02-14-2005, 09:13 PM
Quote:These are the same thoughts that terrorists who blow up themselves and others have. This is equivilent to stating that only our own personal morality matters. If that was true then there would not be prisons for criminally insane people. They view their actions and thoughts as regular and acceptable but others do not percieve them as such.
Hi there, Dan.
The reason why this would argument could never work in my case, though, is that my stated belief in no way causes PHYSICAL HARM, THREAT or DAMAGE to anyone else's person.
Now, if I said that I believed in the Trinity and ALSO that all others must believe the same thing that I do or else be killed according to Biblical doctrine, then YES, that argument would apply.
Another reason this would not work is that I am <b><i>not</i></b> basing this upon my personal moral beliefs. That would be a "New Age" type of person or an atheist perhaps. I mean, unless you want to say that any person who follows any belief-set in the world (i.e. Jew, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, etc.) is following their own personal moral beliefs.....
You and I both believe at least 1 thing in common and that is that God has revealed Himself and knowledge about Himself to mankind. We may disagree about what we believe He has revealed. But we believe in what's called SPECIAL REVELATION. And we believe that our respective Books (Bible & Quran) are the written accounts of that revelation. We follow what's there in those Books to the best of our knowledge and abilities.
So, it's not a "personal morality" I've established but what God has revealed about Himself.