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| Topic: Is the inter net a tool of evil or good or both? | |
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Yes, the Internet is the child of Satan. Whosoever shall use the Internet shall be cast into the eternal hellfire. There shall be no repentance for having used the Internet. Having logged on a single time will guarantee eternal damnation. Even if the intent was good. The Internet is like a spiritual black hole. Once you have cross over the horizon into cyberspace there is no return. Al Gore is Satan? 
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Edited by
SkyHook5652
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Wed 10/01/08 08:31 PM
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however animals do appear to have an aesthetic sense of beauty
Yes, of course. The "One True God" theory is the only context within which the concept of absolute good and evil can be reconciled. The problem is that there is no way to discern exactly what that god's viewpoint is with 100% reliability. And so, we end up back at square one - each individual viewpoint is just as valid as evey other.
they may choose a more attractive fruit or even bring colored strings back to their nest or have an affinity for a shiny button or a stuffed toy. the concept of good and evil may stem from qualitative differences beyond humanity. moreover even among humans, assessments of good and evil are not equivalent. what Kim Jong Il finds beautiful may be somewhat different from what Mother Theresa found beautiful - how do wedistinguish among these contrasting senses of good and evil? one god.  |
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Yes, of course. The "One True God" theory is the only context within which the concept of absolute good and evil can be reconciled. The problem is that there is no way to discern exactly what that god's viewpoint is with 100% reliability. And so, we end up back at square one - each individual viewpoint is just as valid as evey other. I do not accept that each individual viewpoint is just as valid as every other. This would reduce human ethics to the level of bacteria. God's viewpoint need not be perfectly understood to allow for reasonable assessments of good and evil. It does not take a complete knowledge of god's nature, purpose and laws to discern the qualitative difference between Kim Jong Il and Mother Theresa.
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Edited by
SkyHook5652
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Fri 10/03/08 01:29 PM
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Yes, of course. The "One True God" theory is the only context within which the concept of absolute good and evil can be reconciled. The problem is that there is no way to discern exactly what that god's viewpoint is with 100% reliability. And so, we end up back at square one - each individual viewpoint is just as valid as evey other. I do not accept that each individual viewpoint is just as valid as every other. This would reduce human ethics to the level of bacteria.God's viewpoint need not be perfectly understood to allow for reasonable assessments of good and evil. It does not take a complete knowledge of god's nature, purpose and laws to discern the qualitative difference between Kim Jong Il and Mother Theresa.
Again, this is nothing but the "everybody knows" argument. The only logical outcome of that argument is that validity is determined by "the majority rule".
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This is like deciding which of the two flies crawling up the wall will get there first... I have decided that stupidity and ignorance is the true evil... .......although evil is a bit of a manipulative myth anywho, so I guess stoooopidity is the true stupidity... and the internet is a bit of electronic entertainment and expediency in getting one's stuff done... |
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