Religion is a poor source of morality

[Mudhammam]

Please be careful with the generalizations. I do not agree with that sentiment and it also presupposes a specific hermeneutic for biblical interpretation that I do not endorse.

I was just summarizing the comments I had seen throughout the first couple of pages. What plausible - or even possible - biblical interpretation is there that negates God's destructive and childlike peevishness which fills the bulk of the Old Testament, and substantial portions of the New?

I agree that what all people desire is happiness. Your reading of the NE is probably more recent than mine so I have to ask if you also see Aristotle defending a concept to of virtue that exalts conformity to and expression of the essential nature of Man, i.e. a rational animal. As such, objective morality seems to depend on some type of philosophical realism. If I am not mistaken you have previously expressed dismay at the prevalence of neo-Platonic notions in the academy.

Yeah, I'd say that's correct about Aristotle. Offhand I'm not sure what you're specifically referencing with regards to neo-Platonism.