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Empathetic Rats
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RE: Empathetic Rats
(December 9, 2011 at 8:05 pm)Ace Otana Wrote: You know, that supports the fact that morality (to be considerate of others, helpful) is entirely natural to social animals. Thus proving that morality doesn't come from religion.

Xtians are gonna hate that! They love thinking themselves as having the 'moral high ground'. That feeling of being superior to others sort of thing. Kinda brings'em back down to earth.
This was my first thought. That's why I am so excited by this study.
"Sisters, you know only the north; I have traveled in the south lands. There are churches there, believe me, that cut their children too, as the people of Bolvangar did--not in the same way, but just as horribly. They cut their sexual organs, yes, both boys and girls; they cut them with knives so that they shan't feel. That is what the Church does, and every church is the same: control, destroy, obliterate every good feeling. So if a war comes, and the Church is on one side of it, we must be on the other, no matter what strange allies we find ourselves bound to."

-Ruta Skadi, The Subtle Knife
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RE: Empathetic Rats
One thing I love to do is bring theists crashing back down to earth.
They hate the fact that morality does not come from religion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_morality

Dolphins are a great example. Apes, rats and countless more. Social animals by nature restrict certain behaviour.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan

Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.

Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.

You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
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