It seems to met that guilt etc is a social control. It serves to have individuals act in ways that don't immediately benefit them, but does benefit the larger group. The MILF 3 door down is a good example. In a smaller social group, tribes etc, if you followed your impulse, yes it might be fun for a short while but serves to mess up your group. At the very least when the husband (or your wife) finds out about it, then it helps to destroy social cohesion and unity etc.
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Rick Root <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> actually, now that I think about it, doesn't christianity teach >> original sin....that were born with sin and we must atone for it? >> >> Sounds like guilt to me. > > So what? I never said that religion doesn't foster guilt. Of course it does. > > What I said is that you don't need to believe in God to feel guilty > about doing something wrong. > > And whether that comes from a natural sense of right/wrong, or from > societal pressures (which probably do stem from religion), either way, > if you murder someone because you covet their spouse for yourself, you > shouldn't need the ten commandments to make you feel guilty about it. > Nor should you need the ten commandments to prevent you from doing it. > > Of course, the problem is when you do something horrible in the name > of God... like an abortion clinic bomber, who feels NO guilt about the > consequences of his action. > > (hey, can we talk about gun control too?) > > Rick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306210 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
