(August 7, 2015 at 11:11 am)robvalue Wrote: People don't get their morals from the bible. They project their morals onto the bible and ignore any bits that don't match up.
Well that is arguably one way to get your morals: project them into the bible and then withdraw them as needed. This way comes with the added benefit of having a common language/story structure, kind of like horoscopes?
Others project their morals into general principles. One draw back with this is the deliberations don't ever have to stop, and it is desirable for people (the animal) to switch it off sometimes.