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Started by Odoital778412, May 24, 2015, 07:42:46 AM

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Johan

Quote from: Odoital778412 on June 07, 2015, 01:45:37 AM

The moral law is only subjective in how they are understood and applied, but the law itself is not subjective.  Be careful not to confuse the moral value itself with the changing understanding of how that moral value is applied over time.  There is a difference between an absolute moral value and the changing understanding of that value.  For example, it was once the case that witches were sentenced as murderers, but now they are not.  What changed was not the moral principle that murder is wrong.  Rather, our understanding changed about whether witches really murder people by their curses.  One’s factual understanding of a moral situation is relative or subjective, but the moral values involved in the situation are not.  Does that make sense?

Yeah it makes sense. So you believe witches actually exist but thankfully you no longer believe they murder people with their curses. Got it.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false and by the rulers as useful