The Bible was not dictated by God. It contains truths about God, and even a few facts. The ten commandments are called commandments in the Bible, but Jesus clarified that there are only two commandments that matter: To love God, and to love others as much as oneself. If God were to place a "demand," we would not be able to resist it. A Commandment is a rule for life, not a demand. He leaves us free as to how to apply the commandments.

My only comment is to quote a phrase used by my British friends to express annoyance or frustration: "Jesus wept!"

Zenphamy, based on this exchange, I think I do.

Why was I thinking innate?? Lol

I made my own stinkin' flags... so there.!! :)

Upper class 'silly'.

Flags, flags. Alright!

CHECK YOUR PREMISE!! Oh wait, never mind. (I just wanted to yell that at somebody.) 🏁🏁🏁🏁

Anybody who claims to love their neighbor as much as themself (unless their child loves next door) is a liar.

If I only had a contradiction flag dag nammit.

Inane?

Oh come on now. You actually think you understand Objectivism better than db? That's just inane.

Excellent.

You seem to have problem with definitions - A commandment is not a demand?

I read your comment wrong. I thought you were saying "those residents who did not have quantifiable production did have to be invited," while those with high production were automatically admitted.

Indeed!! ;-p

Didn't he? What was all that stuff on the cross about?

"employee will agree to less than he should because he is in what the law calls an "unequal" bargaining position."
It feels unequal, but on the other side the hiring manager is also worried about losing a good candidate or having to pay so much that he won't be able to stay in business. From her point of view, it's easier just to collect a paycheck than to worry about if you can maintain a level of pricing and business to pay for the employees and make enough profit so it makes sense to stay open rather than liquidating an investing in a business with greater returns.

So you must believe that man lives in both realms--the physical universe and the spiritual at the same time through his soul.
"Religion, being concerned with the spiritual rather than the physical"--I thought religion teaches how to and how you must live in this physical world. I don't think I've ever met or talked to one that's religious that doesn't talk about this physical universe, even claiming that their god(s) created this physical world and controls everything that has and will happen here.

Not true. Christ taught that if you believed in him, you could go to his heaven after you died and after he came again, you could go by the rapture. He taught, through his death, that sacrifice for the good of others was his purpose in order to give everyone a chance to 'live' after death.
Sounds like the 'morrow' to me.

Nah, I'm not really a pagan, though I do occasionally enjoy a little naked romp through the woods. :)

The only ones not invited were John Galt, who did the invitations, and Dagny Taggart, who crash landed and became in Ragnar's words, a "scab".

alright then. I still like you :)

I'm not speaking of the need for a god, as I stated. As I see it, existence itself means that He has to exist. The tautological argument to First Cause may be a tautology, but to me, it is inescapable. Nothing can exist unless God Exists, for there is nothing to cause anything to come to be.

Altruism is the practice of concern for the welfare of others. We can't DO anything about the welfare of others unless we have taken care of our own welfare first. Altruism is meaningless without self-interest.