(December 11, 2012 at 9:02 am)CliveStaples Wrote:Seriously?(December 11, 2012 at 9:00 am)Gooders1002 Wrote: Firstly this stuff cannot be explained by science yet, we're working on it.
This all boils down to the golden rule, do on to others which you would do to yourself. Unless your psychotic, would you want some to steal your stuff or hurt you? I know Good and Evil are subjective (and requires a whole other debate) but for the sack of argument.
Good is defined: Aiding somebody's freedom and well-being.
Evil is Defined: Hindering somebody's freedom and well-being.
How do you know that you should do Good, rather than Evil? How do you know that "You should do Evil" is false?
Well if everybody acted 'Evil' to each other, our race would die out in days, months max. Nature prefers cooperation and being helpful because if not are race would be extinct a long time ago. Being 'good' allows the group to benefit and survive and thrive, and allow advancement. So by working together and helping each other we have a advantage were if everybody murdered and stole we would die out quickly.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
