RE: Theistic morality
July 21, 2010 at 4:47 pm
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2010 at 4:48 pm by The Omnissiunt One.)
(July 21, 2010 at 3:27 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: The fact it's an objective fact that slavery in general causes an awful lot of suffering to the slaves in question, demonstrates the immorality of it I would say.
EvF
Hear, hear.
Purple Rabbit Wrote:It's a tentative shared informed standard and that's all it takes
So, if we had a tentative shared informed standard that slavery was alright, would it be morally acceptable?
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'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
