At 12:13 AM 12/23/2005, Pat Robertson typed:
Because abortion has absolutely nothing to do with fairy tales?
Since when do you need to worship cloud men in order to determine if
you personally find aborting fetuses to be immoral? I really have
disgust for those who assume that only by instilling fairy tales
does one have moral guidance. It is a real undermining of the human
mind to overlook the sense of morality built in at the genetic
level. I don't need a book to tell me that killing is wrong.
Even the most learned psychologists & psychiatrists who btw are
usually atheists agree that story telling to the young is one of the
best way to communicate ideas to them. I also strongly disagree that
humans have a morality code built in. Try making a study of morality
in our prison system some time. Many inmates turn to religion as easy
way to chalk up points with the parole board but you'll find that the
ones that actually reform enough not to be a nuisance to society
after they get out are predominantly religious in their private
lives. All of us have demons within that we must keep in the
background. Sure the demons aren't usually a bright red man with
pointy ears & a pitch fork but that doesn't mean an evil doesn't lurk
within us either after all humans are animals. Have you heard the one
about the 3 monkeys in a tree discussing humans?
Thank you Gary for your posts in this thread.
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Wayne D. Johnson
Ashland, OH, USA 44805
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