D*****r
发帖数: 6791 | 1 The Relativity of Biblical Ethics
by Joe Edward Barnhart (1988)
It is an axiom among fundamentalists and evangelicals that theology is the
foundation of ethics and morality in North America culture. Without this
foundation, they fear, ethics would fragment into total relativism of
dissolve into whim, arbitrariness, and chaos. I would like to contest that
view by showing how some organized religions are parasitical to the body of
ethics and how the Bible itself exemplifies moral relativism.
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D*****r
发帖数: 6791 | 2 印度与基督教的首次大规模接触，始于1498年从葡萄牙挟战船和教士登陆的华斯高?达?
伽玛，新来者不单从事贸易，且作为虔诚的基督徒而遵从天主教教酋的命令去：
「侵略、征服，使所有基督教敌人－－阿拉伯人（中世纪和十字军作战的穆斯林）或异
教徒控制下的城市臣服……」
印度教徒被迫改宗或面对虐待至死。数以千计的人逃离果阿，以保存他们的文化和宗教
信仰。
历史学家嘉士柏?哥利亚形容达?伽玛的所作所为：
「当所有的印度人被处死后，他下令用棒敲落他们的牙齿，但他们却直击他们的咽喉。
尸体堆迭在甲板上，和如泉的血水混在一起。达?伽玛下令将尸体铺上草蓆和干树叶，
驶离海岸，再将船隻点火……」
印度教徒在被焚烧和杀戮前，双手、耳朵和鼻子均被割掉。
「当Zamorin（印度土邦的首领）派遣另一名婆罗门（印度教教士）向华斯高求和时，
他的使者双唇和双耳均给割下，缝上一对狗耳遣回。和他同往的三名青年：两名儿子和
一名姪儿，给吊死在船的横桅上，尸体被送回。」
法兰西斯?沙维亚，一名耶穌会士，随达?伽玛后不久前来，他决心将印度教连根拔起，
建立基督教。他的言论和行动均纪录在无数的传记裏，他在家书裏写道：
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I*******e
发帖数: 7 | 3
Let's say love is indeed is ultimate truth. Then, we may ask, why in history
there are so many unjust wars, murder, oppression, and other atrocities? In
human history, we could see the power of evil as "truth" as love. Besides,
if love is the ultimate truth, did love exist before there was human or will
it exist after all human be extincted? If the existence of love depends on
the existence of human race, than love is only a characteristics of human
and can't be ultimate truth. If love is the u... 阅读全帖 |
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R*o
发帖数: 3781 | 4 http://www.bcbsr.com/topics/servetus.html
Michael Servetus was a Christian living in the 1500's who incurred the wrath
of John Calvin and was murdered by him and his cronies for illegitimate rea
sons. He was accused of heresy and railroaded through a mock trial and put t
o death being burned alive at the stake. Yet such an atrocity was praised by
even well-known Calvinists as Bullinger and others for generations.
A couple of quotes from John Calvin himself:
7 years before the incident:
"If he [S... 阅读全帖 |
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d********d
发帖数: 1424 | 5 aded by FightingAtheist on May 17, 2007
I am an atheist and a former Christian. As a former Christian I look back to
what I used to believe. I wonder how I could have been no naive.
As a Christian I had very little knowledge about evolutionary biology,
physics, geology, and chemistry. Yet I argued about evolution, fossils, and
radioactive dating. I claimed to know problems that scientists just happen
to miss when developing these thoroughly tested methods. These supposed
flaws were pointed out t... 阅读全帖 |
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J*****3
发帖数: 4298 | 6 乱来，我一下想不出来谁是role model了，抓了一个
普罗米修斯，真正的为了人类牺牲自己
John Rabe
John Rabe (November 23, 1882 – January 5, 1950) was a German businessman
who is best known for his efforts to stop the atrocities of the Japanese
army during the Nanking Occupation and his work to protect and help the
Chinese civilians during the event. The Nanking Safety Zone, which he helped
to establish, sheltered approximately 200,000 Chinese people from slaughter
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 7 TOP TEN SIGNS THAT YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN.
10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other
religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
9 - You feel insulted and “dehumanized” when scientists say that people
evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical
claim that we were created from dirt.
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune
God.
7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of th... 阅读全帖 |
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E******u
发帖数: 3920 | 8 从不feel outraged。
10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other
religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
很多基督徒都有这问题，可以自由讨论。
9 - You feel insulted and “dehumanized” when scientists say that people
evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical
claim that we were created from dirt.
没见板上三一的大讨论么。
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune
God.
很多基督徒为此感到恐惧，感受到上帝的震怒。
7 - Your face t... 阅读全帖 |
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N****n
发帖数: 6571 | 9 Well, it is more convincing that the crushed Conqueror, as always, endorsed
the atrocity. Otherwise, how could it happen in the first place? |
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W***q
发帖数: 152 | 10 The following conversation is fictitious as presented here, but it is based
on many actual conversations and exchanges in which I have participated over
the years. “Arnie's” responses would represent my own under similar
circumstances.
Arnie: How's it going, Joe? Where do things stand in your spiritual search
since we last talked?
Joe: Well, some things seem to be coming together for me, Arnie. But others
… gee, I don't know. there are other issues that I just can't seem to
resolve.
Arnie: You k... 阅读全帖 |
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W***q
发帖数: 152 | 11 Why was the ancient God so “cruel”?
The following conversation is fictitious as presented here, but it is based
on many actual conversations and exchanges in which I have participated over
the years. “Arnie's” responses would represent my own under similar
circumstances.
Arnie: How's it going, Joe? Where do things stand in your spiritual search
since we last talked?
Joe: Well, some things seem to be coming together for me, Arnie. But others
… gee, I don't know. there are other issues that I just... 阅读全帖 |
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m****r
发帖数: 1904 | 12 PHARAOH AND THE EGYPTIANS IN THE AGGADAH （摘自以色利百科全书）
Influence of Jew’s Experience in Roman Egypt.
Figure1. Pharaoh bathing in the blood of Hebrew children in order to cure
his leprosy
(Ex.R 1:34). Woodcut from the Prague Haggadah,1526. Jerusalem, J.N.U.L.
Leper Motif. Leprosy figures repeatedly in the punishments inflicted or
threatened on the Egyptians. The Pharaoh of the oppression became a leper
and sought to cure himself by bathing in the blood of Hebrew children
specially slain for this pu... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 13 Thomas Jefferson, (1743-1826) 3rd American president, author, scientist,
architect, educator, and diplomat. Deist, avid separationist.
"Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of
Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have
not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of
coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites.
" [Notes on Virginia]
"I do not find in orthodox Christianity one re... 阅读全帖 |
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j******f
发帖数: 228 | 14
The bible conflicts with most of the scientific evidence, and is full of
barbarian atrocities.
Christianity curses all the non-believers (or sinners) in hell for eternity.
What's the difference? It murdered innocent babies, which is even worse
than Maoism in this sense.
First, whether there is a creator we don't know. So your argument is
baseless. And if u r not capable of understanding "the Creator", how do you
know what you accepted is the truth?
I didn't give up. I just think christianity do... 阅读全帖 |
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j******f
发帖数: 228 | 15 We are talking about this god personally commanded many atrocities, as
described in the bible. In these cases, it was not humans committed crime in
the name of "god". Your arguments are not valid in these cases.
it seems you cannot discuss this topic without stereotyping and judgmental
calls. There are lots of ppl refuse to be brainwashed even in china. u don't
have to assume everybody is a robot walking out of a streamline. that
cannot be further from the truth. As I already pointed out, your ... 阅读全帖 |
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w*********r
发帖数: 2192 | 16 赛斯名言精选
文：赛斯 来源：新时代网 时间：2005-1-30 13:45:28 点击：541
001.Conciousness is Like a Flower with many Petals.
--Seth's first message to this world. Seth, "Seth Material".
意识就象一朵有着许多花瓣的花朵。——赛斯带给这个世界的第一个讯息
002.I come here because it is fun. I have fun when I come here. I do not
come here because I feel that I have any great responsibility for your
beings or welfare. Who am I to set myself against the innate wisdom of your
own individual being, or to take upon my invisible shoulders the great
privileg... 阅读全帖 |
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w*********r
发帖数: 2192 | 17 赛斯名言精选
文：赛斯 来源：新时代网 时间：2005-1-30 13:45:28 点击：541
001.Conciousness is Like a Flower with many Petals.
--Seth's first message to this world. Seth, "Seth Material".
意识就象一朵有着许多花瓣的花朵。——赛斯带给这个世界的第一个讯息
002.I come here because it is fun. I have fun when I come here. I do not
come here because I feel that I have any great responsibility for your
beings or welfare. Who am I to set myself against the innate wisdom of your
own individual being, or to take upon my invisible shoulders the great
privileg... 阅读全帖 |
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d*********r
发帖数: 813 | 18 http://www.cnd.org/my/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php%3Ftopic_id=32127&forum=1
Why I Wrote The Rape of Nanking
Interview with Ms. Iris Chang
By Kinue Tokudome
(Originally written in Japanese for the October '98 issue of Ronza)
Tell us about your book, The Rape of Nanking.
It describes two related but discrete atrocities. One is the Rape of Nanking
itself, the story of how the Japanese wiped out hundreds of thousands of
innocent civilians in its enemy's capitol. Another is the cover-up, the story
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o**********e
发帖数: 18403 | 19 China and USA were traditional allies for more than half of 20th century.
The Chinese in China tend to be very friendly to the USA. When I was kid, my
family would tell me about uncles and aunts treated by US missionaries, and
schools and hospitals funded by US including Tsinghua. US saved our ass
in the world war II by boycotting Japan and helping to supply Chongqing and
later entering the war after Pearl Harbor. There are lots of goodwill
value built up in the USA brand in China.
Tempora... 阅读全帖 |
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o**********e
发帖数: 18403 | 21 We need to celebrate and honor our friends and our Schindler. Because
they build the bridge between the victims and survivor's future. And
hopefully,a bridge of peace and trust.
Israel honors Schindler and other people who helped save Jewish lives
during Holocaust:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Righteous_Among_the_Nations
Why don't we do the same thing and honor our friends and their memory?
1. Chunyan Li shared this story/film about Nanking Massacre and the effort
of foreigners in protecting... 阅读全帖 |
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o**********e
发帖数: 18403 | 23 棒子好样的！
When will there be a memorial and US legislating apology for the Japanese
killing 250,000 Chinese villagers for helping American pilots escape (
Doolittle raids)?
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/yonhap-news-agency/1401
It is the first time that the issue has been addressed in U.S. legislation.
The House of Representatives passed the spending bill on Wednesday.
In 2007, the House adopted a resolution calling for the Japanese government
to offer an apology for the wartime atrocity.
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发帖数: 146 | 25 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An organization for former U.S. prisoners of the
Japanese and a Korean-American forum say Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
should only be invited to address the U.S. Congress during a visit on April
29 if he acknowledges Japan's World War Two past.
It's only 4 days away. Our Chinese community should make our voice heard at
this time. I know the time left for us to make the 100,000 mark is almost a
task impossible. But I think we should at least to make our point, and get... 阅读全帖 |
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a******e
发帖数: 6689 | 26 but why does there have to be a meaning for every single fact? I'm a big
supporter for deriving a voice from raw facts, but not necessarily meanings.
In terms of Mr. Schindler, of course there are meanings, but they are to
his acts, not his motives. In denying all possible explanation of his
motives, the focus will naturally shift back to what he did, instead of why
he did it. I do believe there are things to our human beings that are beyond
explanation; wars, atrocities, and heroic activities a |
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p******e
发帖数: 242 | 27 The New York Review of Books
April 20, 1967
By Arthur Dorfman, Reply by Noam Chomsky
In response to A Special Supplement: The Responsibility of Intellectuals
(February 23, 1967)
To the Editors:
I wish to submit questions for an Intellectual:
1. Why was bombing Hiroshima a greater crime than the Japanese terror bombing
of Chungking and other well-documented atrocities committed during the
Thirties? Did the A-bomb victims endure greater pain than the interned WWII
civilians and Death March PWs? Do |
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