tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143925273655347334.post7379743931691433821..comments2024-03-27T07:30:02.390+00:00Comments on drsolly: The source of morals and ethicsdrsollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15954188290191548178noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143925273655347334.post-38232219637115364072014-07-21T22:17:55.264+01:002014-07-21T22:17:55.264+01:00I'm still chuckling at the vision of you movin...I'm still chuckling at the vision of you moving diagonally...Wizzard Pranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528397831657045915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143925273655347334.post-43006013850681669702014-07-17T18:41:38.985+01:002014-07-17T18:41:38.985+01:00We all have a natural inclination for selfishness....We all have a natural inclination for selfishness. I'm happy to say that I can mostly overcome this tendency without outside help. You can too, because you already are. The fact that you're imagining help from a god doesn't reduce your achievement, it just diminishes it in your own eyes.drsollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954188290191548178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143925273655347334.post-43494726486320333422014-07-16T02:18:13.495+01:002014-07-16T02:18:13.495+01:00Christians are guilty of putting the Bible forth a...Christians are guilty of putting the Bible forth as if it were some kind of technical manual full of 1-2-3 procedures, or as simple as a paint-by-numbers approach to how to live. Just compile it and run it, and everything will be fine. Hogwash. We talk about "divine inspiration" as if the human authors and translators were just robots. Some holy books were allegedly received by "automatic writing," but that's never been either a Jewish or Christian view of the Bible. Inspiration means something more.<br /><br />I need God, to know right from wrong. Maybe others don't, and that's fine. I can only speak for myself. If God is a crutch, then I am a cripple. I know that my natural inclination is towards selfishness and confronting my need for God, at the grotesque cross, pushes me to see beyond my own wants and needs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143925273655347334.post-30873107081962616392014-07-15T23:24:27.565+01:002014-07-15T23:24:27.565+01:00That's pretty much my point. We can't get ...That's pretty much my point. We can't get our morals and ethics from an old book that is hardly ever clear, and often contradicts itself, it has to come from our reasoning.<br /><br />What you're saying with "The revelation of God in the Bible has not changed--our reasoning has changed." is that you can't rely on the revelation from your god, and when the revelation from your god conflicts with your reasoning, then your reasoning trumps your god.<br /><br />Which means, you don't actually need your god to know right from wrong.<br />drsollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954188290191548178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143925273655347334.post-63589831483353218002014-07-15T14:05:13.749+01:002014-07-15T14:05:13.749+01:00The model used within Anglicanism is the three-leg...The model used within Anglicanism is the three-legged stool, balancing scripture (as primary), faith, and reason. Where scripture is plain, there is no debate. If the Bible said "women can't be bishops," that would largely be the end of it.<br /><br />Where the Bible isn't clear, then faith and reason play a greater role. It's oversimplistic to say the Bible says "women can't be bishops." Paul writes that, for his part, he doesn't permit women to be overseers (epi-scopes, or bishops). That doesn't make it universal even in his day. There is evidence in the New Testament for a female apostle, although it's not cut and dry.<br /><br />The revelation of God in the Bible has not changed--our reasoning has changed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com