Re: Morality, Ethics, Law, and the Unmarked Intersection

From: RFHall (realistic_at_seanet.com)
Date: 02/06/05 

Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 05:59:42 GMT

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 14:13:45 -0000, "Don" <don@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>"RFHall" <realistic@seanet.com> wrote in message
>news:41fd0602.1292856@supernews.seanet.com...
>> Hammurabi was called by name... it doesn't say he was given laws or
>> tablets with commandments.. it doesn't say they talked about anything
>> or discussed ethics.. it says he heard his name.
>>
>> >Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the
>> >rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the
>evil-doers;
>> >so that the strong should not harm the weak; so that I should rule over
>the
>> >black-headed people like Shamash, and enlighten the land,

Hammurabi says nothing about bringing the "Words of the Lord" or the
"Law of Marduk" to the "chosen people". NO. Hammurabi has been
chosen to "enlighten" and to "rule over" and "destroy the evil doers".
There is a differnce between the approach of Hammurabi and Moses.
Hammurabi takes credit for his own wisdom, Moses talked with his god
and gave all credit to his ethical codes to the Lord.
>
>All of which shows that you do not understand the context.
So far, the only context that you have displayed is the context
contained in your imagination.
>
>When Marduk calls Hammurabi, this is not about making divine mobile phone
>calls. Marduk didn't call up Hammurabi to have a chat.
Then why do you assume that the codes of Hammurabi had anything to do
with anything other than Hammurabi's wisdom.. show me your evidence.
You can't. Only your personal opinion.
>
>This was a divine calling - Hammurabi was being given a divine task to bring
>the rule of Marduk into effect. The laws are those of Marduk and not of
>Hammurabi.
You just can't accept that you are inserting your own interpretation
into this. You are basing your position on purely your own authority.
I don't understand your motives here. Why are you trying to defend
this imaginary interpretation?

I have stated the evidence of my position. All you have said that the
words in my evidence are not what they seem, but actually mean
something else, and you have the key to "understanding the ancients".
What's your evidence?

RFHall
realistic idealism
philosophy based on evidence, not dogma or mythology.

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