(June 16, 2015 at 4:11 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I am being 100% honest. If I believed all we were was just material made from dust particles and nothing else, I would still know that hurting others is wrong. I would still feel sorry for people. But I wouldn't be able to explain *why* it would be so important to treat others well. I would know it was, but I wouldn't know where that came from.
From where I sit, you still don't know where it came from. You've adopted a belief system, probably as a direct result of who your parents are. Based on those beliefs which you hold but don't know in a way you can defend to another, you assume you understand why it is important to treat others well. But what really does that amount to aside from a smug, probably undeserved assurance. Uncertainty is our actual circumstance.
