(October 4, 2012 at 11:37 am)apophenia Wrote:(October 4, 2012 at 11:06 am)Stimbo Wrote: Maybe it's true - perhaps we really do need authority to make us behave...
I don't know if you were being sarcastic here or not, and alluding to God and what not.
"Yes" and "sort of", in that order. I wasn't alluding to God (or any god, come to that) per se so much as the common claim that if there is no Supreme Authority Figure, then there's nothing to stop us running amok and basically doing anything we like. It was just a silly joke in response to
(October 4, 2012 at 11:03 am)apophenia Wrote: The rules are stricter here, better enforced, and I like the resultant higher standard of behavior that results.
which I totally agree with, by the way.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
