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Old 12-15-2005, 08:50 PM
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Default Re: When religion and morality fail... who ya gonna call?

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Unfortunately, both morality and religion rely on faith.

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This is simply not true. Morality does not require faith as there are numerous set guildlines about morality which are and always have been agreed upon. The applications of these guidelines may differ between cultures, but the morality is there. Genocide with provocation or reason is usually agreed to be a bad thing no matter, for example.

In fact, I would go so far as to argue that morality is programmed into us via evolution and I would recommend you study evolutionary psychology and in particular Michael Shermer's "The Science of Good and Evil," which is a fine book. I'm a big fan of Shermer.
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