Re: Republican Reversal -- from whence, belief?

2002-07-18 Thread Robin Hanson
Grey Thomas wrote: Let us assume the Bible is not true; further, that there is no Biblical God. Thus, no basis for ANY of the 10 commandments, nor thus for any absolute moral good vs. evil. So fornication, adultery, stealing, murder are not This obviously results in a selfish, mean society

RE: Republican Reversal -- from whence, belief?

2002-07-18 Thread john hull
This seems awfully off topic, but the notion that atheism implies an immoral society is not true. For a primer, visit: www.infidels.org/library/modern/nontheism/atheism/morality-and-atheism.html Regarding believing biblical creation, every person should know that the Bible contradicts itself on

RE: Republican Reversal -- from whence, belief?

2002-07-18 Thread Grey Thomas
Irrespective of the objective truth of the Bible, the superiority of a Bible believing society is a position I strongly believe, Doesn't your position commit you to believing that the people in our society who do not believe in the Bible are in fact mostly selfish mean criminals?

Re: Republican Reversal -- from whence, belief?

2002-07-18 Thread Alex Tabarrok
Tom Grey wrote Further, I derive support for this from limited thought experiments: Society A: more Atheist, Society B: more Bible Believing. In which society do I expect more fraud? more cheating spouses promiscuity? more theft? more murder? Well, even without empirical support, I