Prof Tiger & Sardis "All Things Considered" Theology Hut

[hedge]

"Offering the daughters was heinous - but not as heinous as allowing a guest in your house to be mistreated."

Which illustrates the point I was making, which is: that's pretty fucked up...

[Johnette's Daddy]

"Offering the daughters was heinous - but not as heinous as allowing a guest in your house to be mistreated."

Which illustrates the point I was making, which is: that's pretty fucked up...

There are situations where all of the choices are different degrees of fucked up. That's life. You choose the least evil one - which was the case, in Lot's example, because the men weren't going to choose his daughters, anyway.

[SnoodGator]

Discuss: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20 ... oral-issue

[Johnette's Daddy]

Discuss: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20 ... oral-issue

Good read and spot on with respect to the zealotry of some God haters.

[AlabamAlum]

I thought it was rambling and without a clear purpose. A clumsily hewn attempt to offer 'the argument from design' framed around a even more clumsy, 'some atheists are mean'.

Meh.

[hedge]

Discuss: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20 ... oral-issue

Good read and spot on with respect to the zealotry of some God haters.

The God haters have a lot of ground to make up if they want to catch up to the zealotry of some God lovers, of which history is littered with ample examples. The Inquisition, 9/11, etc, etc, etc...

[crashcourse]

you never see god haters or aetheists mass together for destructive purposes

if you're a god hater --you are awknowledging there is a god that you hate. so you and aetheists dont have anything in common

agnostics get along with everybody

[AlabamAlum]

Except the southern baptists...

[hedge]

That's a good point, crash. The "god haters" don't hate god, they hate the god lovers...

[crashcourse]

yeah everybodys going to hell according to those guys. northern baptists are much less draconian

[SnoodGator]

FWIW, I thought it meandered as well. The line about God's existence (or non existence) being an objective question similar to two plus two equals four is noteworthy.

[bluetick]

Discuss: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20 ... oral-issue

Good read and spot on with respect to the zealotry of some God haters.

The God haters have a lot of ground to make up if they want to catch up to the zealotry of some God lovers, of which history is littered with ample examples. The Inquisition, 9/11, etc, etc, etc...

I wasn't around at the Inquisition, but some of the recent examples probably have more to do with grabbing power or maintaining dominance over people..under the guise of religion. Lob a few grenades, scream Allah Akkbar, and go back to the apartment and watch porn.

[sardis]

What religion was Stalin? Mao Tse-Tung?

[hedge]

Judging from their behavior, I'd say devout catholics...

[sardis]

You won't find me defending the papists. That's prof's daunting task...

[bluetick]

It's all so simple, really. Treat others like you want to be treated. Works for all nations, ethnicities, religions, and several fraternal organizations.

[sardis]

Hmmm, where did that idea come from?

[AlabamAlum]

You're not suggesting that idea first came from Christianity, are you?

[sardis]

No, but it is where tick and the Western world heard it.

[AlabamAlum]

Maybe. But the Christians most likely got it from Herodotus or Isocrates.