fly boy
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I must again differ. Though Bruno made it clear that we are to steer clear of this debate, I must reaffirm that ethics and morality are impossible when God is removed from the picture, because there is then no fixed standard. If that point has been proven incorrect, you must show how. You can't simply say that it was.
I am not saying that atheists cannot be moral people, or that if people don't believe in the God of the Bible, they can't do good things. So that is not a fault. It is not a leap to any conclusion, it is simply the inevitable.
To bring it back to the point, the two cannot be separated, whether speaking on the ethics of robbing a bank, or the ethics of turning a key in a silo (not that I would liken nuclear warfare to bank robbing).
This class is not a waste of tax dollars. Do you argue that an in infantry soldier shouldn't get PTSD treatment, because, after all, he went into the infantry full well knowing that in combat, he might kill people, or see people be killed? Do you argue that a sniper should feel no guilt for killing a target? The fact that they have become a missile officer doesn't mean that they won't have doubts.
I am not saying that atheists cannot be moral people, or that if people don't believe in the God of the Bible, they can't do good things. So that is not a fault. It is not a leap to any conclusion, it is simply the inevitable.
To bring it back to the point, the two cannot be separated, whether speaking on the ethics of robbing a bank, or the ethics of turning a key in a silo (not that I would liken nuclear warfare to bank robbing).
This class is not a waste of tax dollars. Do you argue that an in infantry soldier shouldn't get PTSD treatment, because, after all, he went into the infantry full well knowing that in combat, he might kill people, or see people be killed? Do you argue that a sniper should feel no guilt for killing a target? The fact that they have become a missile officer doesn't mean that they won't have doubts.
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