On Nov 8, 2007 7:23 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a word, yes. The ancient Greeks (ie., Socrates and Plato for instance) > discussed ethics and morality without reference to a deity. There's an > entire branch of philosophy that discusses the concepts, again without > referencing a deity. In developmental psychology, the area of moral > development, again does not refer religion. so yes its possible to "live the > good life" or a moral and ethical life without referring to religion. >
Absolutely, but the majority of people don't....the majority of people base their morality, at least to some degree, on their spiritual beliefs....which, I suppose, is why they suspect people who do not. Which brings us full circle. -- And all this could be Just a dream so it seems I was never much good at goodbye ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:246133 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
