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I could agree then you bring mans depavity in. Why? Do you honestly think all humans, or Christians, believe that? If so, you have the closed mind.
No, I am simply talking about the scriptures, which decries cruelty to animals, but also instructs on what constitutes being a "good" slaveowner.
I understand that good folks such as yourself will pay attention to the things in the Bible that encourage goodness, kindness and love, and ignore the parts that cater to the depraved aspects of people. But that wasn't the point I was trying to make, which is that even the scriptures, despite having a lot of bad advice, has some things right, such as that you can tell a lot about a person's character / virtue by how they treat their animals.
Okay, as long as you don't throw God out with them.
If you chose to believe in the existence of some intelligence - hierarchy of intelligences (call it/them god if you like), fine, but toss away all the rest of the human-made detritus.
Okay, as long as you don't throw God out with them.
The thought never even crossed our minds
No, really. The god -claim remains as it was, even if religion goes in the skip. Undisprovable but unvalidated, and invalid. And that's all one needs to be atheist.
God to me is love, forgiveness, and acceptance. And note: forgiviveness isn't the sons of 'the bible'. It's how we treat fellow humans... And our 4 legged companions
Treat them kindly until time for dinner. We probably don't want to look too closely at the suffering many of our 4 legged friends endure during their short lives in preparation for the grills and stoves of the righteous, most of whom loudly espouse their love for animals. Loving one's dog and eating someone else's cow is hypocrisy in the extreme. The Buddhists are among the few religious who get this right.
Treat them kindly until time for dinner. We probably don't want to look too closely at the suffering many of our 4 legged friends endure during their short lives in preparation for the grills and stoves of the righteous, most of whom loudly espouse their love for animals. Loving one's dog and eating someone else's cow is hypocrisy in the extreme....
exactly
the hypocrisy is glaring
hypocrisy= "the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense"
Last edited by Tzaphkiel; 07-03-2016 at 10:50 AM..
No, I am simply talking about the scriptures, which decries cruelty to animals, but also instructs on what constitutes being a "good" slaveowner.
I understand that good folks such as yourself will pay attention to the things in the Bible that encourage goodness, kindness and love, and ignore the parts that cater to the depraved aspects of people. But that wasn't the point I was trying to make, which is that even the scriptures, despite having a lot of bad advice, has some things right, such as that you can tell a lot about a person's character / virtue by how they treat their animals.
Fair enough. The previous post didn't quite read that way but it was my misinterpretation. Thanks for the clarification.
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