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What is morality?
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 (September 1, 2017 at 9:38 pm)Court Jester Wrote: moralityThis^ Morality also involves choice. Religions ask for obedience/surrender. The opposite of morality.
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!
How's everything going MK? What are you studying these days? Any lucky ladies yet?
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.  (September 2, 2017 at 12:11 am)Little lunch Wrote: Morality is everything that I think is right. Yes and no. Yes from an artificial human construct. But no in the context that evolutionary survival in social species leans to protecting the group. In evolution, survival is hard wired, and while some species of life are more solitary, with mammals like elephants and chimps the social aspect rose to group cooperation. Even with dangerous animals like gators, I wouldn't try fucking with a female's nest. Male lions will fight rivals to keep them away from their harem of females, and murder the cubs of rival males. But the lioness's will group to protect cubs. Morality is subjective yes, but from the point of the individual empathy for one's own arises too. The lion will socialize with other lions but have no empathy for the baby antelope it kills to eat. Humans are no different. But the advantage we do have that we don't use widely enough worldwide, is a natural understanding of our own species behaviors. If more humans could see the long term bigger picture at a global scale, we could understand more that we are not as different as we would like to think. Religion distorts our natural behaviors and turns them into super hero vs super villain comics.  (September 2, 2017 at 5:05 am)ignoramus Wrote: How's everything going MK? What are you studying these days? Any lucky ladies yet? Everything is good. Doing 3rd year this fall (5 courses and they are all hard), and hope fully will finish degree soon, and finish strong. Thanks! How have you been my friend? (September 2, 2017 at 9:44 am)MysticKnight Wrote:(September 2, 2017 at 5:05 am)ignoramus Wrote: How's everything going MK? What are you studying these days? Any lucky ladies yet? What is your degree for if you don't mind us asking?   
Welcome back, MM.
I've got to say I don't think any metaphysical claim can be persuasive which is built up from the definition of the words we use, not that I expect you to refrain from trying. (September 2, 2017 at 10:09 am)Little Rik Wrote:(September 1, 2017 at 9:24 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Define it in a thorough manner. Poppycock. "Spirituality" is also highly subjective to point of view. Humans in antiquity would get high off of eating or smoking plants and think they were talking to the otherworld. It is a gibberish superstitious word. If you feel an intense sense of awe, wonder, comfort or love, that is not "spirituality", that is your BODY releasing chemicals that stimulate a positive mood, in a real evolutionary context, thinking about things that give you comfort can boost your immune system, even if those ideas are completely false. I have no "spirituality". I do have a deep appreciation for a pretty sunset, clear night time sky, when my cat curls up on my lap, but especially the time I had with my mother while she was alive. I have no need to chalk any of those beautiful things up to hollow cliche words rooted in superstition and mythology. I find reality far more satisfying than dusty old books written by humans who didn't know where the sun went at night. |
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