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[BlueStar]

Originally Posted by Furienna

nobody has talked mermaids or unicorns.

Well...

http://www.answersingenesis.org/arti...corns-in-bible

[Spud Sabre]

Originally Posted by snopes

And if the Bible didn't exist, they'd use (or create) some other authority to justify their actions. Justification is an after-the-fact rationalization for people's actions, not the cause of those actions.

I'm a bit confused by this. Since your statement seems to imply that people's moral codes are intrinsic and can't be changed, which would make indoctrination and missionary work impossible.

And AFAIK, a subset of religious people teach their children "this is wrong, because the Bible says so". Not "this is wrong just because, and the Bible happens to agree".

[ganzfeld]

Originally Posted by Spud Sabre

I'm a bit confused by this. Since your statement seems to imply that people's moral codes are intrinsic and can't be changed,

Because those codes are not caused by "justification" then they can't be changed at all? I can't follow that leap of logic.

which would make indoctrination and missionary work impossible.

Because the only goal of indoctrination and missionary work is to change people's "justification"? Again, I have no idea how you came to this conclusion from what snopes said.

[Spud Sabre]

Originally Posted by ganzfeld

Because those codes are not caused by "justification" then they can't be changed at all? I can't follow that leap of logic.

I don't know what you think I meant by what I said. Hopefully I'll soon come up with a way to phrase it better.