"You can be a moral person if you are not religious," I know that's incorrect.
head explodes
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Mar 30, 2006 10:36:26 am PST #7293 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Topic!Cindy - Mar 30, 2006 10:45:03 am PST #7294 of 10001
What is even happening?
I left out a huge NOT there. What I meant to write was, "When a religious person says, 'You CAN'T be a moral person if you are not religious', I know that's incorrect."
Sheeeeesh. Holy wars have started over less. Thank developers for the edit function.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 30, 2006 10:45:27 am PST #7295 of 10001
What is even happening?
*pastes Allyson's hed back on*
Cashmere - Mar 30, 2006 10:47:37 am PST #7296 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I assumed that was a mistake immdiately.
brenda m - Mar 30, 2006 10:48:46 am PST #7297 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Heh, that had me cracking up as soon as I spotted it. Because don't typos like that only ever happen right where they can do the most damage?
Topic!Cindy - Mar 30, 2006 10:48:55 am PST #7298 of 10001
What is even happening?
Bless you, or ~ma you, or smooch you. Whatever works in your world view, baby.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 30, 2006 10:49:05 am PST #7299 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I left out a huge NOT there.
idly wonders what Freud would say about that typo...
"Sometimes a typo is just a typo" perhaps? Granted, I never bought it about the cigar.
Gudanov - Mar 30, 2006 10:49:57 am PST #7300 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
It's all dark outside now.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 30, 2006 10:51:18 am PST #7301 of 10001
What is even happening?
That's your world view, Gud.
Hush you, Frank. In my defense, I was rewording, which is when I make about 99% of my typos. Everything's fine; I decide to tweak it; I screw it up, royally.
Wolfram - Mar 30, 2006 10:52:14 am PST #7302 of 10001
Visilurking
I think morals and religion can be (but aren't always) separate entities with the degree of separation relative to the specific individual. Some derive their morals entirely from their religion, and some choose their religion based entirely on how well the religion fits their pre-existing morals. And some, probably most, of us are somewhere in between.
To say that all a person's morals derive from their world view is, I think, a little simplistic. I think some morals can derive from a person's character, and in the absence of any world view, I think one person may behave well and another badly based on disposition alone. Hell, even animals have dispositions, and they certainly aren't capable of anything resembling a sophisticated world view.
I think one true test of whether your religion informs your morals, or vice versa, is whether you would behave in a way that's contrary to your morals if dictated by your religion.