More Proof That We Don't Need a Transcendent Moral Standard
Posted on: July 9, 2009 - 9:14pm
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More Proof That We Don't Need a Transcendent Moral Standard
Saw this today on Science Daily. Definitely worth a read. Really not that long.
"Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, show me the steep and thorny way to heaven. Whiles, like a puff'd and reckless libertine, himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. And recks not his own rede."
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I would love to read it right now but my wife is bitching at me.
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You deserve to be stabbed in the face.
Theism is why we can't have nice things.
1. What ClockCat said.
2. A transcendent moral standard is the one offered up by theists in the morality debate.
3. GTFO Freethinking Anonymous.
"Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, show me the steep and thorny way to heaven. Whiles, like a puff'd and reckless libertine, himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. And recks not his own rede."
What are we transcending?
To develop criterion for right and wrong.
What logic?
Our revels now are ended. These our actors, | As I foretold you, were all spirits, and | Are melted into air, into thin air; | And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, | The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, | The solemn temples, the great globe itself, - Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, | And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, | Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff | As dreams are made on, and our little life | Is rounded with a sleep. - Shakespeare
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Butter: We're transcending the fallen nature of wretched, sinful man.
Manofmanynames: Enjoy this cat.
"Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, show me the steep and thorny way to heaven. Whiles, like a puff'd and reckless libertine, himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. And recks not his own rede."
Stab #3 in the face. GO THE FUCK AWAY.
YOU ARE NOT WANTED.
post in the places that don't say "NO THEISTS"
And have a nice day.
Theism is why we can't have nice things.
Because I want to.
Perfectly fine, as in they're not extinct yet?
Our revels now are ended. These our actors, | As I foretold you, were all spirits, and | Are melted into air, into thin air; | And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, | The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, | The solemn temples, the great globe itself, - Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, | And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, | Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff | As dreams are made on, and our little life | Is rounded with a sleep. - Shakespeare
Your turn to bitch tomorrow.
Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success. --Mark Skousen
Well you know that's not true. Piranhas don't eat eachother, so they DO have a moral standard.
Well I was born an original sinner
I was spawned from original sin
And if I had a dollar bill for all the things I've done
There'd be a mountain of money piled up to my chin
Have you ever seen a piranha? I don't know if that's a result of a moral standard or just the fact that they're about the least appetizing fish ever.
"Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, show me the steep and thorny way to heaven. Whiles, like a puff'd and reckless libertine, himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. And recks not his own rede."
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Doesn't this make your analogy dishonest? We all have at the very least a personalized set of morals.
"Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, show me the steep and thorny way to heaven. Whiles, like a puff'd and reckless libertine, himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. And recks not his own rede."
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Books about atheism
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You're agnostic atheist or an agnostic theist? Do you or do you not believe in a God?
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From your forum topic "Why Atheists Are Disliked:"
"Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, show me the steep and thorny way to heaven. Whiles, like a puff'd and reckless libertine, himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. And recks not his own rede."
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Books about atheism
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More soy?
manofmanynames, you have transgressed upon the Atheist Holy of Holies.
The Atheists have cursed your immortal soul to burn in hellfire for eternity.
You are omnipresent.
Exactly. They evolved such that they derive no pleasure in eating other piranha so they don't do it. So their morality is hedonism(no morality).
Every animal's real 'morality' is seek your own pleasure(including humans and theists). The only thing unique about humans is that we can put on the holier than thou act of not being selfish hedonists all the while being one. That's what morality is, the holier than thou act.
Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success. --Mark Skousen
Actually they do eat other piranha's, if one get caught on a fishing hook, the others will attempt to nibble away at it, and piranhas often eat on their weaker ones.