tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post1431395247419056425..comments2023-10-17T06:26:31.005-07:00Comments on Evolutionary Middleman: Morality beyond religionJohn Evohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-11327287100608235712008-04-11T07:04:00.000-07:002008-04-11T07:04:00.000-07:00It may not be brilliantly insightful, but it prett...It may not be brilliantly insightful, but it pretty much lines up with my thoughts right now. Therefore, I pronounce it to be moral wisdom and I coronate you a first-order moral wizard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-35569730858190061612008-04-10T07:49:00.000-07:002008-04-10T07:49:00.000-07:00"how do you have morals without a god"?1. Morality...<I>"how do you have morals without a god"?</I><BR/><BR/>1. Morality doesn't come from any god (psst, gods are make believe)<BR/>2. If they did, they'd be subjective and therefore not morals but will that's imposed<BR/>3. If morality is objective, then they don't come from a god. At best, it merely passes them to us like a delivery man<BR/><BR/>That's all you need to say to them and then step backPhillyChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355892225956705948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-91774253561189000142008-04-09T23:49:00.000-07:002008-04-09T23:49:00.000-07:00So let’s look at religion as merely a vessel which...<I>So let’s look at religion as merely a vessel which, conveniently for our ancient and unknowledgeable ancestors, carried morals ...</I><BR/><BR/>I wouldn't so readily grant that religion carried morals. In fact, I don't think it did carry morals, <I>per se</I>. I think it carried <I>rules</I>, some of which were moral and some of which were highly immoral. Very little of religion has to do withThe Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.com