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  • So if your personal morals align with Hitler, does that make it okay to be a nazi?

    Whether or not something is ok is a moral judgement, so it again depends on who you ask. A nazi will of course think it’s ok … that’s probably why they are a nazi. If you asked me personally, I think it’s not ok.

    I believe The Dude who lived a perfect life, was crucified, then rose from the dead is God.

    Right. But we haven’t heard of him in a while, so it’s kind of hard to consult with him on moral issues. And his book isn’t that comprehensive, contains some rather questionable takes and also is not really keeping up with a lot of more modern moral issues. Not to mention their is hundreds of different versions of the book and there is a lot of disagreement which is the “correct” one. So in the end it’s still up to you to decide which interpretation you like best.




  • So who do you believe? Who do you listen to?

    That is really up to you. Whomever your personal morals align with the most. Or don’t listen to anyone and just rely on your own morals.

    Basing your morals on “god” is just kicking the can down the road. First of all … which god? There is hundreds of them. And even if people agree on the god, they disagree on the interpretation of the morals (for some reason gods tend to be super ambiguous and imprecise). So you’re still left with the questions “So who do you believe? Who do you listen to?”. It answers nothing.

    Really all you did was to restrict potential sources of morality to mythical fiction.











  • Bananaspider is quite ambiguous and refers to multiple spiders.

    Golden Orb Weaver is the common name for Nephila (which this one is not), though often wrongly applied to Argiope.

    This one is Argiope cf. aurantia, which has a bunch of common names including “golden garden spider”, but I prefer “black and yellow garden spider”.

    because their webs shine gold when the sun hits right.

    That is Nephila, not Argiope. Argiope are the ones with the zig-zag pattern, though.