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what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our morality?
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RE: what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our morality?
(May 12, 2014 at 8:21 am)Esquilax Wrote: It's simple: if god's moral commandments are actually based on reality and the welfare of the people in it, then those benefits can be discerned without needing a god to tell you them. If god's moral commandments aren't based on reality then they're just the opinions of god and, whether you worship him or not, there's simply no reason for them not to be another way; under that scheme, murder is qualitatively just as moral as anything else.

Euthyphro is hard to refute.
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RE: what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our morality? - by JesusHChrist - May 12, 2014 at 11:51 am
What I say is - by Zidneya - May 12, 2014 at 9:45 pm
Reply to Statler Waldorf - by CharnelRC - May 14, 2014 at 5:30 am
RE: what are we supposed... - by Statler Waldorf - May 16, 2014 at 6:12 pm
RE: what are we supposed - by Statler Waldorf - June 3, 2014 at 7:31 pm
RE: what are we supposed to say - by Statler Waldorf - June 4, 2014 at 7:22 pm
RE: what are we supposed to say - by Statler Waldorf - June 6, 2014 at 4:59 pm
RE: what are we supposed to - by Statler Waldorf - June 6, 2014 at 6:36 pm
RE: what are we supposed to - by Statler Waldorf - June 9, 2014 at 7:36 pm
RE: what are we supposed to say again - by Zack - June 11, 2014 at 3:46 pm
RE: what are we supposed to - by Statler Waldorf - June 16, 2014 at 7:13 pm
RE: what are we supposed to say - by CindysRain - June 20, 2014 at 6:23 pm
RE: what are we supposed to say... - by naimless - June 26, 2014 at 4:35 pm

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