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If you want to take these things at a surface-level analysis, be my guest. Simpletons will have their simple answers. Ethics is a complex subject that comes later, after metaphysics. If you gain a metaphysical understanding of Christianity, and work from the ground up, these sayings will have a different significance for you. But if you'd like to take them at the exoteric level, then you'll get the understanding of them that was meant for the vulgar.
That's it. To get into more would be a big commitment that I'm not prepared to make on your behalf, because you've shown zero interest in taking any of the longer posts I've made to you seriously. You're here to swing a bat crudely and ignorantly.
But, go ahead man. Flaunt your trinkets.
It's nobody's loss except your own. I doubt if there is anyone here whose beliefs are moving because of your posts. I feel sorry if that is the case for anyone.
But I'll at least point out that the idea of aphorism is completely lost on you. Take a common aphorism: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." What does this mean? Is it meant to be taken literally, as in a guiding law presiding over every possible real case or choice in human life? Of course not. It's pithy. It is stylized exaggeration that gets a point across just because it is stylized - not only that but for the sake of teaching, it is more memorable than expressing the literal interpretation full of conditional "IF's" and "OR's". Think about a situation where "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," might apply. Maybe we're talking about whether you should update your software, or get a new car. There are all kinds of particular and minute details in any actual situation. Imagine if you tried to get all of them across in the aphorism - hint: you couldn't. And if you tried, nobody would listen to you anymore, especially a crowd of people. Hence, the need for pithy statements.
It's meant to express a general idea, and often an ideal, not a schoolroom list of rules. There is a charismatic and rhetorical element happening in these talks. They were given before a crowd.
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[–] chirogonemd 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
If you want to take these things at a surface-level analysis, be my guest. Simpletons will have their simple answers. Ethics is a complex subject that comes later, after metaphysics. If you gain a metaphysical understanding of Christianity, and work from the ground up, these sayings will have a different significance for you. But if you'd like to take them at the exoteric level, then you'll get the understanding of them that was meant for the vulgar.
That's it. To get into more would be a big commitment that I'm not prepared to make on your behalf, because you've shown zero interest in taking any of the longer posts I've made to you seriously. You're here to swing a bat crudely and ignorantly.
But, go ahead man. Flaunt your trinkets.
It's nobody's loss except your own. I doubt if there is anyone here whose beliefs are moving because of your posts. I feel sorry if that is the case for anyone.
But I'll at least point out that the idea of aphorism is completely lost on you. Take a common aphorism: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." What does this mean? Is it meant to be taken literally, as in a guiding law presiding over every possible real case or choice in human life? Of course not. It's pithy. It is stylized exaggeration that gets a point across just because it is stylized - not only that but for the sake of teaching, it is more memorable than expressing the literal interpretation full of conditional "IF's" and "OR's". Think about a situation where "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," might apply. Maybe we're talking about whether you should update your software, or get a new car. There are all kinds of particular and minute details in any actual situation. Imagine if you tried to get all of them across in the aphorism - hint: you couldn't. And if you tried, nobody would listen to you anymore, especially a crowd of people. Hence, the need for pithy statements.
It's meant to express a general idea, and often an ideal, not a schoolroom list of rules. There is a charismatic and rhetorical element happening in these talks. They were given before a crowd.
@PeaceSeeker @antiracistmetal
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[–] antiracistMetal 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
Morality does not rely on metaphysics.