Great, but it doesn't change the fact that what they did is deplorable.
To you yes but to others no. People need to get off their high horse and accept **** happens in life and always has and always will in this scenario.
Great, but it doesn't change the fact that what they did is deplorable.
To you yes but to others no. People need to get off their high horse and accept **** happens in life and always has and always will in this scenario.
To you yes but to others no.
Deluxe1 said:People need to get off their high horse and accept **** happens in life and always has and always will in this scenario.
Morality is an absolute. If urinating on dead bodies is wrong (it is, by the way - I think there may be some uncertainty here) then it's wrong in all circumstances. I can't readily think of a circumstance in which it would be appropriate.
Morality isn't absolute, in fact is so far from absolute it's kinda hard to take you seriously after saying that.
To you yes but to others no. People need to get off their high horse and accept **** happens in life and always has and always will in this scenario.
EDIT: It's probably my religious background that would bring me to a position of stating that morality is absolute.
I imagine they have a lot of anger and have seen a lot of messed up things that could distort their minds.
Like Anders Breivik, for example. He was very angry, and his mind seemed quite distorted. Yeah, we probably shouldn't judge him either.
OH NOES EXTREMIST COUNTERPOINT.
I'm going to have leave this thread, I'm becoming flippant.
So you believe it is morally correct to kill gay people?
because I thought most Christians these days disagreed with that now, which shows that since the old testament was written morality has changed within the religion at least once so not absolute.
I'm not saying it's right that they did it. I'm just trying to understand why they might do it.
I don't think I'm in any position to be judging men out fighting for their country. I imagine they have a lot of anger and have seen a lot of messed up things that could distort their minds.
Begging the question... Do I assert that the morality outlined in the Old Testament is or ever was representative of true Christian morality?
I was in two minds about saying it, but I was rushing. Maybe I'll have that argument with you another day.
However, now that you've knocked my argument into a cocked hat, I'm off to have a wee on your great-grandma's grave.
EDIT: It's probably my religious background that would bring me to a position of stating that morality is absolute.
Are you talking about Talibans now?![]()
I think that morality is only absolute within the individual....sometimes that can extend to a closed society, but as a rule morality is subjective to the individual.
That is not to say that morality doen't have commonality across societies and individuals..such as murder being an immoral act for example....although you have to also have an equally agreed definition of murder for that morality to also be universal.
Applies to both sides no?
Arguably shows that morality changed over time though.
how about how the religion has changed in it's treatment of homosexuals or non believers through out history?
To argue that it follows the same moral laws it always has is just untrue.
hell the death penalty and peoples views o nit show that morality isa not absolute, universal or even consistent within one person over the course of their life (you still believe everything about morality you did when you were younger?)