(August 30, 2010 at 9:26 am)Scarface Wrote: It's absurd to say that there's a link between atheism and being vegetarian. They have nothing at all to do with each other.
No, they are not conceptually related. But the sort of person who is likely to become vegetarian, I argued, may be more likely to become atheist (and vice versa). Someone who questions conventional metaphysical beliefs may well question conventional ethical beliefs too. It may or may not be true that this is the case, but it is an empirical question and cannot be settled without investigation.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'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
