io@piefed.blahaj.zone to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTrump admits he didn’t have to tear down East Wing for ballroom, but just wanted topiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1663arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1655arrow-down1imageTrump admits he didn’t have to tear down East Wing for ballroom, but just wanted topiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneio@piefed.blahaj.zone to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-melania-upset-east-wing-demolition-b2862932.html
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours agoI’m not a big fan of your book about imaginary friends that tell you what to do
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·9 hours agoIf only truth was so easy to dismiss so we can follow our own selfish desires…
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 hours ago truth If your definition of truth includes religious texts in any capacity other than, perhaps, a very dated take on philosophy, then that’s a point we are simply not going to agree on.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 hours agoWhat do you mean by “dated take” - does right or wrong change with time?
minus-squareGojuRyu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoWhat would you say: is buying slaves from the nations that surround me still right, did god instruct people to do wrong or did right and wrong change?
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoGod never instructed people to buy slaves. Concessions were once made to an adulterous nation because of their hardened hearts.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoYes. Yes it does. The bounds of what society considers acceptable or reprehensible changes with time, location, and culture.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoSo if morality is subjective, then who are we to judge the holocaust? It was acceptable in that time, location and culture.
I’m not a big fan of your book about imaginary friends that tell you what to do
If only truth was so easy to dismiss so we can follow our own selfish desires…
If your definition of truth includes religious texts in any capacity other than, perhaps, a very dated take on philosophy, then that’s a point we are simply not going to agree on.
What do you mean by “dated take” - does right or wrong change with time?
What would you say: is buying slaves from the nations that surround me still right, did god instruct people to do wrong or did right and wrong change?
God never instructed people to buy slaves. Concessions were once made to an adulterous nation because of their hardened hearts.
Yes. Yes it does. The bounds of what society considers acceptable or reprehensible changes with time, location, and culture.
So if morality is subjective, then who are we to judge the holocaust? It was acceptable in that time, location and culture.