Morality

[Whateverist]

Interesting question. I think this explains religious endeavour... people desire happiness and find reality slightly negative. Coupled with an ethical sense born of special (as in species) development, there is no reason to understand how positivity is beneficial, ultimately. That's how I reason it, and I'm not insisting on any one answer to that. Or that people with belief in deity on the grounds that deity provides reason to support positive outcomes necessarily get to overcome this negativity.
That's how I understand sacrificial practice came about. A recognition of a shortfall and and attempt to offset the loss/ redress the balance.

It's the hard reality you're bound to face. Life is awesome, warts and all, kind of thing. I think Dawkins has that right.

I admire you very much, Frodo. I just considered re-repping you but I wasn't willing to erase the last one so you'll just have to know I was moved by this latest post of yours. You're definitely my kind of theist and every bit as much of a realist as any atheist and possibly more grounded in reality than most.