RE: Why Anarcho-Capitalism Is a Canard and Its Implications for Atheism
January 18, 2017 at 11:20 pm
(This post was last modified: January 18, 2017 at 11:20 pm by Jesster.)
(January 18, 2017 at 11:15 pm)log Wrote: And here, I am hopeful that atheists - since they have nothing invested in this proposition, and thus less cognitive dissonance - might see more clearly than my nominal co-religionists. If you will take a look at the Sermon on the Mount - Luke 6, Matthew 5-7 - you will see that his commandments resolve all these issues.
Not by enforcing threats against others, but by disciplining the self to withstand abuse.
The commandments of God are nothing more nor less than the rules of the civilized society.
I've given you my alternative answer to a positive philosophy system separate from religion already. Would you like it in link form?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism
I've personally found many more positives and far fewer negatives in that than in the teachings of Jesus I used to believe in.