WOTMQ: Something's Fishy
Divine Command Theory is an admission that there are no simple moral principles we can follow in God's Holy Word. It's just... whatever God says or wants at any given moment. Which leaves us without a way to know how to behave. Especially when the religious say that to be and do good, you have to do what God wants you to do. So, does He was us not to murder? Or commit genocide to get that crappy piece of land (with no oil)? Hmmmmmm.
Thanks again, gang. You are the flowery meadow in my life, making everything beautiful (thank Hitch I don't suffer from seasonal allergies)! One more to come. I think I saved the funnest for last (and yes, Apple used "funnest" in an ad — so it's a word I can use). B
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Things will make a lot more sense if you see that the commands of Yahweh were meant to only apply to Hebrews. So, though shalt not commit murder (of other Hebrews) doesn't conflict with murdering the Amelikites, for example. Thou shalt not bear false witness (if other hebrews) means you can lie freely to the goyim. And, when you consider that the words coming out of God's mouth describe something that did not happen, and hence are fictional, consider the fact that some priest or scribe thought that putting those words in Old Yahweh's mouth seemed like a good idea. Heaven on Earth is paid for in booty!
If your morality consists of following directions, and not personally evaluating the morality of your choices, then you are pretty much amoral *at best*, and you've successfully confused morality with obedience.
That’s a really great point! I’d never thought of it that way.