Re: Religion and morality (was Re: Abortion and so on)

2005-05-20 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On May 19, 2005, at 7:03 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Wed, 18 May 2005 19:04:22 -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote The attempted genocide (alleged, to be fair) of American aborigines in the 19th Century was possibly acceptable to many in the context of its time... and The concept itself is rooted in the ide

Re: Religion and morality (was Re: Abortion and so on)

2005-05-19 Thread Dave Land
On May 19, 2005, at 7:11 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 19 May 2005, at 3:03 pm, Nick Arnett wrote: I'm a bit surprised to find that I believe that in this very important sense no religion is more or less likely to do good. Nonetheless, it seems to me that because religious institutions are human

Re: Religion and morality (was Re: Abortion and so on)

2005-05-19 Thread William T Goodall
On 19 May 2005, at 3:03 pm, Nick Arnett wrote: I'm a bit surprised to find that I believe that in this very important sense no religion is more or less likely to do good. Nonetheless, it seems to me that because religious institutions are human inventions, each has an equal ability to deceiv

Religion and morality (was Re: Abortion and so on)

2005-05-19 Thread Nick Arnett
On Wed, 18 May 2005 19:04:22 -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote > The attempted genocide (alleged, to be fair) of American aborigines > in the 19th Century was possibly acceptable to many in the context > of its time... and > The concept itself is rooted in the idea of a deity, of course, > which i