an idea much ink has been spilled about the necessity of religion (or not) for motivating moral behavior perhaps if there is no revealed morality, Man will have no reason (after habits fade) to be Good but lets suppose the reverse is true
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Probably find a way to feel like a good person without actually doing it? "In an imperfect world, love requires sacrifice." That's what non-profits do: sell feeling good, feeling virtuous, with many sizes, varieties, and payment plans.
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opiates are the religion of the masses
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Why are we assuming that people have a need for moral direction? This is not evident
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True. As long as you consider genocide not to be objectively bad.
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so the greatest trick the devil ever played was making people believe God existed?
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I'm pretty sure many secular organizations would be rushing in to fill in the gap of providing a moral framework or just defining "Good." The US Army lists seven "Army Values." FICA & the CCP quantify aggregate good behavior. Even # of Twitter followers would work for some.
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Those who try to replace the Church with a Kumbayah Temple O’ Reason will end up w/ more strip clubs, shopping malls, HR commissars, & mosques.... all of which are worse.
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The cultural organism will begin automatically re-admitting cousin marriage to increase tribalism so nothing WEIRD ever happens again.
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