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Sacrificing our Moral Compasses

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Sacrificing our Moral Compasses
fr0d0 Offline
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RE: Sacrificing our Moral Compasses
June 21, 2014 at 3:11 am
Oh so I shouldn't prop people when I think they make a good point?

Humans are selfish. The ideology isn't.
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MJ the Skeptical Offline
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RE: Sacrificing our Moral Compasses
June 21, 2014 at 3:29 am (This post was last modified: June 21, 2014 at 3:33 am by MJ the Skeptical.)
Hahahahah, I said it was funny that you propped the guy who showed how immoral theism was.

Me saying something is funny =/= Me saying you shouldn't say something...no, straw man.

Swing and a miss, selfishness is an emergent trait from our Evolution, as is Empathy.
If the hypothetical idea of an afterlife means more to you than the objectively true reality we all share, then you deserve no respect.
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RE: Sacrificing our Moral Compasses
June 21, 2014 at 3:46 am
I get that you don't get it.

Whether selfishness is hereditary misses the point. The ideal is selflessness.
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RE: Sacrificing our Moral Compasses
June 21, 2014 at 6:18 am
You misrepresented what I said about something being ironically funny and shifted it into having me say you shouldn't prop who you want, no, you're a dumbass. Pointing out irony is fun, I could care less who gets your seal of approval.

Also, there is no whether, selfishness is emergent.
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RE: Sacrificing our Moral Compasses
June 21, 2014 at 8:19 am
(June 21, 2014 at 3:46 am)fr0d0 Wrote: The ideal is selflessness.

The justification of the abject.

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