RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on?
March 19, 2013 at 2:28 pm
(This post was last modified: March 19, 2013 at 2:34 pm by Darkstar.)
(March 19, 2013 at 2:26 pm)jstrodel Wrote: John Wesley was against slavery, he wasn't influenced by the enlightenment, he was against slavery. So were many others.
Yep, unlike the authors of the bible, i.e. god, as you believe.
(March 19, 2013 at 2:26 pm)jstrodel Wrote: The enlightenment to a great degree was a product of the parent Christian civilization anyways (Descartes, Locke, Bacon, Newton, etc)What do you mean by this? That the enlightenment came from a primrily Christian culture? It certainly wasn't in tune with the values of that culture.
Age of Enlightenment
wikipedia Wrote:The Age of Enlightenment (or simply the Enlightenment or Age of Reason) was a cultural movement of intellectuals in the 17th and 18th centuries, which began first in Europe and later in the American colonies. Its purpose was to reform the way of thinking using reason, challenge ideas grounded in tradition and faith, and advance knowledge through the scientific method. It promoted scientific thoughts, skepticism and intellectual interchange and completely opposed any kind of superstition, intolerance and some abuses of power by the church and the state.
