(June 16, 2015 at 12:16 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:Indeed, it can...(June 16, 2015 at 11:47 am)pocaracas Wrote: Would you believe me if I said, most likely, society did it?
One must first accept that there is a god, before one can delve into the possibility that such a moral system was provided by said god, don't you think?
Atheists, *sort of* don't accept the existence of a god as a given in a discussion... sure, we may, once in a while, use the hypothetical existence just to show that some tale spun around it ends up making little sense...
I believe that that is what you believe.
But society can think some horrific things are moral. Slavery, segregation, etc have all been big things in the past in this very country. But it was still wrong. Look at isis, they think what they are doing is good. They are wrong.
Who knows what sick things we do daily that people in the future will look at in horror?
Plastic?!
Oil burning?
What were they thinking?!
(June 16, 2015 at 12:16 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: ------
Yes, I do think so. That is why I started this thread. To know what you guys thought about morality, since you don't think it comes from God. I have talked about my opinions because I have been asked about them.
So, there you have it: society.
The requirement of a social network of people in order for each individual to function and develop its potential.
Around the world, you«'ll find many different societies. They all work, more or less.
Our current western society may not be the best, environmentally speaking, but it has a few nice thinkers... the environmental problem may bring about the downfall of humanity itself, so it may not be such a good society after all... but it's what we've got.
ISIS is a local problem... it works, on the short term. And it is building upon the society that grew with time in that location... well... in the whereabouts.
