Comments by "Bo McGillacutty" (@Mrbfgray) on "Global food insecurity crisis worsening | Rush Hour" video.
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@DrumsMacabre My point is that there is nothing remotely prophetic about any of that, regardless of typical awareness or ignorance. Anytime in history was worse for humanity than today in every measure, wars, famine, poverty, disease, deaths from extreme weather events, you name it.
Headlines, yellow media, if it bleeds it leads, fuel gross disconnect from perspective. "The 2nd coming" was far closer in the early 20th century than today, for example.
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@DrumsMacabre Plagues are a recurring feature of life on Earth, not just for humanity. And human morality isn't unique to humans, it's a necessary evolutionary trait for social animals, we see at least most forms in many species, had to be in most dinosaurs, etc.
A lone wolf tends to be a dead wolf, so if it can't get along, follow some fundamental social norms, disciplines and rules, it get's kicked out of the pack (tribe or whatever) if not killed outright. A basic sense of justice is also innately hardwired in all but a tiny minority of infant humans.
To derive ethics from scriptures you have to cherry pick. The OT which Jesus reaffirmed every letter, is a horrific litany of barbaric commandments, even the ten commandments are not helpful, somewhat corrosive. Demanding blind obedience, worship, is obviously a human construct from those desiring to control us and tap our wallets, nothing good ever came from worship except by accident.
Golden rule is childishly obviously good and not original to the Bible. 2 month old infants know it.
What facility do we use to determine that stoning your daughter to death for not being a virgin on her wedding night is NOT good but treating others as you want to be treated IS good? It can't come from the Bible itself. So it's completely useless as a moral guide, worse than useless because the horrific aspects are used as justification for those with self centered or evil intent.
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