"monkfish" <monkfish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Adonis wrote:
>
>>
>> "monkfish" <monkfish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> **Rowland Croucher** wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thorvald Lorenzen, Toward a Culture of Freedom: Reflections on the
Ten
>>>> Commandments Today (Cascade Books, 2008).
>>>>
>>>> Thorvald Lorenzen, currently Professor of Theology at Charles Sturt
>>>> University, is one of Australia’s most gifted theologians. His
other
>>>> books include Resurrection and Disciple****p: Interpretive Models,
>>>> Biblical Reflections and Theological Consequences (1995, 2003), and
>>>> Resurrection-Disciple****p-Justice: Affirming the Resurrection of
Jesus
>>>> Christ Today (2003).
>>>> [snip]
>>>>
>>>> Another profundity: ‘Each of us has, or rather is, a conscience.
>>>> Conscience is the centre of our personhood. It makes us who we are.
It
>>>> shapes our identity. It is worth understanding and caring for’ (p.
20).
>>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>
>>> Now atheists are going to ask what conscience is
>>> and whether it even exists.
>>>
>>
>> Why do you say that? Do you feel that some one who does not believe in
a
>> god to
>> not know? Just what level of smug can you obtain?
>
>
> Actually they should, to be consistent.
> But, luckily they don't.
> Even atheists seem to believe in conscience
> and they don't bother to question its existence.
>
> How about you?
> Do you think you have a conscience?
>
Apparently your under the impression a person who does not believe in god
is a
heart beat away from murder, theft? Prone to violence? You need a god to
not
want to hurt others? You need a god to not take what is not yours? You do
not
need a god to control your actions to those around you. Remember man
created
god. Man created moral code. Man created ethics. It did not come from god.
Was
not delivered by divine inspiration. Was not delivered by a prophet.
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