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Sir Francis, your scholarly treatise deserves commendation of the first order. After having read it through, on first glance, you raise numerous interesting and persuasive arguments. I've always enjoyed reading about Socrates; upon perusal of Euthyphro, I believe I have read this before, some time ago....the cob webs have moved, ever so slightly.

You are quite correct about the idolotrous nature of television (and the Left); that is, in fact, what it has become and what its purpose is used for by the Left.

I minored in Psychology in college, and, so, have a grasp of the conditioned learning about which you refer. It is a double-edge sword, and used or misused as any other tool, depending upon who is its "master."

May I also suggest, if you are unfamiliar with the topic, a read on Cognitive Dissonance, an interesting theory on how humans behave and why. I cannot agree, however, with your position regarding the Government's role in making "moralistic" laws (this seems to be a Libertarian viewpoint), I do believe it is a Government's duty to make laws the protect society as a whole. Having said that, howver, I do NOT agree with the Government becoming what it has become today, in effect a nanny state. Extremes, IMHO, lead to disastrous consequences, whether those extremes concern personal decisions or public laws. While we agree on the idea of benefits/costs to society, I simply cannot agree that there should not be an immovable standard of right and wrong, otherwise, we're back to arbitrary laws and a moving, subjective, standard....which reminds me of what the lefties want to do with the Constitution, viewing it as a "living, and ever-changing" doctrine.

I cannot agree, however, with your position regarding the Government's role in making "moralistic" laws...

Perhaps you didn't notice the BOLD TYPE???

(SARCASM ON) The First Amendment says that Government must exorcise all traces of religion and theism from itself. Therefore, the Government should never consider issues of morality and of right and wrong. (SARCASM OFF)

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Morality and all of its associated concepts are based on the belief that some higher power is defining the correctness of human behavior.

I didn't say it was a problem for me...

Consider this Socratic dilemma...

One thing an evolutionist cannot answer is if their idea of a "big bang" theory is really an admission the universe is an Immaculate Conception...

DNA is the singularity that evolutionists rely upon by belief to support their theory. This is no different than the Big Bang - - just another Immaculate Conception...