(February 17, 2017 at 9:20 am)WisdomOfTheTrees Wrote:(February 17, 2017 at 8:12 am)chimp3 Wrote: Call it arbitrary if you wish but I can pick and choose from any "objective" religious moral lesson. I think the fable of the Good Samaritan is a good moral tale. Rise above the bigotry of your culture and help a human being who is in trouble. I think human sacrifice and killing your own son for the bad behavior of others is sick. My moral landscape has been shaped by more than iron age tales of brutality.If one defined morality, then there would be nothing of which to disagree on, there would be nothing to deviate from. Since there is no defined morality, that means whatever one chooses to believe is morality is arbitrary.
Why do you think there is no defined morality. People are always defining morality. Arbitrary is a red herring. The debates between bible thumping slave owners and abolitionists in the U.S. were not arbitrary. Each side used scripture to support the cause and the good side won. No thanks to the christians sky fairy.
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!
