(June 12, 2013 at 10:42 pm)crud Wrote: I'm not trying to portray atheists as walking future murderers, at all!I wasn't talking about you but about mentality of a lot of Christians and other theists.
Quote:what I'm asking is, what does "from the heart" actually mean?I don't really care about it, but if you want scientific answer then it may come from our evolution. "Hmm maybe if I don't kill that dude we can go hunting together, protect each other from other dudes/animals etc".
This sense of what is right and what is wrong, where does it come from?
If ultimately where just pieces of matter, fighting for pleasure and survival.. Then why most of us feel the need to go out of our way to help others?
"Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it" - Robert A. Heinlein
Would you blame sports car for an accident instead of drunk driver?
Good guy Ronald Reagan
Would you blame sports car for an accident instead of drunk driver?
Good guy Ronald Reagan