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Hey Dan..... And anyone else here.
And God bless Jess. And BEAUTIFUL magenta! Wish I had your knowledge.
Hope I can chime in with 2-cents.
I think it was Ravi Zacharius I heard say,
(he may have been quoting someone else?)
But he said, 'In some cultures they love their neighbor,
In some cultures they eat them, ... Do you have a preference?'
Making a point about cultural/moral relativism.
Is killing, cooking and eating your neighbor
A worse choice than caring, loving and helping them
If there is no God? Why or why not?
Btw, perhaps Jess might like Ravi's ministry.
I'm not making an endorsement...I haven't checked him out
in a long time myself, which I should...
The title, 'Let My People Think', says it all what he's about...
thinking about God, Life, Scripture in a deep way, something Jess
seems to be into, (as we all should). Think I'll pay them a long overdue
visit myself...I got some great insight from them long ago, and have
kind of gotten away from those challenges to the mind,
a sometimes forgotten place where we are ALSO called
to love the Lord our God (with).
Sometimes it seems my heart and
mind are at battle with each other,
but God says we are to love Him and each other
with ALL our heart AND ALL our mind together, not taking turns, lol.
Thx to you ppl and this thread for the encouragement in that direction.
And God bless Jess. And BEAUTIFUL magenta! Wish I had your knowledge.
Hope I can chime in with 2-cents.
I think it was Ravi Zacharius I heard say,
(he may have been quoting someone else?)
But he said, 'In some cultures they love their neighbor,
In some cultures they eat them, ... Do you have a preference?'
Making a point about cultural/moral relativism.
Is killing, cooking and eating your neighbor
A worse choice than caring, loving and helping them
If there is no God? Why or why not?
Btw, perhaps Jess might like Ravi's ministry.
I'm not making an endorsement...I haven't checked him out
in a long time myself, which I should...
The title, 'Let My People Think', says it all what he's about...
thinking about God, Life, Scripture in a deep way, something Jess
seems to be into, (as we all should). Think I'll pay them a long overdue
visit myself...I got some great insight from them long ago, and have
kind of gotten away from those challenges to the mind,
a sometimes forgotten place where we are ALSO called
to love the Lord our God (with).
Sometimes it seems my heart and
mind are at battle with each other,
but God says we are to love Him and each other
with ALL our heart AND ALL our mind together, not taking turns, lol.
Thx to you ppl and this thread for the encouragement in that direction.
If it is a case of where my morality comes from I think it is how I was raised the culture I live in. I am a product of my history, my biology, my society.
I believe ( kind of like the Buddhist view) that people simply want a happy life and to avoid suffering. Avoid suffering of themselves but also others. Killing someone would be traumatic for me and for those I have killed.
Therefore killing someone is the worse choice because it makes life worse. If everyone behaves that way it make society more dangerous. our actions have consequences that impact on us. So there are many reasons why I view it as a worse choice.
Compassion for example, why be compassionate? Because it makes the world a nicer place to live. It makes me happier it makes others happier.
Why do you think that there is moral relativism? Do you think that if you discovered that there was no god you would start going and killing people? Is it the thought of God the only thing that stops you doing bad things?
I will checkout Ravi's ministry It sounds interesting.
I am really excited to talk more about these things sydlit. Thanks for your thoughtful post.