pete asks what my moral compass is and how do I know it hasn't gone south.

Well, lets's see now..

I don't oppress women. I don't see gay people as second class. I don't abuse children or vulnerable adults. I don't turn round to members of other clubs and say I'm right and you are wrong. I don't raise charitable funds for third world communities and spend it all on churches and mosques, leaving little or nothing for sanitation or irrigation. I don't rally to impose my superstition on others through Sunday trading laws. I don't claim charitable status for my club and then totally ignore The Charities Act requirements for equal access to my services. I don't let children die by persuading parents that prayer is stronger than scientific cure. I don't selfishly refuse to help top up blood banks for all. I don't hypocritically then accept blood on the quiet after persuading others not to. I don't promise young men a room full of virgins to rape if they commit terrorist acts. I don't use my club as an excuse for more temporal conflict and war.

I don't need an old man to tell me right from wrong.

I have a combination of experience and instinct. Just as any sociable species that requires to evolve a sense of altruism as per what Darwin and subsequent others discovered.


As this is post 101, we have somewhere to put Jesus...