god is a genesis of stupidity

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

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[fizzyland.livejournal.com]

I'd argue we owe every bit as much to Greek Philosophers, the Code of Hammurabi and other sources as we do faith traditions.

Slavery wasn't ended by religion and the fight for human equality has been resisted at every turn by religious conservatives.

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

Good, rich debates can be had on just about all the particular points being touched on; libraries can be buried with the debates. I'm just taking stock of an argument that I still find creditable, in which the Christian idea of each of us being accountable to God, with each soul being a key battleground between Good and Evil, may be our most solid foundation for a thoroughgoing notion of equality.

True the leaders on the earth, even Christian, have not held to the standard, even sanctioning slavery, but this is true for the Greek philosophers as well, and probably Hammurabi too.

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

Then why do you ascribe it reverence beyond human? Surely there is no earthly accountability other than what we've made for ourselves. Also, I could hold a god accountable for a thing or two, but alas, its a childish wish.

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

Then why do you ascribe it reverence beyond human?

I don't understand. What do you mean? I don't think I have been reverencing anything except to say that we cannot prove that there is no God. I'm not even saying that I believe there is a God, much less reverencing one.

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

Oh. I misunderstood.

"I'm just taking stock of an argument that I still find creditable, in which the Christian idea of each of us being accountable to God, with each soul being a key battleground between Good and Evil, may be our most solid foundation for a thoroughgoing notion of equality. True the leaders on the earth, even Christian, have not held to the standard, even sanctioning slavery"

There may be a positive outcome to a flawed idea. Usually it isn't so. I wish we were accountable to a God, but it appears we are only accountable to ourselves during our lives.