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    Thread: A Case for Inherent Morality
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(June 21, 2021 at 3:19 am)Belacqua Wrote: (June 21, 2021 at 1:57 am)JohnJubinsky Wrote: Scientists at the infant cognition center of Yale University conducted an eight year study to determine whet...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 66 6343 June 21, 2021 at 5:21 pm
    Thread: A Case for Inherent Morality
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(June 21, 2021 at 3:41 pm)brewer Wrote: (June 21, 2021 at 2:55 pm)JohnJubinsky Wrote: I think that the above posts that brewer made about studies confirming that infants  prefer to be around other...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 66 6343 June 21, 2021 at 4:21 pm
    Thread: A Case for Inherent Morality
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(June 21, 2021 at 7:51 am)brewer Wrote: (June 21, 2021 at 1:57 am)JohnJubinsky Wrote: Scientists at the infant cognition center of Yale University conducted an eight year study to determine whethe...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 66 6343 June 21, 2021 at 2:55 pm
    Thread: A Case for Inherent Morality
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(June 20, 2021 at 11:14 pm)Belacqua Wrote: (June 20, 2021 at 11:10 pm)JohnJubinsky Wrote: I am saying that I believe that when the brain of the infant has developed enough for it to make moral jud...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 66 6343 June 21, 2021 at 1:57 am
    Thread: A Case for Inherent Morality
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(June 20, 2021 at 10:06 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: (June 20, 2021 at 9:27 pm)Belacqua Wrote: I don't know how young you're going here, but infants and toddlers have already gone through some serious ...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 66 6343 June 20, 2021 at 11:10 pm
    Thread: A Case for Inherent Morality
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(June 20, 2021 at 8:29 pm)brewer Wrote: (June 20, 2021 at 8:22 pm)JohnJubinsky Wrote: I can only ask you to read my original post more carefully. It is very well founded in natural selection which...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 66 6343 June 20, 2021 at 8:59 pm
    Thread: A Case for Inherent Morality
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(June 20, 2021 at 8:08 pm)brewer Wrote: (June 20, 2021 at 7:46 pm)JohnJubinsky Wrote: My point was that through natural selection (founded in genetics) most babies have an inborn sense of right an...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 66 6343 June 20, 2021 at 8:22 pm
    Thread: A Case for Inherent Morality
Post: RE: A Case for Inherent Morality

(June 20, 2021 at 7:55 pm)Belacqua Wrote: (June 20, 2021 at 7:46 pm)JohnJubinsky Wrote: My point was that through natural selection (founded in genetics) most babies have an inborn sense of right ...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 66 6343 June 20, 2021 at 8:02 pm
    Thread: A Case for Inherent Morality
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(June 20, 2021 at 6:28 pm)Belacqua Wrote: (June 20, 2021 at 5:48 pm)JohnJubinsky Wrote: I don't agree that one can be happy and innocent without being moral. I guess this depends on some definitio...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 66 6343 June 20, 2021 at 7:46 pm
    Thread: A Case for Inherent Morality
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(June 19, 2021 at 8:47 pm)Belacqua Wrote: (June 19, 2021 at 7:58 pm)JohnJubinsky Wrote: I have seen a lot of uncaring parents but their young children are still happy innocent things for a signifi...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 66 6343 June 20, 2021 at 5:48 pm
    Thread: A Case for Inherent Morality
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(June 20, 2021 at 7:01 am)brewer Wrote: (June 19, 2021 at 7:18 pm)Belacqua Wrote: Have you ever read about Noam Chomsky's views on language acquisition? This?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langua...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 66 6343 June 20, 2021 at 11:10 am
    Thread: A Case for Inherent Morality
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(June 19, 2021 at 7:18 pm)Belacqua Wrote: (June 19, 2021 at 6:20 pm)JohnJubinsky Wrote: Certainly people are also taught to be good but my experience has been that young children are happy innocen...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 66 6343 June 19, 2021 at 7:58 pm
    Thread: A Case for Inherent Morality
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(June 19, 2021 at 5:13 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (June 19, 2021 at 4:33 pm)JohnJubinsky Wrote: I think that morality is inherent for the simple reason that I believe it became inborn through the...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 66 6343 June 19, 2021 at 6:20 pm
    Thread: A Case for Inherent Morality
Post: A Case for Inherent Morality

I think that morality is inherent for the simple reason that I believe it became inborn through the process of natural selection. That is, I believe there was a time when morality was not particularly...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 66 6343 June 19, 2021 at 4:33 pm
    Thread: Why do you not believe in the concept of a God?
Post: RE: Why do you not believe in the concept of a God...

(June 1, 2021 at 9:10 am)johndoe122931 Wrote: I made an earlier post called “Why do you hate God”, and needless to say I was quickly and rightfully corrected as to how I structured the question and ...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 110 8153 June 18, 2021 at 5:23 pm
    Thread: Morality without God
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(March 30, 2021 at 8:44 am)Superjock Wrote: So I've never been that good at explaining to a theist how I justify my morality without God because I seem to fall into the trap where everything is just...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 102 8889 June 17, 2021 at 5:51 pm
    Thread: Morality without God
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(March 30, 2021 at 8:44 am)Superjock Wrote: So I've never been that good at explaining to a theist how I justify my morality without God because I seem to fall into the trap where everything is just...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 102 8889 June 17, 2021 at 5:51 pm
    Thread: Why God doesn't stop satan?
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(June 8, 2021 at 12:04 pm)purplepurpose Wrote: It is said in the bible that satan "roams the earth and seeks who to devour". Meaning, they end up in hell. Why God doesn't stop this madness? What is ...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 225 14867 June 16, 2021 at 8:41 pm
    Thread: Logical Disproofs of a Biblical Type God
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(June 14, 2021 at 10:18 am)Brian37 Wrote: (June 12, 2021 at 4:03 pm)JohnJubinsky Wrote: I have noticed that a lot of people including many atheists think it is impossible to logically disprove the...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 28 2451 June 14, 2021 at 11:41 am
    Thread: Logical Disproofs of a Biblical Type God
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(June 14, 2021 at 7:08 am)brewer Wrote: (June 14, 2021 at 3:32 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: Well, since Christianity is a widely practiced religion and literalists exist in great numbers, maybe it's w...
JohnJubinsky Atheism 28 2451 June 14, 2021 at 9:57 am