(July 23, 2015 at 9:26 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Fairly certain that I could use the same thought process behind the brown dog belief, even the brown dog belief -itself- to condition you into complete and utter evil. The road to hell, paved with good intentions, and all that jazz.
(Or, if you prefer, "those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.")
-sure, it might seem benign at first, but so do tumors.
You could use almost any idea or process to turn someone to immoral behavior. Love of family isn't immoral (I think at least), but certainly when it's corrupted by misfortune it leads to some of the greatest horrors the world will ever see.
But let me ask you the same thing I asked the OP-- do you think that ideas based on "sufficient evidence" are any more sure to lead to good behavior? And with regards to moral ideas, what constitutes a testable more anyway?
