RE: Organic Molecules Found 400 Light Years From Earth
August 9, 2017 at 11:27 pm
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2017 at 12:05 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(August 9, 2017 at 9:11 am)rjh4 is back Wrote: You still have not explained your basis for determining good/evil. You say it is "evolutionary empathy". What in the world is that? Do you mean just the chemical reactions going on in my body/brain?
Some other things to consider: In your worldview (I am talking about you personal worldview...and everyone has a worldview), where do the laws of logic come from? Are they just a product of chemical reactions in the brain?
Do you believe that morality is objective?
Do you believe that morality is absolute?
(August 9, 2017 at 5:04 pm)rjh4 is back Wrote: You can say my presuppositions are a non-starter for you and never go through the mental exercise to determine if it is a logically consistent position to see where I am coming from.
This fetish with "logic" indicates to me someone who doesn't know enough about it to understand its limits. Logical consistency does not impart truth. A flawed premise can render perfect logic utterly absurd.
All As are X.
B is an A.
B is an X.
All turtles are automobile mechanics.
You are a turtle.
QED you are an automobile mechanic.
Anyone who's worked with logic for a while would know such a simple truth. And as Brewer pointed out earlier, you cannot logic something into existence.
