Thread for Kaj on topic of human values

[BluffTHIS!]

Cyrus/mrick,

If you are going to troll me at least come up with something better than that. "agreement" = the minimal agreement that has always been throughout all periods of history agreed upon, not that which existed at any certain moment.

BTW, do you use a proxy server or VPN or what to mask your IP when you create new gimmicks here?

[mrick]

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Cyrus/mrick

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you're just another overeducated underthinking hack if you won't admit...

[/ QUOTE ] WTF???? you are losing the argument dude. How can someone be overeducated?

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"agreement" = the minimal agreement that has always been throughout all periods of history agreed upon, not that which existed at any certain moment.

[/ QUOTE ] OK --- I know that very few things have been "agreed" throughout all periods of history etc and those would be Man's extreme aggressiveness, brutality, etc. And I AGREE that these "principles" are the way you phrased it "INHERENT IN MAN".

So, questions : 1. If God created Man in his own image or whatever did he realy wired us up to be this way or is this some kind of factory glitch? 2. What else is "inherent in Man" and why? Tell me about kindness, love and understanding before or after Son O God came down....

[Copernicus]

"And again, if most men agree with "your" principle, whether on a transactional or moral basis, doesn't that indicate such a principle, at some minimal level, is inherent in man? How can it be otherwise? "

Nothing is "inherent in man". Mankind has learned through time how best to manage interrelationships, and those learnings vary from society to society and are passed down/evolve within that society. Man is an animal that happens to have evolved beyond the capabilities of other animals, thats it. Lower animals learn how to best deal with interrelationships and form societies as well.

The "golden rule" is one societal framework for interrelationships. It is of course, a utopian framework that is woefully incomplete unless it is universal. Since it isn't universal there needs to be at least one more rule, such as "but if my neighbor will not treat me in that way, then I sure as hell better mistreat him first".

[pvn]

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Cyrus/mrick

[/ QUOTE ]WTF??? [ QUOTE ]
you're just another overeducated underthinking hack if you won't admit...

[/ QUOTE ] WTF???? you are losing the argument dude. How can someone be overeducated?

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"agreement" = the minimal agreement that has always been throughout all periods of history agreed upon, not that which existed at any certain moment.

[/ QUOTE ] OK --- I know that very few things have been "agreed" throughout all periods of history etc and those would be Man's extreme aggressiveness, brutality, etc. And I AGREE that these "principles" are the way you phrased it "INHERENT IN MAN".

So, questions : 1. If God created Man in his own image or whatever did he realy wired us up to be this way or is this some kind of factory glitch? 2. What else is "inherent in Man" and why? Tell me about kindness, love and understanding before or after Son O God came down....

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OTOH, this definitely does not look like a Cyrus post.

[John Kilduff]

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So, questions : 1. If God created Man in his own image or whatever did he realy wired us up to be this way or is this some kind of factory glitch?

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Well, mrick, I will try to answer your two questions in summary fashion.

God created man in his own image and this included free will. Man used free will wrongly and selfishly and desired to become like God (akin to a very out-of-control ego. Satan is the most extreme example of this out-of-control ego, as Satan is actually trying to take God's place).

Man was tempted to disobey God and fell prey to the temptation. This was the original sin: disobedience of God's specific instruction.

All of mankind has ego problems from the time they are babies; each person is inherently tremendously selfish and due to the sinful nature of man (resulting from the original sin), all are sinners and fall short of the glory of God.

So, God created man in his own image but the original man and woman fell from grace due to misusing free will and disobeying God. This is why all of mankind is now partly evil as well as good, because we have inherited the willfull and rebellious nature which Adam and Eve freely chose.

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2. What else is "inherent in Man" and why? Tell me about kindness, love and understanding before or after Son O God came down....

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Jesus Christ gave his own perfect life so that we could see unlimited love in action, thus making it possible for us to believe that God can forgive even the very worst of deeds.

All are in need of forgiveness and all have sinned and done bad things, so becoming aware that you might truly be able to be forgiven and to start entirely anew is a powerful realization.

By accepting the love and forgiveness offered by Jesus Christ, you too can be redeemed in the eyes of God and be forgiven for the sinful, evil side of your existence. The sinful nature of mankind ensures that you have done bad things: so this applies to you, to me, and to everyone else in the world.

If you do not accept the ultimate gift of love and forgiveness from God, then when you die you will not be forgiven for your evil side and deeds, since you willfully rejected the offer of love and forgiveness from God; so instead of uniting with God forever in heaven, you will instead be cast into outer darkness, separated from the love of God forever.

If you accept the love of God you must also try to put it into practice in your daily life, by extending love and forgiveness to others as well. This is what is meant by Christian love.

I hope this brief summary helps to answer your questions. If you have further questions, or wish for additional Christian reading material, please feel free to PM me.

Thanks for reading, and I hope that this was helpful in response to the questions that you specified.

[kidpokeher]

Kilduff, you crack me up. Even your one-liners take three pages.

[VarlosZ]

BluffTHIS! brings up a good point about a very common error of which I wasn't even aware until now.

Just so it's clear, in the past, whenever I used the phrase "my computer," I didn't mean to hold myself out as some kind of engineering genius who invented the microcircuitry and wrote all the software. It's actually a Gateway. In the future, I'll be careful to refer to it as "Gateway VarlosZ version."

I apologize to the forum for all the confusion I've caused.