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As a nonreligious person, where do you get your moral guidance?
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RE: As a nonreligious person, where do you get your moral guidance?
(November 24, 2022 at 11:28 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(October 15, 2022 at 10:35 pm)Belacqua Wrote: We may have shed the religious justifications, but a lot of our morality is directly descended from religion. 

I'd be willing to bet that human ideas about how to treat one another far predate the human invention of religion.

Wait, what? You mean things like murder and theft were frowned upon BEFORE humans began concocting religious fantasies? I'm shocked. Shocked, I tellz ya!!

Boru
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RE: As a nonreligious person, where do you get your moral guidance? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 24, 2022 at 11:31 am

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