--- Luiza de Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What has happened is indeed very shameful & shocking. If > people/youngsters/or whoever for that matter had a proper upbringing & were > taught to be God-fearing from young, they would have had some moral & > spiritual values.
The sentence above is not true, there are many atheists who lead moral lives just as there are many people of God leading immoral lives. The suggestion that one has to believe in God to be moral is ludicrous. Billy Graham and his daughter's practice of religion is one moral theory (Divine Command theory) in a pluralistic world. Aristotle's and Plato's view (Virtue Ethics), Bentham and Mill's view (Utilitarianism), Kant's view (Deontological ethics), Confucius's view (Structured living), Daoism (Balanced Living), Hinduism (Moral duty) are other views. The sentences below do make a lot of sense. > It's very sad that parents/institutions give importance > only to the physical & intellectual needs of their children/students. > This is exactly like said > above - the interest in learning good values is created at home first. George __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
