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To: Mr. Silverback

“Actually, such actions prove the Don doesn’t have belief and the atheist does.”

No disrespect meant on my part, but you’ve just entered into what we call a ‘circular argument’.

My personal belief is that, on average, religious people tend to be more moral than non-religious people, but that one cannot make any absolute statements that all morality comes from religion/God.


54 posted on 01/03/2008 10:06:57 AM PST by DodoDreamer
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To: DodoDreamer
My personal belief is that, on average, religious people tend to be more moral than non-religious people

the belief in reward and punishment for good behavior does not create morality, just good behavior.

56 posted on 01/03/2008 10:11:00 AM PST by Soliton
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To: DodoDreamer
No disrespect meant on my part, but you’ve just entered into what we call a ‘circular argument’.

I disagree, but let's table it and part friends. :-)

65 posted on 01/03/2008 10:28:49 AM PST by Mr. Silverback (Support Scouting: Raising boys to be strong men and politically incorrect at the same time.)
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To: DodoDreamer
No disrespect meant on my part, but you’ve just entered into what we call a 'circular argument'.

Actually, it is the "no true Scotsman" fallacy (rejection of refuting evidence through ad hoc definition), which is not quite the same thing.

138 posted on 01/03/2008 2:26:34 PM PST by steve-b (Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. --RAH)
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