05-21-2008, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Abel There are absolutes in morality. They are found in the Bible. Mankind's morals tend to spiral downward with every passing generation. Since God is unchanging, His standard's are also unchanging. | Yeah, good thing you have that book, you might become a crack smoking thief  . The bibles morals are preceded by other books and they all are pretty much the same, the bible did not invent morals.
I believe that morals are an invention of nature so that we can all get along in a group, that being said if you are not considered part of a group their morals may or may not apply to you. So I believe they can be both fixed and relative to whatever group (tribe/religion) you are in. http://www.leaderu.com/wri-table2/morals.html#Primitive
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Originally Posted by Sri Swami Sivananda - There is one all-pervading Atman. It is the innermost soul of all beings. This is the common, pure consciousness. If you injure your neighbor, you really injure yourself. If you injure any other creature, you really injure yourself, because the whole world is nothing but your own Self. - | | AMEN Brother
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