(May 31, 2013 at 2:31 pm)Consilius Wrote: That secular values exist outside religion is acutally a compliment to Christianity!
That people don't need god to be good is a compliment to your beliefs that only good comes from god? Weird...
(May 31, 2013 at 2:31 pm)Consilius Wrote: Many of moral values were enforced by, and some created by, religion. What we believe to be right or wrong comes from the impact of religion on society, so integrated into our belief systems that we don't even need to label it "God's Commandments". God is so deep into morality that we don't need to be inside his 'holy place' before we know that stealing is wrong.
Evidence?
(May 31, 2013 at 2:31 pm)Consilius Wrote: Turn the other cheek? The meek will become great? All these are morals coming from Christ…not to mention "all men are…CREATED equal". Egalitarianism comes from religious doctrine.
Unless of course you're gay or atheist, right?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
