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Thread #132816   Message #3017708
Posted By: Joe Offer
28-Oct-10 - 10:40 AM
Thread Name: BS: The 'moral' Atheist?
Subject: RE: BS: The 'moral' Atheist?
Jack the Sailor says this:And then he says this: I can't believe in a God who punishes people for what they believe, or what they don't believe. Note that Jack and I agree on this, and I think most of us here can agree on this point.



Steamin' Willie asks about Jack's original question, which started this thread. Jack's question:

Little Hawk answered the question in the second post - and maybe the discussion should have stopped right there, because again I think that most of us agree. Little Hawk's answer:
This is the way we all make moral choices, either by following a moral code, or by following more general principles like the Golden Rule. And whether we follow a numbered code or a more general principle, the morality of our actions then depends on the quality of the code or principle that we follow.

Can anyone disagree with that?

-Joe-