I didn't say anything about some sort of tyranny of the masses.
I'm saying a moral argument can be done by anyone, religious or not.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that some things are good, and some things are bad, inherently.
Also for 'law abiding' I'm mostly meaning the big laws, murder, that sorta deal. I don't think someone is immoral for cutting an AR's barrel to 11 inches.
And I'm asking you without religion, that being an objective source of morality above and outside of humans, what basis you have for a moral framework.
An IQ above room temperature, a shocking rarity I know but it exists out there.
I entirely agree that religion can provide frameworks for morals, it can be a great power for good.
But only someone ignorant would say that only true morals can come from it, and it alone.
Not to mention which bloody religion are you referring to? I can only assume Christianity as that one generally is the best. But it has flaws of it's own.
As I said, you really don't need to believe in a god, to know that stepping on babies probably isn't the best idea.
I didn't say anything about some sort of tyranny of the masses.
I'm saying a moral argument can be done by anyone, religious or not.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that some things are good, and some things are bad, inherently.
Also for 'law abiding' I'm mostly meaning the big laws, murder, that sorta deal. I don't think someone is immoral for cutting an AR's barrel to 11 inches.
And I'm asking you without religion, that being an objective source of morality above and outside of humans, what basis you have for a moral framework.
An IQ above room temperature, a shocking rarity I know but it exists out there.
I entirely agree that religion can provide frameworks for morals, it can be a great power for good.
But only someone ignorant would say that only true morals can come from it, and it alone.
Not to mention which bloody religion are you referring to? I can only assume Christianity as that one generally is the best. But it has flaws of it's own.
As I said, you really don't need to believe in a god, to know that stepping on babies probably isn't the best idea.
Your answer is an IQ above room temperature? Meaning that your framework for morality is you, yourself?
Surely you see the problem with this.
Yes, that is my answer.
And no, I don't.