RE: what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our morality?
July 5, 2014 at 10:37 pm
(July 5, 2014 at 10:33 pm)Rhythm Wrote: For you, granted, but for me, as per my example it does. I'm unnecessary. Nature informs me in the same way that math informs me that 1+2=3. I can't say that 1+2=4 anymore than I can say that if nature provides a scenario that doesn't fit my criteria - then it's still right, because I want it to be right. It's wrong.
Not trumpeting the superiority or the accuracy of any system derived this way, only offering the possibility that such a system can exist (does, indeed, exist).
I pick two sticks from here and two sticks from there, and they add up to 4. That's nature telling me 2 + 2 = 4 ...
Sure, we come up with the symbols and concepts, but at least nature actually shows us the answer directly anyway. Unlike with morality where you have to make the judgement yourself. Nature only shows you whether an act leads to this or that consequence, and you have to judge what this means for you based on your criteria.
