What bollocks. We were legally raping kids of 9 years old in the time of Shakespeare. Where is this universal law written down Raas? And don't say the fucking Bible.
There is a universal law of what is right or wrong, just like there is a law of physics, a law of attraction, a law of decimal equations etc. It's above human perception - which you don't seem to understand -
(judging from your post) you think a matter of right and wrong ends in human depiction.
Humans do their best to depict these laws, a lot fail. A lot disagree. But their is an essential truth to right and wrong, whether it's been discovered or not, or how well the current law represents it.
I'd say the ones who believe in raping 9 year olds aren't very good at understanding it.
Shambles said:
I was asking about changing ideas of what is right and wrong. For example, the age of consent hasn't always been 16. There hasn't always been one at all but it was set at 12 for a long time in the UK (and I vaguely recall it being lower at some point even further back but could be mistaken as ever). An adult having sex with a 12yo now would be considered a paedophile by probably the vast majority of people now and most would say that that person was doing something wrong
Again, a universal law surpasses a human law. For instance, the law currently says it's ok to have sex with as many 16 year old girls as I like. Be a real man-whore. I choose not to however, because in my heart I feel it is not right. It is not true to a universal law.
(I could be wrong with my perception of right and wrong - feel free to disagree - matter of opinion, fallible human perception and all that)
Virtual said:
You seem to have backtracked a bit. - you said you had no sympathy, but you should love them (i'm not mocking christian views here - i agree with it) - do you think the prison chaplin shuold have no sympathy too? I love everyone, like you should as a christian (my shorthand for my religion/morality is there's only one soul which we all share so there's no point hating yourself (it's not a literal belief)). There but for the grace of god and all that... (i don't believe in inhernet evil though...)
Do you think jesus would have turned paedophiles away?
Er, I don't want to get side tracked by religion. It's a bit more complicated coz we're meant to love all people, whereas God sends them to hell. I'd have to expound quite a bit on this but think it would be more suited to the theo thread. I have no sympathy no, I see them as dangerous people who neglect what is right.