[Seekers] Punishment
Farrell Till jftill@midwest.net
Mon, 02 Mar 1998 08:53:40 -0800 (00888879220, 2.2.32.19980302165340.006f1b48@midwest.net)
At 11:39 PM 3/1/98 -0600, Ward Fenley wrote:
TILL
>> I also issue a challenge to Ward to tell us how the Bible can be used to
>> determine absolute morality, since the Bible is just a written document.
>
>
FENLEY
>Again, I will do this provided you answer my questions. Remember, I am
>not trying to prove to YOU that morality originated in the Bible. My
>post was to Linda who, up until recently professed statements like:
>
>"Many of you here have eaten from the Tree of Knowledge. You are full
>and satisfied that you know it all. You, having all truth, will never
>learn anything more. There are others who still hunger and thirst for
>the Word of God."
>
>I was approaching her from this vantage point.
>
>Of course I cannot prove that morality originated in the BIBLE (though I
>believe it did). I simply want those on this list to show me and prove
>to me why they do or do not believe in moral absolutes.
>
TILL
I'm not at all sure what you are trying to argue. Please explain. Perhaps
that could best be done if you would state your belief in the form of a
debating proposition, such as, "Absolute morality exists and can be
determined only by reading the Bible."
Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net