The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #153681   Message #3600832
Posted By: Jack the Sailor
12-Feb-14 - 03:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: Real Non-belief/not militant
Subject: RE: BS: Real Non-belief/not militant
"I think more on the modern ideal of self gratification, before the improvement of society. How it is in the process of destroying everything which stands in its way."

Modern? Modern? It has always been thus. That is the principle and often repeated lesson of the Old Testament. People are bad. People act badly. God punishes the World. But he promised Noah, he would not punish the World again. Some Jewish Prophets said that he would punish anyone who would mess with Israel , but unless by punish the meant give Israel's enemies which lasted hundreds of years, that didn't exactly work out. But in the New Testament, we are each responsible for our own bad behavior, we are not responsible for the bad behavior of our family, our people our tribe or our nation. This is a great relief. This is a great responsibility.

Akenaton, let us worry about our own morals as we would have others worry or not about theirs.