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To: GodGunsGuts
What do you think of PZ Meyer’s take on morality?

I find it typical of many atheists, and it misses a key point - even if you do not look to God for morality, it is in the interests of a larger, structured civilized society to have basic moral tenets, or else no one can go to work because you would have to stay home to guard it.

But I also find the reasoning in the essay to be weak as well, I think is it quite a logical stretch to go from Myer's position to an admission that your side is correct.

20 posted on 10/14/2009 8:48:35 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

“But I also find the reasoning in the essay to be weak as well, I think is it quite a logical stretch to go from Myer’s position to an admission that your side is correct.”

The article was just saying that Myers agreed with them on this certain point. Not that all evolutionist are without morality but that their worldview has no logical basis for morality. They weren’t saying that because he admitted this that it proves the world was created in 6 days.


26 posted on 10/14/2009 8:52:47 AM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Best thing about Cash for Clunkers is that 90% of the Obama bumper stickers are now off the road.)
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To: dirtboy

....but but but how would you ever know that it’s “wrong” to diddle a little boy if God didn’t tell you so?


130 posted on 10/15/2009 7:03:16 AM PDT by ElectricStrawberry (Didja know that Man walked with vegetarian T. rex within the last 4,351 years?)
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