Its been shown over 2500 years ago that you do not need religion for morality. After all why do you need God to be good.For that matter I suspect you don't need philosophy either.
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "That however has little or nothing to do with moral relativism, and I > didn't see Jerry mention religion or the bible." > > That's because I didn't. > > I guess someone is implying that religion is necessary for morals. An > interesting discussion that philosophers have debated for millennia. > > > J > > - > > I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I > think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in > poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled > much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public > provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, > and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for > them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer. - Benjamin > Franklin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359435 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
