Santosh, I think the verbal writhing and squirming around and futile attempts at obfuscation are coming from you in yet another attempt at seeing ghosts that don't exist and then tilting against them. Your claims of denigration and chauvinism are plainly bogus. > You don't seem to get it. If one does not belong to an organized religion, one's moral compass is whatever one decides it to be. It may be as good as taught by an organized religion, or it may not be. What don't you understand about this, or the fact that a compass doen not guarantee anything? > If the shoe fits you as an atheist, then wear it. The shoe was not made especially for you, but you seem to have laid claim to it. > > --- Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the above one does not see a very convincing > attempt at backtracking nor at being a poor victim > of > aggression. One sees persistent denigration and > self-righteous religious chauvinism when it comes to > atheism. The writhing and squirming in the above > quote > makes one wonder: > > 1. What is the relationship between "moral tenets", > "religious tenets" and "well defined universal > tenets"? > > 2. Who are the "disorganized atheists", and why are > they morally inferior to organized atheists such as > the communists or organized theists such as Bush and > Ahmadinejad? > > 3. In what way are the "religious tenets" of the > organized atheistic religions of Buddhism and > Jainism > "the same as" the "moral compasses" of Christianity? > > Cheers, > > Santosh > >
