[Arm-netbook] Totally derailed topic

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On Wed, 10 May 2017 17:46:23 +0100
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:

>  now that i think about it, i believe i heard of something about 20
> years ago called the humanist society (or something like that).
> apparently they live their lives according to a really quite [humane]

... [humane] ...

Another wordplay Luke? I can see two levels of p(h)un. :)

> wonderful "code"... just without the bits about "god" attached.
> 
>  so i'd say definitively yes, you can... it's just that you'd have to
> choose to do so, and that can be really tough, to research, assess and
> then make the decision to adhere to a particular code.  it means
> making changes in your life which might cost you friends, your job
> (because the company asks you to do something that is against your
> newly-chosen "code")...
> 
>  now, what wasn't clear in your question was whether you were asking
> about the *internal dialogue* that one might have with oneself to
> replicate the same *effects* as "belief in code" or whether you could
> have meant specifically the *external appearance* i.e. the
> improvements in *other people's* lives that your new [atheist but
> humane] "code" has.

For me as a christian the very essence of my faith is my relationship with God. It's like having a parent that you'd trust with your life and a friend that you hang out with all the time and share *everything* with and so much more I can't describe. Trying to replace that with a sense of moral obligation towards your fellow human beings (which in itself is a good thing) is, well, futile. That's the way I see it.

> 
>  very cool question, hendrik.
> 
> l.
> 
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