.@RosaRubicondior As the late Hitchens wrote: Why would a god choose an illiterate, desert-bound people when China was already civilized?
@josh_m @RosaRubicondior That's just it: behavior. Religions/gods developed to control behavior (good/evil). Necessity is the mother of..!
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@emlynaddison falls down a bit in specific analysis though… look at the starting point of actual religions. Get corrupted pretty quick!
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@josh_m "Starting point"? That would coincide with the emergence of hunter-gatherer societies. "Society" being the operative word. -
@emlynaddison Original question was whether Christians thought primitive cultures knew more/higher morals. Don’t know any1 who thinks that!
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@josh_m Don't confuse primitive superstitions with their codification. Most Christian "tenets" are just hijackings of a natural morality. -
@emlynaddison Got some good literature on natural morality? The argument on Xian side is usually morality and natural selection are opposite
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@josh_m By "natural morality" I mean "naturally-occurring morality". Or is our morality the sole domain of the Christian faith? Ouch. -
@emlynaddison Hardly. I think you have me confused with a fundie. :) I’m interested in morality separate from religion…
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@josh_m Well there's the rub: the religious insist that morality can only come from servitude to god. I don't know any religions that don't.
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@emlynaddison Sorry I missed this… it’s was/is a good point.
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