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Originally Posted by August
Really? Well I would go so far to say that anyone who so callously dismisses an entire collection of books that have been held dear by billions of people for thousands of years as a "pile of crap" is staggeringly arrogant.
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I did not dismiss the entire collection. I even said there were some good parts. I simply pointed out that parts of the collection are downright wrong, morally. I also asked how you tell the divinely inspired parts from everything else.
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Originally Posted by August
By what authority do you make these claims? Why should anyone believe you?
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By my authority as a human being to make moral judgments on actions I am aware of. And no one should believe me, they should examine the evidence for themselves with an open mind, and ask what they believe is right and wrong.
So let me ask you:
Is slavery ever morally right?