Unconventional Religion

[Whateverist]

But as a theist aren't you pushing the superiority of an objective basis for morality? (Sorry, I haven't been following this discussion or I would probably already know the answer to this question.)

An objective moral standard doesn't mean that "my God told us what to do when he wrote it on a mountain." Many morals have evolutionary bases. We cannot survive as a species unless we follow them. They are as much a part of us as the laws of physics.

This sounds very reasonable to me. I wonder if you would agree that, except for purposes of laws and justice, it is not crucial to articulate with the intent to follow what you think are the gist of the morals which we have come to see as part of our nature? The project of writing out a moral decision tree to guide all action seems pretty pointless to me. You need to instill some things in childhood, but then weighing the claim which various moral inclinations place on an action probably should ultimately become something dynamic rather than merely rote rule following. Leastwise that seems more adaptive to me.

I think a formal understanding of morals is no more necessary to moral activity than a formal understanding of grammar is to being an expert speaker of a language. One aspect of morality is simply buying some time free of emotive responses to act on moral inclinations. But then I don't see