It doesn't bother me as much as if I accidentally step on an insect, or run over an innocent animal.I can see the points being made (I still think the main driver is revenge) but I wouldn't want someones death on me even if it saved some money.
It doesn't bother me as much as if I accidentally step on an insect, or run over an innocent animal.
I think you have it backwards.Me either since they are not human
I think you have it backwards.
So, human is more important, whether they kill mercilessly. Got it.Oh I get it now, you feel less sorry about his life that the life of a bug or animal. Human is human whether you like the human or not.
Also, humans aren't more worthy of life than anything else.Oh I get it now, you feel less sorry about his life that the life of a bug or animal. Human is human whether you like the human or not.
Also, humans aren't more worthy of life than anything else.
I'll never understand the new way of thinking, in which we should keep people(who are proven murders) in prison for 50 years. That's a far more mind blowing idea.Will never understand this popular new way of thinking.
Also, humans aren't more worthy of life than anything else.
In the case where you have a lifer willing to kill again, it's about preventing them from taking other lives and in many cases the life of a prison guard with a family. It isn't all revengeI can see the points being made (I still think the main driver is revenge) but I wouldn't want someones death on me even if it saved some money.
Yeah, that's not correct.Yes we are.
Btw that's pretty small minded thinking, exactly why I say it's to the contrary.Yes we are.
Well fortunately we are on a pedestal so you better get over it.Yeah, that's not correct.
Im not a vegan, not against hunting, etc. but humans do not deserve to be on a pedestal, quite the contrary.
In the case where you have a lifer willing to kill again, it's about preventing them from taking other lives and in many cases the life of a prison guard with a family. It isn't all revenge
How so? I don't care if you value one thing over another, but we are no better.Well fortunately we are on a pedestal so you better get over it.
Sadly, there isnt imo.If the only thing keeping you from doing wrong, is the thought of a vengeful God, I don't know what to tell you...God views people's lives above all other life on earth.
If you do not believe in a Creator then all life is theoretically equal.
However if you do not believe in a Creator then there is no right or wrong, everything is subject to how you feel. So it's not bad to think man is above all other life.....because bad and good in an uncreated universe are sibjective. Therefore not objectively small minded to think man above all else at all.
2nd law of thermal dynamics pretty much lays it out that everything will die due to energy(our sun eventually) will even itself out amongst all the area of the known(and unknown) expanding universe. We are doomed in other words. So what difference does it make to be bad or good? Those are also doomed to nothing....in an uncreated universe.
Only in a Created universe do you have meaning and purpose in order to get value and objective stances on any social behavior.
Sadly, there isnt. If the only thing keeping you from doing wrong, is the thought of a vengeful God, I don't know what to tell you...
If the only thing keeping you from doing wrong, is the thought of a vengeful God
Also, humans aren't more worthy of life than anything else.
about 20 years ago, I heard it was 1 million to throw away the key, and 6 million to execute someone (lawyers, appeals, etc.)
them figures are probably still the same (adjusted to inflation)
I just choose not to do wrong because I know it's not right.Oh yeah? What about doing the right thing for love of God and those around me instead of fearing punishment.
There are only two places in life, with God or without. You actually choose to not be with God with every decision you make. You either say your will be done to God, or He says your will be done and away you go to follow Satan and all his angels. Well...hell was made for him and his angels, not man, but if that's who you follow, and make no mistake following mans way IS following Satan, then that is where the path leads.
When* I obey it is because I love God, not because I fear Him, although I do that as well.
Thank God He provided a way to eternal life beyond this doomed universe. Thank you Jesus!!!
I just choose not to do wrong because I know it's not right.
Or you could just not want to do bad I guess...That's not why at all. The reason not to do wrong is to not offend an all loving Creator. Not out of fear of punishment.
Morals.
Would you want that to be done to you or your loved ones? No? Well there you go.But how do you OBJECTIVELY categorize good or bad in an uncreated world?
Would you want that to be done to you or your loved ones? No? Well there you go.
so the only thing keeping you from eating people is your love of God? Well then you are crazy and will not care what "objectively" is wrong.That is the definition of SUBJECTIVE!!!! Subject to how you feel. You never answered the question.
What if I feel like eating my family!!!? According to your morals it's ok to eat yours too then!!!
I agree with that.I would also like to say however we should take care of other life because it also takes care of us...such as cows and such. I would hate to live in a world where the only life is man, because then we truly would have to eat one another...
Just for revenge then?
They can certainly be prevented from ever killing again when in prison.
I’d rather Manson remain alive than execute a convicted person who was in fact innocent of his/ her crime. An instance of this has been documented in TX, and a number of people who were the on death row have subsequently been found innocent of their crimes.