(Ron) Catholic sexual ethics
Joseph Crea Joseph.Crea@worldnet.att.net
Sat, 4 Apr 1998 22:52:11 +0000 (00891751931, 19980404225209.AAA7826@LOCALNAME)
Hello again, Ron!
At 11:03 AM 4/4/98 -0500, Brian Dean wrote:
>STEVE
>
>Ron, in Australia the figure quoted in the papers was about 7% of
>priests being charged... I dont know of any other profession with
>such a high% of child molestors.
>
>
>RON
But, as I proved earlier, without effective rebuttal, atheists have no
basis >for their morality except their own desires. They, in effect, become
their own
>God. If there is no God (or karma for you Buddhist/Hindus) then why not
>do what you like as long as there are no negative repercussions? "It
>ain't a crime if you don't get caught!"
CREA
I don't recall you "proving" any such thing. I recall you making a lot
of assertions, but the absence of a rebuttal is not a demonstration of the
soundness of your arguments. And, Ron, the existence of Buddhist, Hindu and
Jain moral codes present a strong assault on your position that "God" must
be the source of morality. Buddhism holds that morality is objective and
built-in to the entire scheme of things (which they call dharma). The Hindus
say much the same, but they call the moral under-pinning RTA. And for the
Jains, morality is just another example of the common properties which
exhibit as order of that variety of matter known as jivas. They ALL agree
that morality has nothing whatsoever to do with "God", and both Buddhism and
Jainism are overtly atheistic, yet you have admitted (above) that they have
a basis for their morality which certainly seems not to be based on their
own desires. From here it looks like you're spending the better part of
your time simply changing which foot is stuck in your mouth.
With Mettaa,
Joseph Crea
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