Drummie123

Originally Posted by Drummie123

Originally Posted by christiefan915

Five conservative justices voted with the three liberals in this decision.

I know it's a chore, but please start reading the thread in reverse, start at the latest post and work backwards toward the OP.

That way you will better understand how far the idea has come in such a short span of time.

The SCOTUS only adjudicated the legality of the case.

And the legality of the girl's actions only help justify to many, the decay of our morality.

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Originally Posted by Drummie123

Originally Posted by Phantasmal

Actually, Christian slave owners used the Bible as justification for slavery and mistreatment of slaves, even murder. The Bible justified killing people for things like homosexuality disobeying your parents and infidelity.

The Code of Hammerabi is older than Biblical laws. Societies had moral laws before the 12 tribes.

If the religious law has stood the test of time, it should be submitted to the larger group to be taken under consideration by the populace for adoption.

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Originally Posted by Drummie123

Originally Posted by Phantasmal

The bulk of them are religious, moral laws which have nothing to do with a civil society
Lying and murder are the only ones with any merit for a civil society.

Yahweh forgot a lot of big ones
Slavery
Rape
Child Abuse
Genocide

Instead of bashing Christianity, try to see this as a shopping spree for sets of values, where you don't have to buy anything you don't want. And if you can find a Biblical principle that you like, add it to

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Originally Posted by Drummie123

Originally Posted by Phantasmal

We’ve done that, it’s called civil law.

Civil law and criminal law, both have their place.

But before someone might run afoul of either civil law or criminal law, if they carry inside their hearts and minds, a code of behavior, let's call it a voluntary "moral law," which is imposed from within by each person, that moral law would serve to prevent so many people from ever getting to the point where they would violate a civil regulation or a criminal law.

Originally Posted by Drummie123

Originally Posted by Phantasmal

Sorry, you are welcome to follow your Bible. I want nothing to do with it and the country’s governance. I am quite moral without it.

No man is an island.

The next time someone in America does some awful thing, whether it be a legal thing or an illegal thing, think about how ineffective our laws were in preventing that outrageous behavior.

Do you think America, most ALL Americans, would be outraged if a KKK member burned down the house of a Black family?

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