RE: Why Secular Morality is Superior
June 19, 2013 at 1:08 pm
(This post was last modified: June 19, 2013 at 1:51 pm by Simon Moon.)
(June 19, 2013 at 11:42 am)John V Wrote: If you're retracting the first line, then my response is that you haven't supported your assertion that "Morality is a function of how we treat our fellow sentient beings."
He's not making an assertion, he is describing a workable definition of morality, the can be evaluated using reason and logic, in attempt to assure that the maximum number of humans have the best shot of a good life as possible. It is a system that can constantly improve.
Please note the US no longer has slavery, which was ended based on secular morality. When did Yahweh ever send an update to the Bible informing his followers that it is no longer moral to own another human as property?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
