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eomer

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36. Such a conversation can happen here, I think.

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 07:12 AM

Mar 2013

By the way, do please send a DU message with your article, I would be interested in it.

From what I've seen in this group, a subthread on a topic like that would not be disrupted (although if such a subthread had any eye jabs or sharp elbows then a response would be likely but justified).

Here is an article by a secular humanist on ethics that seems appealing to me:
http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/kurtz_23_1_1.htm

How does that compare with your views on ethics?

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Where atheists and theists may find common ground for discussion [View all] Thats my opinion Mar 2013 OP

Sports. Sports is where Atheists and theists may find common ground for discussion... Moonwalk Mar 2013 #1

Oh, there is plenty of common ground Warpy Mar 2013 #2

Of course you are correct. Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #10

IMO, this group is a place to discuss religion and its proper role in policy and politics. trotsky Mar 2013 #11

You don't get to make that determination, Slick. Warpy Mar 2013 #16

My point was that given that you feel there is no place for a discussion of religion, Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #17

No beliefs---really? nt Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #13

Nope. Warpy Mar 2013 #15

Wait for it. Wait for it. cleanhippie Mar 2013 #19

I hate to point this out, but there is no objective meaning or purpose to life... Humanist_Activist Mar 2013 #3

^^This^ ^ +1 mr blur Mar 2013 #5

Your is an honorable and legitimate perspective. Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #12

As usual, Charles, you aren't listening to others. trotsky Mar 2013 #14

Is peace better than war? Depends on the context... Humanist_Activist Mar 2013 #25

What we create are institutions that embody what somebody thinks are l values Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #29

You are confusing values, which are human created with human independent... Humanist_Activist Mar 2013 #30

So in paragraph one you say skepticscott Mar 2013 #4

There is just one thing you need to do to have your words taken seriously. trotsky Mar 2013 #6

I fear that your desperate need for atheists to agree with you, mr blur Mar 2013 #7

Given where we are in history, survival of the species is a worthy goal we should all agree on. Jim__ Mar 2013 #8

How does that play into the religious belief that this world is only temporary anyway? trotsky Mar 2013 #9

You have gotten to the core of our current theological concern Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #18

Are you seriously trying to say Goblinmonger Mar 2013 #20

"This exactly where theological ethic is these days." trotsky Mar 2013 #21

Any notion that is static, that cannot become wiser as history moves on is dead. Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #22

So panentheism is "deeply ingrained in most modern seminaries" Goblinmonger Mar 2013 #23

Well, according to Charles skepticscott Mar 2013 #27

The fact that theology is skepticscott Mar 2013 #24

Wow. trotsky Mar 2013 #26

It's even worse - mr blur Mar 2013 #28

What I am saying is that as old institutions die Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #31

You need to be asking those questions of fellow Christians. trotsky Mar 2013 #32

I am not fighting that there are new waves of thought in religion Goblinmonger Mar 2013 #35

Nihilism is clearly orthogonal to theism, not opposite. eomer Mar 2013 #33

Very helpful re-definition of terms Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #34

Such a conversation can happen here, I think. eomer Mar 2013 #36

Thanks for the helpful Kurtz article. Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #40

Why do you continue to say things you have been told are false? trotsky Mar 2013 #37

Don't redefine what people have said. Goblinmonger Mar 2013 #38

We can find common ground on social issues and equality for all beacuse its the right thing to do. cleanhippie Mar 2013 #39

The fastest way to find common ground is to listen and not define others. Evoman Mar 2013 #41

Why does there need to be 'some basic meaning to life'?? Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #42

Either there is some basic meaning to life Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #43

As Peter O'Toole said edhopper Mar 2013 #44

I really don't have a metaphyal obsession Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #46

No it didn't. trotsky Mar 2013 #50

You need to get out more. Goblinmonger Mar 2013 #51

Really? I get out a lot more than you know anything about Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #52

ever read 'magister ludi' by herman hesse? Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #53

Beauty, truth, meaning , purpose, hope, sophia the Tao are not imposed by the universe Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #48

Same difference edhopper Mar 2013 #49

Y we haz no ethics? Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #45

Your paragraph #3 Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #47