.

YOu can only be correct within your community. From now on, every time you try to argue that moral absolutes are not correct, I am simply going to respond that I belong to the Christian community and our community is as correct as yours. All you can do at this point is tell me what morals you prefer - you cannot make any truth claims about morals without contradicting yourself.

Such a failure, contrary to your oft and loudly asserted assumption, is not evidence that nature is not, in fact, the source of moral inclinations since nature, unlike your version of God, make no claims to infallibility.

Nature is YOUR source - you cannot say MY source is wrong. My community decides what basis to use for our morals and you cannot say it is incorrect. Or, you can try to force my community to adopt YOUR system - good luck.

1,243 posted on 05/01/2003 9:24:48 AM PDT by exmarine
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