<< Perhaps you or someone had addressed constructing a society earlier. I don’t think it came up for me. >>
I was addressing your question of whether the slogan on the bus was compatible with atheism. <<From my limited experience, I find that there are those who suggest differing moral codes would arise too. Yet, so far, I see no consistent common link when it comes to theism or atheism. I find it just is one of the rainbow of beliefs that people in general come up with.>> I don't know what you mean by "it" when you say "it is one of the rainbow". I believe this is referred to as an "indefinite antecedent" in high school grammar. <<other than simple survival, do you find any other basis for this being the case? >> I accept the basic ethos as being solely for survival. However, I do believe our intelligence allows us to expand the concepts a bit. For instance, we're genetically programmed to protect our family, but our intelligence allows us to view our entire country as an extended family, and sometimes the entire world. <<I would guess you don’t embrace teleology.>> No. <<I’ll share a little as to why I ask this. I am at a place where it seems clear that, based upon the unity of humanity (in an ultimate sense) the realization of and the transcendence of humanity to some of the states I have pointed to elsewhere, is not only an historical and inevitable reality, but in fact an absolute necessity for the survival of mankind. >> I don't really understand what you're talking about, so I neither accept nor reject. ;-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
