thread: 2006-09-08 : Picky-choosy religion, 3 views
On 2006-09-10, Sydney Freedberg wrote:
Eero, I'm not particularly interested in discussing ethics. Most traditions do the general moral principles pretty well—don't kill people, don't lie, treat others as you would be treated, and so on, what C.S. Lewis called "the great moral platitudes." It's doing the right thing, right now, for a specific person in a specific situation, that's the crunch, anyway. (And why I enjoy "thematic" aka "Narrativist" aka "Story Now" roleplay).
What I get from Christianity that I can't get anywhere else as well is the strength to try to live up to those ethics in spite of all my human failings.
