Architect? Man, that one hurts. It sounds so Ayn Rand-ian. Call me Peter Keating.Originally Posted by LA Ute
And I will be happy to throw around some talk topics. Are you in your own to choose, or do they give you a general starting platform?
Here are your first three:
- Euthyphro Dilemma as it applies to how we choose to fulfill our church duties (substituted in this case for 'moral duty'): Is doing the right thing for our fellow man considered to be 'good' specifically because God wills it, or does God will it specifically because it is 'good'? How does this change in light of new revelations? Ergo, if new revelation changes an existing paradigm does that mean that something which was previously 'wrong' is now 'right', and if so does that mean that moral rightness is completely arbitrary? Conversely if the morality of a paradigm does NOT change in light of a revelation related to that paradigm, then does that mean that reality is derived from a non-divine source of values? **Give thus talk when you are ready to get released**
(Probably best to avoid discussing the priesthood/temple ban prior to 1978).
- Peter Abélard's discussion of seeking truth as it applies to religion and our individual spiritual journeys, esp. in the face of challenges to your faith.
Mix in this quote:
"The key to wisdom is this-
Constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at truth."
~Peter Abélard, 1079 - 1142
- Use the following quote as it applies to accepting other people and forgiveness:
"The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them"
~Thomas Merton, 1915-1968
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