On Oct 21, 2009, at 8:20 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey wrote: > Hhm, really? What or who determines what is right or wrong? > Certainly the Nazis thought they were right when they exterminated > the Jews and tried to take over the rest of the world. But clearly > most of us would think that was wrong. Likewise today Iran thinks > they are right to bomb Israel off the face of the earth, but most of > us would think that is wrong. Humans have a morality that goes > beyond what we typically see in nature (kill or be killed) and that > seems to have little to do with our personal survival, it's an > interesting question to consider why we have that and where it truly > comes from, if *not* from religion or spirituality.
I think you're discounting nature's morality by boiling it down to kill or be killed. There are plenty of pack animals that protect each other. Mother animals care for their young. Gorilla's care for their "tribe". Dogs will face down someone who attacks their owner. Etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:306254 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
