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Replacing Religious Morality
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RE: Replacing Religious Morality
November 12, 2013 at 8:09 pm
(November 12, 2013 at 6:28 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: But why does your recent lack of faith suddenly make you uncaring about 'people in Africa'? I'm no saint, but I do have that word I think you mentioned in the OP... 'empathy'. Taking care of needs and wants doesn't preclude you from a caring disposition.

I'm not following you, wally.

The people of Africa's worth was based on God saying all people have intrinsic value.

I figured out God isn't plausible.

I need a new reason to apply worth to the people of Africa, and I haven't figured one out yet.
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As for empathy, I think we mistakenly believe empathy is baser and purer than it is. I personally believe it is a conditioned response. I believe that based on it's arbitrary and erratic nature. It's just another religion. Society says care about other people, or you're bad. But what real authority does society have?
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Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 12, 2013 at 4:10 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Captain Colostomy - November 12, 2013 at 4:34 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 12, 2013 at 4:56 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Captain Colostomy - November 12, 2013 at 5:13 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 12, 2013 at 5:41 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Optimistic Mysanthrope - November 12, 2013 at 5:17 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Raven - November 12, 2013 at 6:11 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Captain Colostomy - November 12, 2013 at 6:28 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 12, 2013 at 8:09 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Simon Moon - November 12, 2013 at 8:54 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 12, 2013 at 9:45 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Simon Moon - November 13, 2013 at 1:17 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 13, 2013 at 2:03 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Walking Void - November 12, 2013 at 6:28 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Captain Colostomy - November 12, 2013 at 6:36 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Walking Void - November 12, 2013 at 6:45 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by mralstoner - November 12, 2013 at 7:12 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Raven - November 12, 2013 at 8:45 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Zazzy - November 12, 2013 at 9:11 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 12, 2013 at 9:53 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Zazzy - November 12, 2013 at 11:05 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Ryantology - November 13, 2013 at 3:32 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Ryantology - November 12, 2013 at 9:46 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by KichigaiNeko - November 12, 2013 at 10:14 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Raven - November 12, 2013 at 11:34 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 13, 2013 at 2:34 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Zazzy - November 13, 2013 at 9:56 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 13, 2013 at 12:17 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by max-greece - November 13, 2013 at 3:14 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Neo-Scholastic - November 13, 2013 at 2:24 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by MitchBenn - November 13, 2013 at 6:33 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Ryantology - November 13, 2013 at 7:22 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Neo-Scholastic - November 13, 2013 at 8:01 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by kılıç_mehmet - November 14, 2013 at 9:03 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Simsim - November 14, 2013 at 10:31 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 14, 2013 at 5:48 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Neo-Scholastic - November 14, 2013 at 8:03 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 14, 2013 at 8:35 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Neo-Scholastic - November 14, 2013 at 9:02 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 14, 2013 at 11:11 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Ryantology - November 14, 2013 at 9:04 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Neo-Scholastic - November 14, 2013 at 9:09 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Ryantology - November 14, 2013 at 9:13 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Neo-Scholastic - November 14, 2013 at 11:16 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Ryantology - November 15, 2013 at 1:38 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by MitchBenn - November 15, 2013 at 7:30 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Doubting Thomas - November 15, 2013 at 2:19 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by genkaus - November 15, 2013 at 10:50 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 15, 2013 at 12:03 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by MindForgedManacle - November 15, 2013 at 6:35 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Neo-Scholastic - November 15, 2013 at 9:53 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by MindForgedManacle - November 15, 2013 at 11:19 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by genkaus - November 15, 2013 at 11:29 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 16, 2013 at 1:44 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by genkaus - November 16, 2013 at 2:10 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Neo-Scholastic - November 15, 2013 at 2:36 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 15, 2013 at 3:15 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Ryantology - November 15, 2013 at 4:17 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Doubting Thomas - November 15, 2013 at 4:43 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Ryantology - November 15, 2013 at 5:38 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by MitchBenn - November 15, 2013 at 6:46 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by shamgar - November 15, 2013 at 4:15 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Neo-Scholastic - November 15, 2013 at 6:29 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Ryantology - November 16, 2013 at 1:54 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 16, 2013 at 10:24 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by genkaus - November 16, 2013 at 12:14 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 16, 2013 at 4:28 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Bipolar Bob - November 16, 2013 at 12:41 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by genkaus - November 17, 2013 at 4:40 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Neo-Scholastic - November 17, 2013 at 1:07 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by genkaus - November 17, 2013 at 9:14 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 18, 2013 at 1:16 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by genkaus - November 18, 2013 at 5:02 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Mothonis - November 18, 2013 at 7:04 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 19, 2013 at 3:16 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by genkaus - November 20, 2013 at 5:16 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by GodsRevolt - November 20, 2013 at 5:40 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by MitchBenn - November 20, 2013 at 9:38 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by genkaus - November 21, 2013 at 9:01 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 21, 2013 at 1:11 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by genkaus - November 21, 2013 at 3:11 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 21, 2013 at 3:50 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by genkaus - November 21, 2013 at 7:09 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by GodsRevolt - November 23, 2013 at 1:32 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by genkaus - November 23, 2013 at 9:58 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by GodsRevolt - November 26, 2013 at 4:46 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 20, 2013 at 12:47 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by MindForgedManacle - November 17, 2013 at 9:32 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Neo-Scholastic - November 18, 2013 at 8:32 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Lion IRC - November 18, 2013 at 1:26 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 17, 2013 at 7:20 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by MindForgedManacle - November 16, 2013 at 4:29 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Bipolar Bob - November 16, 2013 at 5:08 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by MindForgedManacle - November 16, 2013 at 5:18 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Bipolar Bob - November 16, 2013 at 6:08 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Ryantology - November 16, 2013 at 4:43 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by MindForgedManacle - November 16, 2013 at 5:06 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 16, 2013 at 5:12 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Bipolar Bob - November 16, 2013 at 5:16 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Simon Moon - November 16, 2013 at 5:54 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by _xenu_ - November 16, 2013 at 5:54 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by MindForgedManacle - November 18, 2013 at 1:53 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Lion IRC - November 20, 2013 at 6:01 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Lion IRC - November 18, 2013 at 2:20 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Captain Colostomy - November 20, 2013 at 5:47 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by GodsRevolt - November 20, 2013 at 6:02 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Captain Colostomy - November 20, 2013 at 6:24 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by GodsRevolt - November 20, 2013 at 6:30 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Esquilax - November 21, 2013 at 9:17 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by GodsRevolt - November 23, 2013 at 1:07 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Ryantology - November 23, 2013 at 2:32 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by GodsRevolt - November 23, 2013 at 4:18 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Esquilax - November 23, 2013 at 4:22 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by GodsRevolt - November 23, 2013 at 4:47 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Esquilax - November 23, 2013 at 10:47 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by henryp - November 23, 2013 at 11:07 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Esquilax - November 23, 2013 at 5:50 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by MindForgedManacle - November 21, 2013 at 3:38 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Silver - November 21, 2013 at 3:40 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Neo-Scholastic - November 23, 2013 at 1:28 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Vadakin - November 26, 2013 at 3:06 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by genkaus - November 26, 2013 at 7:28 am
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by Vadakin - November 26, 2013 at 4:57 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by GodsRevolt - November 26, 2013 at 5:30 pm
RE: Replacing Religious Morality - by genkaus - November 26, 2013 at 6:22 pm

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