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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
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Ecnuom said:
This is obvious to anyone who has given a second thought to the question of relativity and ethics. If nothing is wrong, which follows from the absence of God, then everything is okay. I have always wondered how anyone can argue for the non-existence of an absolute when the claim itself must be taken absolutely to make sense.
VicInSpokane said:
Hi, Bob. What a strange place to meet! (And thanks for the good response to the Dostoevsky quote.) Here's a wonderful quote from Yuz Aleshkovsky, an expatriate Russian novelist of your generation. Speaking in 1979 as to why communism was doomed ultimately to fail, he said "...because Satan thirsts to destroy All, but the creator wants to save Each." I love it.
Robertofgoodna said:
This is so true. There is no "God" (a human invention). And everything is permitted (except those actions and events proscribed by Kings or democratic law).
lynn10 said:
As clearly stated by Robertofgoodna it is not God but Kings and democratic process and many other laws of the land that has not 'permitted everything'. Not many has paid much mind to the word of God let alone seek His permission to everything! Perhaps he was just refering to the powers of land that be who in deeming themselves God has not permitted everything.
Robertofgoodna said:
What a stupid quote!
Robertofgoodna said:
God is just a human concept, like good, bad, justice, love, etc. It has no basis in reality. We are all connected, through Godd, which conceptualises the undoubted connection between all living beings.