Siddhashunyata

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  Morality etc.

  by Introspection in

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  from what i can tell there are atleast 4-5 members who might appreciate this and others may find it interesting.

  even if you've read it before maybe you haven't read this particular translation.

  a quote from tao te ching, 38:.

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  Introspection, do you have an example that might clarify " High humanity fusses but has no private ends to serve".
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  Dilemmas......What is their Purpose?

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  what is the purpose of moral dilemmas?

  do they point us to god or to ourselves?

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  Brummie, thank you. You are right about faith and how some come to it through dilemmas.
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  Dilemmas......What is their Purpose?

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  what is the purpose of moral dilemmas?

  do they point us to god or to ourselves?

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  Farkel, you may call me Sidd. You are very funny. I like you.
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  Dilemmas......What is their Purpose?

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  what is the purpose of moral dilemmas?

  do they point us to god or to ourselves?

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  Farkel, you may call me Sidd. You are very funny . I like you.
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  Dilemmas......What is their Purpose?

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  what is the purpose of moral dilemmas?

  do they point us to god or to ourselves?

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  Ed, yes that's exactly what they do. We reflect and if we believe in God then we reflect on why he allows such things and why he allows men to be in such positions. In that sense dilemmas build "character" but they subvert faith (unless we go into denial). So we ask why would God build character and tear down faith? Confusion sets in and if we don't let it alone disillusionment comes on and ,if we keep at it, we are on our way to a religious crisis. If fear does not overtake us we will begin to ask who am I and what am I doing?
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  Dilemmas......What is their Purpose?

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  what is the purpose of moral dilemmas?

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  Introspection, correct . I'm trying to point out that , in the ordinary sense, dilemmas, as we know them by dualistic thinking, dilemmas point us away from faith in God . That they , dilemmas, in the ordinary sense, turn us inward by way of confusion and disillusionment. They cannot have a God appointed purpose because they do not build faith in God but turn us inward. Therefore the existence of dilemmas, as we know them on the dualistic level, works in the direction of nondualistic thinking and away from the trappings of "Belief". Dilemmas shock the Believer and if he is honest he will be pointed to nonbelief and finally to "what is", neither belief nor nonbelief. But to explain this is not to help some here because what we are talking about is not easily understood.
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  Dilemmas......What is their Purpose?

  by Siddhashunyata in

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  what is the purpose of moral dilemmas?

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  The feelings of the one who decides , this is where the dilemma has force. Either decision has an undesirable perhaps heartbreaking result. What is God doing that he would put man in a position where he cannot clearly see what is moraly correct but he must act and his action means death for someone?
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  Dilemmas......What is their Purpose?

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  what is the purpose of moral dilemmas?

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  Brummie, yes that is exactly what I'm getting at. These things are happening all the time and in unimaginable ways. The question of purpose goes to the core of the nature of God.
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  Dilemmas......What is their Purpose?

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  what is the purpose of moral dilemmas?

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  SixofNine, to a believer in God all circumstances have a purpose. That is why I'm posing this question?
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  Dilemmas......What is their Purpose?

  by Siddhashunyata in

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  what is the purpose of moral dilemmas?

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  A mother is giving birth but if she does, she will die and the child will live. If she does not give birth she will live and the child will die. The mother is unconscious and you are the doctor. You decide.

  Does this condition point to faith in god or does it cause something else to happen within the doctor ?