Conservative Christians insist that homosexuality is immoral. Their reasoning has something to do with some passages in their precious Bible. Even though early Christians were Jews, and Jesus would have been a Jew himself (if he existed), Christians say that they’re not Jews and don’t have to live by Jewish laws, but they still keepContinueContinue reading “The Morality of Homosexuality”
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My Golden Rule
We have a thing called the Golden Rule that says something like, “Treat others as you’d like to be treated,” or “Do not treat others as you would not like to be treated.” It might be that this rule exists just in case you might find yourself going from being in a position of powerContinueContinue reading “My Golden Rule”
Moral Realism & Authority
Jail is supposed to be a deterrent to wrongdoing. I don’t think that is going about it the right way. If something is wrong to do, you shouldn’t do it anyway, whether or not you would go to jail for doing it. And if it is the right thing to do, you should do itContinueContinue reading “Moral Realism & Authority”
Religion As a Source of Morality
A friend of mine said that the central message of religions is “don’t be a dick.” I think that the message common to all religions: Social conformity. Maybe don’t be a dick to everybody who shares your god, but certainly be a dick to everybody who has the wrong god. Stone them, behead them, blowContinueContinue reading “Religion As a Source of Morality”
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