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Atheist moral code
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RE: Atheist moral code
(March 4, 2015 at 11:51 am)Alex K Wrote:
(March 4, 2015 at 11:47 am)Faith No More Wrote: In all the time you've spent on atheist forums, I know you know the difference between accepting evolution as a biological mechanism and accepting its tenets as moral principles. Just because the moral conscience was a result of evolution does not mean it has to follow evolution's guidelines.

Is it that hard to understand?

I'm sure if you really, really, don't want to even consider the possibility that human empathy and reason are evolutionary, it's very, very, hard to understand. Wink
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god.  If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
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Atheist moral code - by Void - March 4, 2015 at 3:58 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by robvalue - March 4, 2015 at 4:05 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Neo-Scholastic - March 4, 2015 at 10:55 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Alex K - March 4, 2015 at 10:58 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Faith No More - March 4, 2015 at 11:47 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Alex K - March 4, 2015 at 11:51 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Jenny A - March 4, 2015 at 12:02 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Faith No More - March 4, 2015 at 12:15 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Esquilax - March 4, 2015 at 3:03 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Simon Moon - March 4, 2015 at 3:51 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by I Am Not A Human Being - March 24, 2015 at 8:14 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Thumpalumpacus - March 4, 2015 at 4:20 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Norman Humann - March 4, 2015 at 4:09 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Void - March 4, 2015 at 3:52 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Norman Humann - March 4, 2015 at 4:09 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Fidel_Castronaut - March 4, 2015 at 4:35 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Alex K - March 4, 2015 at 4:43 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by robvalue - March 4, 2015 at 5:08 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Homeless Nutter - March 4, 2015 at 7:48 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by ManMachine - March 4, 2015 at 11:22 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by FreeTony - March 4, 2015 at 11:42 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Neo-Scholastic - March 4, 2015 at 2:44 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Neo-Scholastic - March 4, 2015 at 3:19 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Esquilax - March 4, 2015 at 4:11 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Faith No More - March 4, 2015 at 3:35 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Angrboda - March 4, 2015 at 4:05 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Neo-Scholastic - March 6, 2015 at 9:37 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Angrboda - March 6, 2015 at 11:49 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Thumpalumpacus - March 4, 2015 at 4:12 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by CapnAwesome - March 4, 2015 at 4:13 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Void - March 4, 2015 at 4:45 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Thumpalumpacus - March 4, 2015 at 5:09 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by CapnAwesome - March 4, 2015 at 8:57 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by comet - March 4, 2015 at 4:15 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Void - March 4, 2015 at 5:17 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Thumpalumpacus - March 4, 2015 at 7:16 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Spooky - March 6, 2015 at 9:04 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Lek - March 7, 2015 at 4:48 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Esquilax - March 7, 2015 at 5:11 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Thumpalumpacus - March 7, 2015 at 5:28 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Void - March 7, 2015 at 5:40 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by CapnAwesome - March 7, 2015 at 6:08 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by AFTT47 - March 7, 2015 at 5:50 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Void - March 7, 2015 at 6:34 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Esquilax - March 7, 2015 at 6:52 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Void - March 7, 2015 at 7:07 pm

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