Soapy Sam
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Joined: Jan. 2012
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| Quote (Driver @ Sep. 11 2014,18:27) | | Quote (Soapy Sam @ Sep. 11 2014,15:47) | WJM comes across as an insufferable prick - again:
| Quote | The morality problem was one of the main reasons I decided to become a theist again. Of what value is being a “good” person, or even trying, if it is only in accordance to one’s own whims or the ebbs and flows of popular views?
I can’t imagine the depth of self-deceit necessary to feel comfortable, much less satisfied, with such a facile concept of “good”. That sort of good seems to me to be the sort of “good” only a sociopath or mindless drone could accept. |
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Not that he even thinks his deistic god exists, just that he couldn't cope without one. |
He doesn't even need to be a theist - he's a 'natural law' moralist. Not sure why he adds God to the mix, since he thinks even capital-H He is bound by the Law.
Talk of self-deceit is rich. He believes in free will, except that in matters moral, you only have free will in a 'do ya feel lucky, punk?' kind of way. If it makes him happy and restrains his urges then fair play. Not everyone needs that - they recognise more immediate consequences, like feeling shit about doing 'wrong'.
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SoapySam is a pathetic asswiper. Joe G
BTW, when you make little jabs like “I thought basic logic was one thing UDers could handle,” you come off looking especially silly when you turn out to be wrong. - Barry Arrington
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