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To: Sir Francis Dashwood
Morality is rooted entirely in the presupposition some higher power defines what is correct for human behavior...

Nope. Most fanatics and some of the most evil people in the world believe that they are 'moral' and 'right'. That is why I stated that 'morality' is subjective in that it individually deals with each person's own 'moral' code of right and wrong.

Now logic on the other hand is clearly definable and as such more safer to use in one's personal judgement.

158 posted on 01/22/2006 7:01:49 PM PST by Paul C. Jesup
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To: Paul C. Jesup
I stated that 'morality' is subjective in that it individually deals with each person's own 'moral' code of right and wrong.

No you did not, you said this:

Morality is shades of gray.

Morality is rooted entirely in the presupposition some higher power defines what is correct for human behavior.

Plato’s Euthyphro is a great illustration. Socrates advances the argument to Euthyphro that, piety to the gods, who all want conflicting devotions and/or actions from humans, is impossible. (Socrates exposed the pagan esoteric sophistry.)

Likewise, morals are such a construction of idols used by the Left as a rationale for them to demand compliance to their wishes in politics, which most often are a skewed mess of fallacies in logic. Morals are a deceptive replacement for the avoidance of sin.

Like the pagan pantheons of gods, individual interpretations of “morality” are just as illogical and meaningless.

167 posted on 01/22/2006 7:18:49 PM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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