I thnk the point though, is that it is possible to believe that a given deed is wrong without fearing that some guy with a beard is going to strike you down for committing it.
On 11/7/07, Dinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 7, 2007 8:17 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 7, 2007 8:40 AM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Even granting your argument you would then have to acknowledge that > > > morality > > > does not require any particular belief. Animistic beliefs were the norm > > > for > > > many thousands of years. Poly-theism was (and still is) very prevalent. > > > > > > > YES, absolutely, without a doubt. I'd just like to point out that I wasn't > > really making an argument, just an observation that belief and religion > > have > > been tied into morality for a LONG time. > > > Religion and belief have been entwined with EVERYTHING for a long time. > > Control has been a driving force for as long as there's been game theory. > > Well, the thing, not the name or theory itself. ;-) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:246116 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
