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Debate:Is religion morally wrong? (view source)
Revision as of 14:14, April 26, 2007
, 14:14, April 26, 2007→Question: Done with this for a while--no new ground
Please define an absolute moral truth? [[User:Bolly Ottihw|Bolly Ottihw]] 21:08, 26 April 2007
Please define an absolute moral truth? [[User:Bolly Ottihw|Bolly Ottihw]] 21:08, 26 April 2007
==A place for a few more answers==
From the Bible of the Good and Moral Atheist:
"We have evolved the ability to empathize, to share the motivations and feelings of those around us. From this, we
have gained the ability to sympathize with the plight of others, to understand what may be causing them distress or
pain, and to wish, for their sake, that their suffering would stop. Armed with this sympathy, we act in a moral way to
prevent the distress and suffering of others. Our opinions on what constitutes a moral course of action may differ, but
the underlying sympathy is the same."
"With sympathy for others and recognition of the similarities between people, we each build an internal code of the
morality of our actions. We seek to protect innocent children, for we were once children ourselves and needed
protection. We seek a society that does not foster immoral actions, in order to protect the members of society like
ourselves. We feel and internalize various plights and pains of others in this process, and develop a true morality.
American revolutionary and President Thomas Jefferson put it well when he wrote in an 1814 letter, “Nature [has]
implanted in our breasts a love of others, a sense of duty to them, a moral instinct, in short, which prompts us
irresistibly to feel and to succor their distresses.”
Though I am sure this will mean little to a "deist" it is useful to those who at one time tried to find god but realized that the effort was too intellectually dishonest for them to ultimately accept. I think, Everwill, if you are really interested in learning about this and not just baiting the less conservative folk here, you might do well to read some of this material. http://www.angelfire.com/planet/thebgma/BGMA.pdf