(January 5, 2015 at 8:07 pm)*steve* Wrote: ... any moral position is ultimately arbitrary and logically, equally defensible.That is true whether theist or atheist or polytheist. Morality is determined by the structure of the society at the time. And the regulars know whats coming next. Yes, my favorite. The INQUISITION! Theist morality at it's best. And that lasted how many years? Oh wait ... centuries! It would seem to me, based on that alone, atheist morality is not so bad. And do not forget the CRUSADES!
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
