tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post7667385796214522848..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: The Achilles' Heal of Faith-Based MoralityAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-48583123659029747552009-04-06T14:35:00.000-06:002009-04-06T14:35:00.000-06:00To me, the most telling disjunct between faith and...To me, the most telling disjunct between faith and what we recognize as secular justice is that with the former, you are allowed to be forgiven for any crime at all, so long as you sincerely say that you are sorry afterward. <BR/><BR/>We recognize, quite rightly, that there would be no justice if the person who raped little girls before he killed them were to be forgiven by the criminal courts just because he sincerely told the judge that he was sorry. <BR/><BR/>Yet, we are expected to call Christianity a moral doctrine even though it allows just this type of thing? <BR/><BR/>give me a break.Kevin Currie-Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401531417243089948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-54800951713730169182009-04-06T11:47:00.000-06:002009-04-06T11:47:00.000-06:00Good article. I've used this kind of reasoning my...Good article. I've used this kind of reasoning myself.<BR/><BR/>One question, though: Is "heal" supposed to be a pun? If so, I didn't get it.mikespeirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05397674737999065117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-49038817800629768292009-04-06T10:53:00.000-06:002009-04-06T10:53:00.000-06:00I always thought the Achilles' heel of faith-based...I always thought the Achilles' heel of faith-based morality was that it was based on something non-existent.<BR/><BR/>Christian apologists always like to claim that their morality is objective, and that an atheist's morality can only be based on personal preference, when in fact the Christian's morality is simply an acceptance of someone else's subjective morality which has been wrapped up in the guise of divine command.Tommykeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751182125861177379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-80851388734265583982009-04-06T09:36:00.000-06:002009-04-06T09:36:00.000-06:00Oh, heel. Sorry for that, had to get it out.You ar...Oh, heel. Sorry for that, had to get it out.<BR/><BR/>You are absolutely right. We don't accept "well, god told me so" in so many situations, so why is it expected and okay in others?<BR/><BR/>And why, oh why, is that asshat still on the environmental committe?PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.com