RE: Abortion: 10 years as an atheist and I still don't get it
February 25, 2020 at 5:22 pm
(This post was last modified: February 25, 2020 at 5:23 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 25, 2020 at 11:40 am)Klorophyll Wrote:(February 25, 2020 at 11:11 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I'm willing to state with confidence that killing bacteria in the shower is a good kill. Your objection is incoherent not just with respect to my objective moral system, but also incoherent with respect to your own subjective moral system.
Your system can't possibly make the distinction between the human life and any other form of life, and if you try and do that you're just borrowing religious ideals.
From a materialist point of view nothing makes one more special than any virus or bacteria or living cell out there. And we can't do better than that unless we start elevating our own status.
Sure it can. I don't believe in gods, I know that there are different kinds of life. Why did you think this would be difficult?
Now we're on to materialism. It's important to point out that atheists don't have to be materialists, but it's no more difficult for a materialist to offer a set of value judgements than it is for you to do the same. None of these things you're asking about are problems. Who told you they were? Why would they be?
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