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One is not more wise than the other, nor is one more unwise.  Not saying each always contributes 50/50, but both work together to produce knowledge.  For me it's an unhelpful value judgement.

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I eat Combos snacks by nibbling off the outer pretzels, leaving a pile of cheesy middles with just a thin covering of pretzel.  Then gobble all the middles.

Are you referring to my original post?

I apologize for hijacking my own thread, but that is something else I've been curious about.  If I keep one day for a day of rest, does that mean I should avoid making others work?  I live in Kentucky.  If I'm a Christian and consider Sunday to be my holy day/day of rest, is it ok to go to...

I think so.  Are you saying that Jesus's example can be used as the basis for limiting the ability of others to do X?

I realize my definition of theological is not as precise as it could be.  By theological I only mean explanations containing God, Jesus, the bible, etc, as opposed to explanations not containing those things.

Answer to your first question is no.  I'm an atheist, so I think societal response is all we have.  I'm just trying trying to ponder theological explanations.

I understand your first sentence.  Plenty of stories in the bible where entire towns receive some kind of judgement.  Is there anything in the bible that says Christians should try to limit someone's ability to do X?  To use someone else's example, why try to affect our moral practices by...

I stated in my post that I'm not a theist, so I probably share a lot of abbottjamesr's conclusions about religion.  But there is still value in asking questions, either for understanding the positions of the other side or for sharpening my own thoughts.  I have plenty of moments when I'm highly...

I wasn't trying to make a distinction between sinful and illegal vs legal.  Maybe another way of framing my question is: if someone says X shouldn't be allowed because some religious/biblical/theological reason, why should we try to restrict X when God doesn't restrict our ability to choose X...

I think you got the idea of what I'm asking.

I wasn't trying to classify actions as theological vs non-theological.  I was trying to avoid an explanation such as "X is bad because society can't function if everyone is doing X."  Looking for theological explanations only.

Thanks for all the replies.  I'll try to respond as much as possible over the next few days.

My question is this: what is the theological basis for prohibiting actions considered sinful and punishing those who commit the sins?   Seems like God does not limit our ability to commit sins (whatever those may be) and is more active in healing (whatever that may be) and providing some kind...

I absolutely agree with this.  Actually, I consider every Catholic complicit.  Sort of how some people (not all) think if they bake a cake for a gay wedding, they are somehow complicit in helping people sin or endorsing gay lifestyle.  If people continue supporting an organization with no...

We all received our morals, God included, from Ahura Mazda.

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What is the format of the cell before you paste the date into it?  Try making the empty cell text format, then paste the date into it.  You can see if there are any extraneous digits at the end of what you pasted into the cell.  Then change the format to a date format and see if that works.  I...

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