--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mario asks: > > Santosh, > This is a false choice because of what appears to be > two fictitious hypotheticals, stated without any > context or perspective, which you should provide > before asking such a half-baked question. >
Sorry, that question was meant for individuals who understand the context and perspective. > > Mario answers: > > Yes, as I have been trying to point out, hypocrisy > is part and parcel of a "molten moral code" that > unorganized individual atheists MAY be following. > Wrong answer. But never mind. It might be hard to understand that nothing is gained by being prejudiced against individualism and independent thinking, and that organized mob psychology and herd mentality are often dangerous. > > In this case, how would anyone even know, unless the > person gets arrested? > An individual independent thinker is able to acquire knowledge and wisdom by reading and thinking deeply and rationally for himself/herself. A group member on the other hand is likely to get arrested for mob behavior. > > People who sign on to a religion or morally based > group like the Jains and Buddhists and followers of > Sai Baba, accept rock solid moral codes as their > guiding principles, even if, as humans, they fail to > comply a 100% of the time. > Don't you think that these people might get arrested for following some of these rock solid codes e.g. for nudism or pedophilia? > >When they fail, the code immediately informs them, >and guides them back. > Do the group members follow their code even if it is harmful to themselves or to the society as a whole? Why are individualism and independent rational thinking not permitted by these codes? > > Hypocrisy, by definition, is not part of the rock > solid moral codes of organized religious and other > groups. > What is your definition of hypocrisy? Please state the specific assertions in these codes, which prohibit hypocrisy. Please enumerate the other groups, besides organized religious ones, mentioned above? How many such other groups are there? How many rock solid codes are there in all i.e. those of organized religious groups and those of other groups? > >Though individual members may engage in it, the group >they belong to would know and the member would pay >some consequences, in credibility if nothing else, or >more serious consequences depending on the severity >of the infraction. > What are the consequences of losing credibility? What are the more serious consequences? How is the severity of each infraction graded and by whom? How many levels of severity are there? Cheers, Santosh _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org