Seasons

well for those offend by my handle you can rest assured that I am single and not in a relationship anymore, not seeing anyone but yet I still consider myself to be a lesbian. And guess what many churches don't care if you lable yourself a lesbian as long as you don't act on your feelings. and as for being asked not to say anything-so sue me.

I am a b@tch and proud of it.

But the colonel720 does have a point. Once you start allowing things that orignially were consider immorral does have a tendency to slide down a slippery slop. So as a society we have to be very careful what areas we are going to allow to slide.

down slides? weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
or are you talking metaphorically?

one area in paticular that bothers me is the recent court decsions in america and in england that allowed someone who was in a supposed vegative condition to die. Assisted sucide is another area that needs to be watched as once you allow that it is not a very far jump to deciding that certain persons should be killed because we don't think that their quality of life is good enough.

d the novice yes meta whatever.

well said, ladydyke (not just because you support my ideals)

Oh yeah, Bev and Eugene Say what you want.. I was just trying to avoid slipping back into that whole "does god exist" discussion, as inevitably almost every topic will lead there if discussed for long enough, and the "does god exist topic is so deadend and controversial, that discussing it will get us absolutely nowhere.

metaphorical not meta whatever although ehhhhh lets change the subject

lol...The only comment I was going to make was that having God as a source of moral absolutes doesn't necessarily mean that you only do what is right out of fear. Think of it this way -- does everyone only obey traffic laws because you are afraid of getting a ticket?

You might try a different comparison there, Eugene. I drive in the way that makes the most sense. Usually that involves following the law, but not always.

If you drive the speed limit on the Atlanta highways, for instance, you'll actually be creating a hazard since everyone else is doing at least 80-85.

Yeah, and that's the problem with absolutes. There will always be cases where doing 'the right/safe/appropriate thing' may involve breaking someone else's rules.

that is why the priciple of treating others as you would want to be treated makes more sence then following a set standard of do's and don'ts