I (32m) started seeing prostitutes when I was 20 and have done it on and off up to my current age. I find the lack of sexual and emotional connection lures me into to seeing them even when I say I’m going to stop. Whenever I am doing decent financially I end up going back to seeing them. I try to be a spiritual person and read the bible and not lust over women but it can be a struggle and mental battle. Does anyone else have this same bad habit?
So who do you believe? Who do you listen to?
That is really up to you. Whomever your personal morals align with the most. Or don’t listen to anyone and just rely on your own morals.
Basing your morals on “god” is just kicking the can down the road. First of all … which god? There is hundreds of them. And even if people agree on the god, they disagree on the interpretation of the morals (for some reason gods tend to be super ambiguous and imprecise). So you’re still left with the questions “So who do you believe? Who do you listen to?”. It answers nothing.
Really all you did was to restrict potential sources of morality to mythical fiction.
So if your personal morals align with Hitler, does that make it okay to be a nazi?
I believe The Dude who lived a perfect life, was crucified, then rose from the dead is God.
So if your personal morals align with Hitler, does that make it okay to be a nazi?
Whether or not something is ok is a moral judgement, so it again depends on who you ask. A nazi will of course think it’s ok … that’s probably why they are a nazi. If you asked me personally, I think it’s not ok.
I believe The Dude who lived a perfect life, was crucified, then rose from the dead is God.
Right. But we haven’t heard of him in a while, so it’s kind of hard to consult with him on moral issues. And his book isn’t that comprehensive, contains some rather questionable takes and also is not really keeping up with a lot of more modern moral issues. Not to mention their is hundreds of different versions of the book and there is a lot of disagreement which is the “correct” one. So in the end it’s still up to you to decide which interpretation you like best.
Not to mention their is hundreds of different versions of the book and there is a lot of disagreement which is the “correct” one.
Except there isn’t really. That textual variants argument is mainly over spelling mistakes and random skipped words by scribes. Since there are hundreds of different manuscripts as they said, you can clearly track errors The most significant doctrine that’s impacted by it is the question over John 8:1-11.