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Do theists need a threat to be moral?

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Do theists need a threat to be moral?
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RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral?
June 13, 2016 at 1:18 pm
(June 13, 2016 at 1:09 pm)abaris Wrote:
(June 13, 2016 at 1:04 pm)Ignorant Wrote: I suppose that is true [edit: I would say that they have an incomplete moral compass]. Could we say those people are missing an important desire for a full human life?

There are sociopaths having next to no empathy. [1] That's a fact. In some cases they're born with the inability to feel compassion, in many cases they are created by abuse in their childhood. [2] Some graduate to become serial offenders, some, funny as that may sound, become CEOs of big companies. [3] Which might not be that surprising, after all. [4]

1) Yes, admittedly I don't quite know what to make of these people.

2) The latter is sad indeed.

3) Too true.

4) Certainly not. More surprising, to me at least, is the apathy towards some of these people which part of our society feels.
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Do theists need a threat to be moral?

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Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by brewer - June 12, 2016 at 3:44 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 12, 2016 at 4:40 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by Chad32 - June 12, 2016 at 4:43 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by abaris - June 12, 2016 at 5:55 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by dyresand - June 12, 2016 at 7:15 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by abaris - June 12, 2016 at 7:21 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 13, 2016 at 12:40 am
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by brewer - June 13, 2016 at 7:27 am
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by Lucanus - June 13, 2016 at 1:40 am
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 13, 2016 at 2:24 am
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by Ignorant - June 13, 2016 at 11:13 am
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by abaris - June 13, 2016 at 11:50 am
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by Ignorant - June 13, 2016 at 11:57 am
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 13, 2016 at 12:32 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by Ignorant - June 13, 2016 at 1:04 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by abaris - June 13, 2016 at 1:09 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by Ignorant - June 13, 2016 at 1:18 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 13, 2016 at 12:57 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 13, 2016 at 1:09 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by Ignorant - June 13, 2016 at 1:14 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 13, 2016 at 2:08 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by brewer - June 13, 2016 at 2:33 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 13, 2016 at 2:46 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 14, 2016 at 1:43 am

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