Essay talk:Christian Morality

Just to pick one thing out, I have no idea what you're on about here: "A Roman Catholic priest sometimes acts as a normal man, falls in love with an adult woman and marries her. He has to leave the priesthood. He is further told that his marriage is invalid. He is in mortal sin and in danger of Hell while he remains with his wife. He and his wife are both considered in mortal sin and they should escape damnation by separating." A priest that wishes to marry can leave the priesthood and receive dispensation from the requirement of celibacy through the process of laicization following the Code of Canon Law can. 290-91. It's a long process which requires approval for Rome, but by no means impossible. Granted, if a priest tries to marry before being laicized, that marriage will be invalid, but he sort of knew that when he signed up for the job. --AKjeldsen^{Cum dissensie} 07:31, 10 September 2008 (EDT)

Just be thankful for small mercies, AK. This was nearly an "article". Pink_{(Astronomy Domine)} 07:48, 10 September 2008 (EDT)

Why limit this to Christians button!

Basically any religion has an absolute morality. Good and bad are as defined by the godhead and as interpreted by his/her representatives on earth, the priesthood. Most (all?) religions have, at their heart, the premise that good behaviour leads to rewards in the afterlife. As such anyone who does not follow the rules as laid down by the priesthood are, by definition, destined for bad things in the afterlife and god would only do that to bad people. Hence, logically, it follows that anyone who doesn't follow a particular religion's set of rules is, by their definition, bad.

I hope you can follow my rather poorly expressed argument. Silver Sloth 07:37, 10 September 2008 (EDT)

No, it's far too cerebral. Pink_{(Astronomy Domine)} 07:48, 10 September 2008 (EDT)

Apologies. I am feeling slightly testy. I obviously need a special template for responding to this "religion means rules" argument. Pink_{(Astronomy Domine)} 07:50, 10 September 2008 (EDT)

It should have a picture of two rulers laid out as a cross in it. Because that would be totally awesome. --AKjeldsen^{Cum dissensie} 07:54, 10 September 2008 (EDT)

You'd have to cut one of them in half, wouldn't you? Pink_{(Astronomy Domine)} 07:57, 10 September 2008 (EDT)

Yes, or just use a larger and a smaller one. Or come to think of it, use a big one, but break it in two pieces. That would be even more totally awesome. --AKjeldsen^{Cum dissensie} 08:00, 10 September 2008 (EDT)

We detect a running gag. We do not listen.

Anyway, I'll leave that side of the project to you, Amaranth. I think you're ready for it. Pink_{(Astronomy Domine)} 08:02, 10 September 2008 (EDT)

Actually, I'm not, since I don't have a ruler large enough. I only have a really small one which would look really pitiful, rather than undeniably awesome. --AKjeldsen^{Cum dissensie} 08:06, 10 September 2008 (EDT)

My button meme was much better than that. Pink_{(Astronomy Domine)} 08:08, 10 September 2008 (EDT)