A faith based belief in the existence of a moral force sounds theistic, suggesting that without this moral force, it wouldn't matter if we murdered. M...
This seems to conflate happiness and eudemonia with pleasure. As with happiness, Mill spent considerable time distinguishing simple pleasure from the ...
Some hypothetical cavemen sat around an imaginary campfire eating anachronistic chicken piccata. Gnurt said to Glint, "you shouldn't hair drag my sist...
We is first person, you and me, but it would work just as well if just me, or the members of my house, neighborhood, town, state, etc. Relativity, sub...
I intend for X, so I declare lying immoral. Mustn't X be moral for lying to be immoral? The point being, how do we know the Good if not discovered? If...
There obviously have been attempts at creating objective criteria or principles to determine what is moral (Utlilitarianism, Kantianism, etc.), but th...
If arguing from a purely secular point of view, morals are just another form of law, etiquite, custom, or tact. They may or may not be written down an...
But see, for example, Exodus 32:7-14. God says he will destroy those who built the golden calf. Moses tells God that will make him look bad to the Egy...
The statement "stealing is illegal" is true, verifiable by looking the law up to see see what it says. But the writing of law is our societal idiosync...
If you define democracy as non-ttyranical, then it must you're saying something about a term, not a political system. Suppose you have a non-tyranical...
Tyranny can exist under any political system, including democracy. Tocqueville discusses the tyranny of the majority. Plato's philosopher king suppose...
Read this: https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation/vayera/the-binding-of-isaac/ After reading it, summarily reject all it says and tell me how ho...
The Bible was written by men over an extended period of time and it was not originally written as a book of values and norms. How the Bible became hol...
Noah builds the ark on trust alone, but you'd have thought others would have thought something was up when the polar bears and penguins and koala bear...
And to add, just to respond to the critical interpretations of the Isaac story, reference to Jewish law, not because it's the final word, but because ...
Yes, I do agree, and I see others are posting about the varying uses of the term "faith." And that's likely the source of much of the debate. I suppos...
It's been interpreted to mean that human sacrifice is forbidden. But you're the one looking at the art. See what you will. Speaking of art, I was at t...
The literal story is of a 37 year old man previously birthed from a 90 year old mother and of a father who bargained directly with God over the surviv...
Makes sense the tales would come from real events. The best horror movies exploit our deepest fears. The Nile floods enough that it brings fear that o...
I'd also point out that the faith referenced in the Hebrew Bible is not the modern faith being addressed here. The question then was of what faith did...
Biblical interpretation is a field unto itself, and your interpretation based upon what you believe it means from a casual reading isn't really helpfu...
It's the act that counts when evaluating the objective value of your citizenship, but you spend most of your time with yourself, so it makes sense to ...
We're in complete agreement that the choice not to treat the cancer is the wrong one. We're also most likely in agreement that Mengele's brand of scie...
I agree, but not as to the purpose of the moon. I do think a scientist would tell you a bird flies south in the winter in order to eat, breed, etc. Th...
Either I've gotten much smarter or newspaper crossword puzzles have gotten really dumbed down. /uploads/resized/files/4p/lywdf3vq2rnruh5o.jpg 15 minut...
Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check it out. The historical analysis, the authorship, the evolution is all super interesting, as is how it became...
Like I said, it could be entirely fiction, which doesn't make it lack truth. It's like saying Crime and Punishment is nonsense because none of that st...
What it means is that my being here under a purely causative explanation will have occurred without purpose, but just the result of various reactions ...
Along these lines, this popped up in my news feed. It's directly on point actually. Not coincidentally, as there is no such thing: https://www.psychof...
I get that awe is an emotion, God or no God. I also don't proselytize. If you've found meaning in science, then you don't need to be told you're missi...
It's not as if reason evades the faithful more then it does the faithless. I can provide the same scientific explanations you do. It's not like I suff...
All of which could have been avoided had their belief been evaluated for its consequences. I'm not sure how the above occurs under my description of f...
Sure. I believe in God because to not leaves me with a belief that we have no higher purpose for being here, that this conversation is just the crazy ...
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