RE: Atheism and morality
July 2, 2013 at 3:20 pm
(This post was last modified: July 2, 2013 at 3:22 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Oh lookie lookie, another one. Imma end up quoting my own posts more this week than I have in two years.
What have I communicated thusfar?
-That your argument for god works as well for peanuts or waffles...anything at all, in fact.
-That one needn't deny or argue with the notion that morality is or requires an "agent" to remind you that "agent" =/= "god"
-That whether or not our various moralities turned out to be illusory, hallucinatory, or flat out wrong - this wouldn't weigh in on the existence of a god.
-That a moral object is not required for moral beliefs..or beliefs about morality to exist.
Would you care to take issue with any of that?
What have I communicated thusfar?
-That your argument for god works as well for peanuts or waffles...anything at all, in fact.
-That one needn't deny or argue with the notion that morality is or requires an "agent" to remind you that "agent" =/= "god"
-That whether or not our various moralities turned out to be illusory, hallucinatory, or flat out wrong - this wouldn't weigh in on the existence of a god.
-That a moral object is not required for moral beliefs..or beliefs about morality to exist.
Would you care to take issue with any of that?
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