RE: What is 'objective' value?
January 12, 2016 at 9:56 pm
(This post was last modified: January 12, 2016 at 9:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 12, 2016 at 9:51 pm)wallym Wrote: I'm kept in line by the law, and I'm just one person.Oh, is there an officer standing over your shoulder? No..there is not..and no...you are not. As to the number of people you are....one can only hope it's a small number...as closely approaching one as possible.
Quote:It's a numbers game, and it's important to keep the number of people like me below some threshhold, otherwise things would go awry.No they wouldn't, you're bog standard.
Quote:Lying is a strong word. It's more like establishing a bias. I think the key is to 1) prevent the idea from being considered to begin with, 2) keep it from being spread.I don't know how serious we are at this point......in this comment you've expressed a value for human life. Why would it be for the best to have this hammered in, as you put it?
It's tough to say how man would have turned out with religion. What I do know, is that everybody I know, regardless of religion/no religion, teaches their kids that people are important, and should be treated nice, solely because they are a person. That's what I'm teaching my kid. I think it's nonsense, but I want that bias in there. I know it was hammered into my head, and my default reaction to people is affected by it which is probably for the best.
RE brainwashing - there have been atheists for as long as there has been religion. I don;t think that you're really providing much in the way of refutation of my position, or establishment of your own..in this.
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