what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our mor...
May 27, 2014 at 8:54 pm
(This post was last modified: May 27, 2014 at 9:16 pm by Rampant.A.I..)
(May 27, 2014 at 8:39 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Your accusations are demonstrably false. I set Max's quotes side by side and showed that my response revealed the inconsistency of his position.
You're a clown. The only reason you're not on my ignore list is because you remind me how easily atheism can warp weak minds.
No problem, I'm content to call Chad out on bullshit and pseudo intellectual garble, while he cowers and hides with "Alpha Male."
In the meantime, let's all take a moment to realize the depth of Chad's sexual repression:
(May 27, 2014 at 8:39 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Your accusations are demonstrably false. I set Max's quotes side by side and showed that my response revealed the inconsistency of his position.
(May 25, 2014 at 4:46 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(May 22, 2014 at 1:52 am)max-greece Wrote: Why are you talking about empathy in isolation? Why are you ignoring the other genetic traits of reciprocation and a sense of fairness? Why are you equating this directly with breeding success?Maybe because you do. As you also said...
(May 22, 2014 at 1:52 am)max-greece Wrote: Societies with deeply flawed rigid moral systems don't survive long term and are replaced. Societies with moral systems that allow development tend to do better.The theory of biological evolution is about, and only about, reproductive advantage. In terms of evolution, empathy, reciprocation, and fairness have only survival value. For other values, like moral or aesthetic values, people must look elsewhere.
He actually conflates "Societies with moral systems that allow development tend to do better" with "societies that allow more sexual reproduction."
See if you all can wrap the "warped, weak minds" he accuses you of having around that one.
He also fails evolution 101:
(May 25, 2014 at 4:46 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: The theory of biological evolution is about, and only about, reproductive advantage.
Quote:Sexual selection is a "special case" of natural selection ... Sexual selection is often powerful enough to produce features that are harmful to the individual's survival. For example, extravagant and colorful tail feathers or fins are likely to attract predators as well as interested members of the opposite sex.
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_14
