RE: Theistic morality
July 23, 2010 at 6:27 am
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2010 at 6:27 am by chasm.)
(July 22, 2010 at 5:32 pm)The Omnissiunt One Wrote: That doesn't mean the side that has office is morally right. Hitler had office, but that doesn't mean the Nazis and their supporters were right. Unless you think it did...
I never said it would be morally right. I was pointing out that if one side or another had office, that's what would be the deciding factor.
The Omnissiunt One Wrote:But once we have some basic moral principle, like 'pain is bad', we can use reason and evidence, rather than just people's beliefs and prejudices, to decide.
How do you get this moral principle?
I mean, how can you even go off "pain is bad"? Buddhists and Scientologists thinking suffering and pain are good.
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