RE: Why Secular Morality is Superior
September 5, 2012 at 1:41 pm
(This post was last modified: September 5, 2012 at 1:43 pm by Whateverist.)
(September 4, 2012 at 1:22 pm)elunico13 Wrote:(September 4, 2012 at 2:55 am)whateverist Wrote: Haven't you noticed? Nothing does prevent the next person from asserting the exact opposite. Not secular humanism, not the bible and certainly not your god. We are never on sure moral ground interpersonally. You have to check it out. Look for agreement but note divergences.
I no more find my own moral feelings diminished by this than I feel my hetero marriage under-mined by homosexual marriage. Some things aren't up to me and they aren't up to you either. I only wish more theists would understand this point. A little moral humility isn't a bad thing.
Serial killers excert the exact opposite.
I guess you're fine with pedofilia too. Don't wanna be intolerant, right? lol
Don't respond with your first emotional/knee jerk reaction. Think things through. After all you're in the philosophical thread. That goes for your politics too.
Gee, thanks for the advice but where do you get the idea that I advocate tolerance toward asocial behavior? Recognizing that serial killers operate with a different moral sense than most of us is no impediment to my way of thinking. Of course they do and I have no problem with exercising the force of law to prevent them from preying on the rest of us.
Looking back, I see nothing that would indicate I was speaking from emotion. Do you actually have a grasp on what is appropriate for a philosophy thread yourself? I took my degree in philosophy at university so I feel no compunction to express myself in a pretentious manner. Here's a pro tip for you: try harder to grasp and respond to what was actually said.