Quote:"Being socially minded" and "caring for others" are concepts too it seemsNot really. It's been found through scientific study of animal behaviour and how the brain functions. Unlike your god morality it is proven.
Quote:why do you accept them as authoritative while rejecting the common notion of "good and evil"Because good and evil are man made concepts. There is no such thing as good and evil. It is no more evil for a tiger to hunt down other animals for food. What we do like coming together in huge groups is natural to us by nature. We survive better in groups. We are hard wired for this. Being socially minded plays a huge role in how we think and care for each other. Now why should I believe some god gave us morality when no one has yet provided any evidence for a god?
Quote:Moral and decency is natural social behavior - does that mean we should go about naked and fight to the death for a chance to mate?What?!
Our self awareness gives us the ability to think, question and improve on the standards of living, to understand that actions we take or think of means we can think rationally about weather to do or not. Why the hell would we revert back to our ancestral behaviour?
Quote:Ok, but ultimately it's unnecessary.If it was we wouldn't have them.
Quote:You don't have to hold to social mindedness in order to have society or to better your survival.It plays a huge role and so you kinda do need social standards. Despite our intellect, we are still controlled by our instincts. Being able to question and understand just means we can understand a good deal about our environment. We in fact can alter the environment to what ever we wish. We are doing it right now.
Quote:Do you think that individual mindedness could clash with social mindedness?No. Animals tend to think independently despite being controlled by instinct. Unique personalities.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
