07-24-2016, 08:46 AM
(07-21-2016, 02:30 PM)radind Wrote:(07-21-2016, 01:49 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Yes, and Hillary represents true Biblical ideals; Trump does not.
You won't find the truth in the Bible, unless you first (or also) find it within yourself.
Neither Trump nor Clinton represent Biblical ideals. I think that Clinton is a Secular Humanist who advocates the killing of unborn babies. I think that Trump is areligious with no concern for any religion.
Secular Humanists have no real use for the Bible.
Nobody really likes abortion. People simply tolerate it as a necessity not to be ruled out.
Secular Humanists may reject the more bloodthirsty commands of the Bible -- but in general, Secular Humanists have ethical standards that by coincidence and necessity largely fit those of the Bible. Murder, theft, rape, perjury, and fraudulent oaths are inconsistent with both Christianity and Secular Humanism.
The Bible says nothing against slavery, narcotics, child sexual abuse, or drunk driving -- which is not a good reason for tolerating those. Morality exists because it has survival value; it is a burden against the human desire for untrammeled greed, indulgence, and even sadism. The moral choice isn't the easy one, but it is almost always the right choice.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.