(July 5, 2012 at 5:35 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Well although this would be impossible, I guess the loving inspiring core is what would be removed. How can you be drawn to a positive force if that force were not there? My ethics should be the same, but uninspired and driven by reason alone. Much like being an atheist I guess.
Really!?
Behaving ethically is not inspiration enough?
I think it's kind of sad that you have to believe your ethics have to come from a deity in order to feel inspired.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
