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Moral Argument for God's Existence
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RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence
(September 2, 2013 at 11:58 pm)genkaus Wrote:
(September 2, 2013 at 11:51 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Morality comes from evolution.

That's a shitty argument too. Human morality is fundamentally different from animal morality.


How so? I wonder what the murder rate amoungst ape tribes are compared to people. Probably not that bad. Why are some dogs aggressive and some passive and friendly. It's in the genes. Obviously genes can change our behavior, desires, sex drive etc. All things that are mish mashed into our morality. Even if you could sufficiently make the case that our morals were different, so what? Elephants and Lions have huge differences in morals. Pretty much every species is difference, of course humans are. I think the case is pretty well argued and researched. Certainly not shitty (like the Goddidit argument, which is always shitty.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_morality
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Moral Argument for God's Existence - by MindForgedManacle - September 2, 2013 at 2:55 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Minimalist - September 2, 2013 at 3:06 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Tonus - September 2, 2013 at 7:25 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Faith No More - September 3, 2013 at 12:13 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Captain Colostomy - September 2, 2013 at 4:04 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Zen Badger - September 2, 2013 at 4:45 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 2, 2013 at 6:02 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Zen Badger - September 2, 2013 at 6:40 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 2, 2013 at 7:56 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Jackalope - September 2, 2013 at 11:06 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - September 2, 2013 at 8:48 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Zen Badger - September 2, 2013 at 9:23 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 2, 2013 at 9:32 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by max-greece - September 2, 2013 at 12:33 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 2, 2013 at 10:53 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by max-greece - September 2, 2013 at 11:58 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 12:02 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 11:43 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 11:51 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 12:25 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 12:30 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 1:40 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 1:42 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 1:46 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 2:02 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Minimalist - September 2, 2013 at 12:40 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by MindForgedManacle - September 2, 2013 at 12:45 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Minimalist - September 2, 2013 at 12:55 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Walking Void - September 2, 2013 at 1:49 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by NoraBrimstone - September 2, 2013 at 3:47 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by pocaracas - September 2, 2013 at 3:54 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 2, 2013 at 4:15 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by MindForgedManacle - September 2, 2013 at 4:41 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Lemonvariable72 - September 2, 2013 at 11:36 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by CapnAwesome - September 2, 2013 at 11:51 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 2, 2013 at 11:58 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by CapnAwesome - September 3, 2013 at 12:10 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 1:19 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by CapnAwesome - September 3, 2013 at 1:47 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 2:27 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by max-greece - September 3, 2013 at 7:32 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Minimalist - September 3, 2013 at 12:03 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 12:24 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Minimalist - September 3, 2013 at 3:56 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 4:02 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Faith No More - September 3, 2013 at 1:49 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 1:55 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 2:08 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Faith No More - September 3, 2013 at 2:02 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 2:15 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 2:24 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 2:30 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 2:44 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Simon Moon - September 3, 2013 at 3:29 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 3:45 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 4:12 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 4:17 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 4:18 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 4:26 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 4:32 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 4:34 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 4:44 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 4:51 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 5:20 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 5:49 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 6:03 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 6:10 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 6:48 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 4, 2013 at 1:06 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - September 4, 2013 at 3:01 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 4, 2013 at 9:54 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Esquilax - September 4, 2013 at 8:55 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 4, 2013 at 10:29 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 4, 2013 at 11:31 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 4, 2013 at 11:36 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 4, 2013 at 6:10 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Faith No More - September 3, 2013 at 2:31 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Faith No More - September 3, 2013 at 3:44 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 3, 2013 at 4:08 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by MindForgedManacle - September 3, 2013 at 5:03 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 5:05 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by MindForgedManacle - September 3, 2013 at 5:36 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by pocaracas - September 3, 2013 at 6:53 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 3, 2013 at 7:04 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Angrboda - September 3, 2013 at 10:59 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by max-greece - September 4, 2013 at 11:40 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Simon Moon - September 4, 2013 at 12:12 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by max-greece - September 4, 2013 at 12:32 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by pocaracas - September 4, 2013 at 12:58 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 4, 2013 at 1:00 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by pocaracas - September 4, 2013 at 1:06 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 4, 2013 at 1:14 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by pocaracas - September 4, 2013 at 1:27 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 4, 2013 at 1:30 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by pocaracas - September 4, 2013 at 1:34 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 4, 2013 at 1:40 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by pocaracas - September 4, 2013 at 2:33 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by MindForgedManacle - September 4, 2013 at 4:39 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by pocaracas - September 4, 2013 at 5:15 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 4, 2013 at 11:59 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 6, 2013 at 11:40 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 6, 2013 at 12:13 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Chas - September 7, 2013 at 9:00 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - September 7, 2013 at 9:49 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Angrboda - September 4, 2013 at 2:15 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by max-greece - September 4, 2013 at 3:42 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by HenWladFyNhadau - September 4, 2013 at 12:46 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by max-greece - September 4, 2013 at 1:52 pm

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