RE: [asa] An Evolutionary Theory of Right and Wrong

Some actually read, "Thou shall not kill" actually as "Thou shall not
murder." Are you implying that laws like the Ten Commandments are
man-made? I do not defend the actions of people that call themselves
Christians. What do their actions have to do with Christ anyway?

Moorad

-----Original Message-----
From: Pim van Meurs [mailto:pimvanmeurs@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:58 PM
To: Alexanian, Moorad
Cc: David Campbell; asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: [asa] An Evolutionary Theory of Right and Wrong

On Nov 7, 2006, at 2:35 PM, Alexanian, Moorad wrote:

> I think there is a fundamental difference between laws like "Speed
> Limit 60 mph" and "Thou should not steal." Surely, Communists and
> Nazis have their "moral" laws that are arbitrary and certainly do
> not apply to them. That is a typical feature of man-made laws,
> whereas true moral laws are two-edged swords that cut both ways.

What other laws other than man made laws do there exist? Natural law
does not even necessarily take the form of absolutes. For instance
'thou shall not kill' still allows for self defense, warfare etc. The
communists and Nazis have moral laws that in many way are not
different from the Christian laws that led to the demise of millions.

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Received on Wed Nov 8 08:53:10 2006