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Ok, I am doing a paper for ethics class, and we are supposed to answer the following questions..please put your answers in..:-)

I know some of the questions are a little broad, but do the best you can to answer them, length is irrelevant, just don't ramble if you don't have something to say or be brief if you do..

1) What do you believe about the origins of life? Why?


2) What do you believe about the existance of God? Why?


3) Is there more than one way to God? Why or why not?


4) How do you determine right and wrong? Why?


5) How do you determine truth? Why?


6) What happens when you die? Why?


7) What is a person's relationship to his/her fellow human being? How should they interact/treat one another? Why?


8) Is war ever good? Is it sometimes necessary? Why?


9) What is your stance on abortion? Why?


10) What is your stance on same-sex marraige? Why?


Again, I know we have discussed these before at length, but any summaries/recaps/new viewpoints you would like to share, please do so :-)

1) What do you believe about the origins of life? Why?

I believe in Intelligent Design, kind of by default. Questions such as how could something come from nothing, how can life come from non-life, combined with the indisputible (sp?) truths of VERY complex properties woven throughout our world, acknowledging some sort of Supernatural Being when regarding the origins seems to be the only plausible choice..


2) What do you believe about the existance of God? Why?

In addition to what was stated above, I believe one of the strongest arguements to point to God, is, to quote Morpheus, "the question that drives us." How could we be able to know the concept perfection, or even WONDER about God, if such a thing didn't exist. We, as a human race, have never been able to be aware of something that doesn't exist, because it uhh..doesn't exist..


3) Is there more than one way to God? Why or why not?

I believe in a little religious plurlism, but I am really not sure how to answer this one..I suppose it is all about what is in your heart..any ideas on this one would be helpful..


4) How do you determine right and wrong? Why?

By the logic and truth that, in my mind, i believe to be the most accurate..


5) How do you determine truth? Why?

Observing..and basing my logic and truth on what I discover from that..


6) What happens when you die? Why?

I am not even gonna try on this one..


7) What is a person's relationship to his/her fellow human being? How should they interact/treat one another? Why?

Unconditional Love..All there is to it right? Treat other's like the Creation of God that they are..


8) Is war ever good? Is it sometimes necessary? Why?

Never ok..spiritual warfare is the only battle worth fighting, I think physical war is a result of ignorance brought upon by emotion/spiritual lethargy/fatigue..


9) What is your stance on abortion? Why?

Eh, the battle should be centered on getting the girl to understand that she needs to avoid getting in the situation in the first place. Rape, etc, i believe it is the girl's choice in cases of that nature..


10) What is your stance on same-sex marraige? Why?

I think it is wrong, but do not judge those who do it, for a lot of times the feelings they have are imposed on their subconscious before they are even old enough to know what's going on..I still oppose it though..especially with all the beautiful ladies out there :-D


What do you believe???

Gotta love the homework assignments... :tul:

1) What do you believe about the origins of life? Why?

I believe the origin of life is the by product of an enourmous reaction between A Universal Catalyst and matter...Such a reaction allows for us to be present within any model of the universe that exists...

2) What do you believe about the existance of God? Why?

I believe God, as in The Lord of the Universe, is the most advanced form of energy that exists..Everything that exists, real or unreal, has root or characteristics of the Lord of the Universe...I believe that, because life in itself is indicative of divinity...

3) Is there more than one way to God? Why or why not?

As God is all things, all ways are to God...

4) How do you determine right and wrong? Why?

You don't...Right and Wrong are relative to the individual, their purpose, and their intent...

5) How do you determine truth? Why?

Fact and Fiction operate parallel to true and false, my meaning for both is the same...

6) What happens when you die? Why?

You loose, and maybe temporarily, the use of a form to operate and be percieved on this dimension by most...

7) What is a person's relationship to his/her fellow human being? How should they interact/treat one another? Why?

With any intimate, personal, casual, or brisk relationship or interaction, one should always express the fundamentals of the golden rule, and the concepts of unconditional love...

8) Is war ever good? Is it sometimes necessary? Why?

You can never know the value of peace without war, the value of life without death, the value of light, without dark...It is very necessary to perpetuate our existence...

9) What is your stance on abortion? Why?

I believe that it is a personal choice, like any anothe choice that you must make in life, and that ultimately, the person making that choice is the one who should, and does, live and deal with it...

10) What is your stance on same-sex marraige? Why?

A Marriage is a piece of paper loaded down with responsibility...If you love ANYBODY enough to take on their debt, regardless of sex, be my guest...

1. The Origins of Life? How can there be such a thing as belief in regarding Life. The assimilation of matter converged and formed the First Cause, which produced the first three periodic elements Hydrogen, Lithium, and Helium. The ignition of the stars caused the hydrogen-lithium-helium mixture to fester, bringing forth the First Matter. This first matterWe are only alive as long as we have consciousness, therefore the key to the origin of life is contained in the mystery of consciousness.

2. The existence of God is not of a question of does he exist, but rather "how gods presence can be comepared to the human concept of existence. God is by proxy, an essence, not an existence. Whether essence preceeds existence is the debate that led to one of the most definitive stages of development in Philosophy, that of "existentialism."

3. What an arbitrary question! There are as many "ways" to God as there are beings who reach that destination. Each will have their own experience, yet those who travel closest often have the closest experiences. But still, if I am traveling between Ayhja on my right and Deeje on the other side (for example), AND Fapper is about three steps behind us carrying a bottle of we will each have this to say.

Adiriel = "Ayhja is on my right, and Deeje is on my left."
Ayhja = "Adiriel is on my left, and Deeje beyond him."
DeeJe= "Adiriel is on my right, and Ayhja beyond him."

all of us will agree, however, that fapper is behind us.

4. I don't determine right and wrong, society does. A single human has no reason for determining anything like right and wrong. Most of us at least tend to accept that and generally adhere to some of them, for it is a distinction that is based on a primitive set of repercussions for actions. Right and wrong have nothing to do with Morals, they are ethics, thus socially binding behavioral mechanisms.

5. Truth is discovered, revealed, and then disproved. Time tryeth truth. That is to say, that ANY given expression of truth is bound to a time-sensitive validation.

6. I will not experience death, even if i do experience being dead. i will experience every event leading up to it, but there is no sensation of the "loss of consciouness", just as there is no sensation of the "beginning of life." Can you recall when you "started to be consciosness", no. This is because consciousness is essence, not existence. Consciousness, completely unlimited by existence is God.

7. All mankind should respect the consciousness that we share. Every culture of man is based on this unlimited consciousness extending itself into "the people." Many do not extend this outside of their own sect, culture, or ethnicity, but it is consistent with Western Thought to extend this to all humanity, at the very least. What you do to offend any one person is to offend the bond of consciouness we share.

8. War is noble. Tyranny is not. War is defined when a party rises to the challenge of an invading or usurping force, who extend military action to impose upon others. War is a declaration that the principals of the party dictate an equal and opposite reaction to invasion or usurption. War is natural. The body fighting infection is the very epitome of War. War is the just meet of tyranny and invasion, which is never needed. The problem with war is we have seperated ourself from the reality of violence, and sensationalized it. The real question is "what absoluetly dictates any one cause for declaration of War, and what perameters should exist for consideration of the common goodwill of all humanity?"

9. Abortion is premeditated prevention of the development of a human life, that is in stages of development that are not clearly defined or understood by human science. Its a huge burden to make such a decision, so many people (especially those who have made the decision to have an abortion, or have a bias toward someone who has) try to simplify the possible ramifications and synthesize an "understanding of it." This is a necessary distinction for most people who support those who have the operation.

10. Even in Assyria, there was no same sex marriage. The common "soul mate conceptions" of marriage are from no later than 17th century france, where. They are completely rediculous. Marriage is not a commiting to love, but a dedication of security, and to ensure the prosperity of ones family legacy. The first person Biblically, to take a wife was Cain. He did so to claim her as his own, to perpetuate his bloodline, and ensure the persistence of the city he named after his son Unuk, (called Enoch in the bible). Same sex marriage is a perfect example of how humanity has the tendency to focus on the arbitrary nuiances of itss own inflated self-importance. There is no reason for limiting the relations of humans, but that is not the real issue. The real issue is that people perpetuate their bloodlines because they fear their own impermanence. The real problem is that it would greatly alter the American economy to allow same sex relationships marital benefits as characteristic in contemporary corporate culture, and would be harder to validate them.

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Thanks for the responses so far /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

to clear something up, "is there more than one way to God" means does a Buddhist and a Christian both end up in the same scenario upon death, etc..I sensed a little confusion on that..

So raum, how would you determine what is morally right and wrong?

Off-Topic: Damn DeEje Cant you change your sig, make it an image with links or something, as it is now it simply sucks????

So raum, how would you determine what is morally right and wrong?

DeeJe, I said a person does not decide this. NOT EVEN ME.

Right and wrong can only be taken in consideration, when considering more than one person or entity is in question. Wrong dictates there be at least two parties; the offending and the offended. Without these two categories of participants, there is no just cause for any moral judgement on any action.

This makes is really a relation between self and other, which dictates it must be agreed upon, or disagreed. The nature of that agreement or disagreement defines the stances for the offended party to feel WRONGED.

Therefore, a person can not contrive a sense of right and wrong unless they consider the relation of their action to others. They must take in consideration what *expectations* of behavior are considered acceptable or RIGHT, and evaluate their own actions based on this standard; and hopw they will compare and contrast.

by the nature we must have at least two parties for their to be a moral conflict, morals are thereby a social construction.

Ethics are personally affirmed conformities to moral standards or deviations from the same. Ethics are really how you *adhere or differ* in personal principle from socially constructed moral values.

But really in general, we have become ethically different and most concern themselves more with preventing "exposed violation of legal or moral action, which could lead to punishment" than any kind of serious definitive universal code of Absolute action. If fact modern society dictates this is crucial to a socially successful existence.

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QUOTE(Fapper)Off-Topic: Damn DeEje Cant you change your sig, make it an image with links or something, as it is now it simply sucks????

No doubt..........

All of that stuff is already on every post, that email and IM info...Make a 468 x 60 banner and put all that on...

Also raum, where did the first matter come from that came together to form the First Cause?

And also bro, what should be our "guidline", if you will, for basing our morals?