> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 5:59 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: What Does THIS Mean? > > Back up the fact that I never implied Christianity or used the word? > Sure, > just read the thread, I never mentioned Christianity.
No: the fact that our laws are based on religion and not on evolved biological imperatives. You know, your major premise. I used Christianity's 10 commandments as an example, but the same outcome is common across faiths: religion coops the basic ethical beliefs common to social animals, adds several (generally nonsensical) rules of its own, claims that they're equal and offers punishment if they're flouted. In this way religion attempts to equate itself with these basic biological drives, but generally fails. This is probably why, for example, the lapsed faithful often break the purely religious rules (keeping the Sabbath, breaking caste barriers, marrying outside the faith, non-productive sex, and so forth) - even purposefully, deliberately so - but rarely break the more entrenched biological imperatives (murder, theft, etc). Also remember that the percentage of atheists in the general population is much higher than the percentage of atheists in the criminal population. All the information I can find from biology, anthropology and sociology seems to indicate that core ethics (prohibitions against theft and murder and, positively, altruism and generosity) are present regardless of religious indoctrination. I'm curious what evidence you have to the contrary? Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278100 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
