Re: Going back...

Pim van Meurs (entheta@eskimo.com)
Sat, 21 Jun 1997 10:48:07 -0400

CW: Problem is, all the "Christian" evils you cite are based on
*distortions*
of the teachings of Jesus, which even a casual reading of the four gospel
books will show.

Yet those who did all these 'evils' claimed that it was based on the bible
? So perhaps the bible does not allow for an objective standard ? Perhaps
your casual reading of the four gospels will provide you with some
standards but how can you say that this standard will be the same for all
others who browse through these
chapters ?

CW: OTOH, materialism has no moral base with which to condemn evils
committed in the name of materialism.

And neither does christianity have a moral base with which to condemn
evils commited in the name of christianity either then.

CW: No act can "distort" materialist morality, it can only violate your
personal, subjective "empathy". Indeed, if materialism must rely on a
concept as nebulous and subjective as "empathy" for a moral base, it
cannot even define evil an any universal sense.

And the same applies to christian morality as well. No objective standard,
no eternal standard, no universal standard. Any condemnation of evils
committed in the name of christianity are based upon a personal subjective
interpretation of the teachings and morality of the bible. History has
shown this all too clearly.