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On Oct 24, 2024 at 8:50:59 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:Then, what's the source of the "good" that attends a moral act?
On 10/23/2024 8:49 PM, BTR1701 wrote:[Morality] does not require a belief in the supernatural.On Oct 23, 2024 at 3:12:31 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:>
On 10/23/2024 3:54 PM, BTR1701 wrote:You [say] some people's morals differ from others? Who knew?On Oct 23, 2024 at 12:20:29 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:>
On 10/23/2024 2:47 PM, BTR1701 wrote:Because it causes pain and suffering both to the victim and those theyOn Oct 23, 2024 at 11:15:53 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com>>
wrote:
On 10/22/2024 10:43 PM, BTR1701 wrote:Again, I don't have any such belief, yet I think it's wrong theOn Oct 22, 2024 at 3:56:09 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com>>
wrote:
On 10/22/2024 6:44 PM, BTR1701 wrote:No, it doesn't. I'm an atheist. I don't believe in any spooks orOn Oct 22, 2024 at 2:59:35 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com>>
wrote:
Again, you're going to have to explain how prohibiting the killing of
adult people is secular but prohibiting the killing of pre-born people
is per se
religious.
The former stems from a mutual protection pact between citizens and
arises from logic, whereas the latter stems from someone's faith-based
dogma about when fetuses receive "souls" and "deserve" protection.
spirits or
souls. And I can't see any logic at all that says it's perfectly okay to
kill a baby that's moments from birth just because it hasn't transited the
three inches of the vaginal canal yet.
And as has been stated many times, one need not believe in an omnipotent
invisible sky-tyrant to believe that killing a baby in the womb is wrong.
It's no more 'illogical' for society to protect that than it is to protect
adults
from being killed.
'Religion' needn't have an origin-story mythology, it needs only abiding
belief in something that can't be seen or shown.
same way I
think killing an adult human is wrong. Neither one requires me to be
religious.
Okay, why do you believe killing your fellow man is wrong?
love.
And what does 'wrong' mean to you, outside the context of a factualIbid.
question?
Pain and suffering are 'wrong'? But society traffics in them daily.
Indeed. And "morals" (and the like) are exactly what we're dealing with
here, i.e., behavioral rules based on shared belief in a "higher power".
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