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In reply to the discussion: I've seen Jesus referred to as Jeebus and Jeezus. [View all]harmonicon
(12,008 posts)He basically summed it up as their being two types of morality: noble morality, and slave morality. (though he said that these are hypothetical extremes).
Noble morality states that what one does is moral simply because they do it; what the king says is law is law, etc.
Slave morality he based on Judaism, basically to mean that "we are in the right, because we are oppressed." This is related to original sin, etc.
One thing I find particularly interesting about the new Christian right is how they've changed this. They now seem to simply argue that they are always in the right because they are Christian, no matter what the bible may actually contain. They now trump the bible and the church's historical teachings and will alter them to sort whatever their whim is at the time.