tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post6510589574218538817..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: One more timeLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-43470154661760806462008-06-05T23:02:00.000-06:002008-06-05T23:02:00.000-06:00Good post. It's strange how believers need right a...Good post. It's strange how believers need right and wrong to be commanded and absolute...Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12256953909644408214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-30771806260243016112008-06-05T14:31:00.000-06:002008-06-05T14:31:00.000-06:00So, atheists are bound to be mistaken about right ...So, atheists are bound to be mistaken about right and wrong, because they're only human, but Christians' powers of moral perception are 100% accurate, despite the same handicap?<BR/><BR/>Those who claim knowledge of absolute morality are implying that they are intellectually infallible (in the area of ethics at least). Not a shred of humility there.<BR/><BR/>And if Peter doesn't think "God given" standards of ethical behavior change over time, he really ought to read his Bible. I doubt he'd want to live amongst the moral puritans of the Leviticus era.<BR/><BR/>PH is typical of those who pronounce moral standards according to religious authority: they want to claim their views are correct without doing any heavy philosophical lifting, while declaring their position immune from criticism.<BR/><BR/>And he confuses legal authority with moral authority when he talks about godfathers and gangs without, apparently, realizing those types are as likely to wear miters as fedoras.Steelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612062887585525213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-19110561389325976042008-06-05T12:33:00.000-06:002008-06-05T12:33:00.000-06:00Loved this post.God doesn't get you to absolute go...Loved this post.<BR/><BR/><I>God doesn't get you to absolute good. It gets you only to a good relative to what God wants. And, amazingly enough, God always wants what the theists want according to their own feelings at any time. And, of course, God doesn't exist, so basing our moral beliefs on the capricious desires of a non-existent being is stupid.</I><BR/><BR/>QFTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-52679372665202073452008-06-05T09:16:00.000-06:002008-06-05T09:16:00.000-06:00This is why I didn't address Hitchens' point but r...This is why I didn't address Hitchens' point but rather used the thread as my own inspiration for a different question. I am so tired of treading ground that Socrates blazed three thousand years ago.<BR/><BR/>But yes, I drew the same conclusion: it is the atheists' intimation that perhaps <I>we</I> are our own authority that shocks Hitchens.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.com