On 2/8/2013 12:04 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote:
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:23 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 2/7/2013 3:15 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote:
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 10:53 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 2/7/2013 12:01 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote:
“A secular purpose” is a nice ruse, because it is “theology-free”,
right?
Yes it is. It's not dependent on any ultimate foundation of the
universe (per
Bruno's definition of 'theology') or even any agreement about what that
might
be. It only depends on the public subjective non-religious values of
society
as expressed in their laws. That's what 'secular' means.
By what mechanism does a value become "non-religious"? How did "marriage"
become
secular for instance?
Can you define non-religious values?
I can where religions are certified by the state.
Care to share an example of a secular value stripped of all religious and transcendental
connotations?
Sure, murder is bad. Of course this may be incoporated into many different religions as a
value imposed by some transcendental force - but it's constancy across many cultures and
religions, it's obvious relation to evolutionary survival makes it pretty clear that it's
a secular value.
Brent
Not trying to make a point. Just interested :)
PGC
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