Quote:Quote Acrobat..... "Or in other words, "I don't like the feeling of being harmed, I also don't like the feeling of others being harmed either, as a result of my empathy." In such statements you're just expressing to me your personal feelings, and not a moral claim at all. A belief that empathy, compassion is authoritative, as placing obligation on not just your behavior, but the behaviors of others, might be. Love becomes God like.
No not my personal feelings at all. Other species form groups too. Other species care for other individuals within their groups too. Evolution explains the behavior of life, not old books of mythology.
"God like" is the same thing as....
"Yoda like"
As
"Harry Potter like"
As
"Superman like"
Now do not use the word "authoritative" if you are going to cling to old mythology, because the "authorities" that ruled back then were kings, and kings are dictators, rulers not voted into office, rulers whom don't need your consent, and rulers that cannot be voted out of their positions.
The holy writings of antiquity reflect the age of kings, and have nothing to do one bit with our modern concept of "authority" by consent of the governed.
